Does size matter? Investigating the impact of mobile phone screen size on users' perceived usability, effectiveness and efficiency

MobileHCI 2013 - Proceedings of the 15th International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction with Mobile Devices and Services

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 127-136

  Raptis, Dimitrios ^a   Tselios, Nikolaos ^a,b   Kjeldskov, Jesper ^a   Skov, Mikael B ^a  

^a AALBORG UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PATRAS   (Greece)

Author keywords

attractiveness; brand; desire; effectiveness; efficiency; mobile devices; perceived usability; prior experience; screen size; sus

Indexed keywords

ATTRACTIVENESS; BRAND; DESIRE; EFFECTIVENESS; PERCEIVED USABILITY; PRIOR EXPERIENCE; SCREEN SIZES; SUS;

CELLULAR TELEPHONES; EFFICIENCY; HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION; INFORMATION USE; MOBILE DEVICES; MOBILE PHONES;

SCREEN PRINTING;

EID: 84883706107     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/2493190.2493204     Document Type: Conference Paper

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