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  1. Digital World Research Centre, University of Surrey, Guildford, UK

    Lynne Hamill  & Amparo Lasen  & 

  2. Systems Science and Engineering, School of Design, Engineering and Computing, Bournemouth University, Talbot Campus, Fern Barrow, Poole, Dorset, BH12 5BB, UK

    Dan Diaper PhD, MBCS

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de Vries, I. (2005). Mobile Telephony: Realising the Dream of Ideal Communication?. In: Hamill, L., Lasen, A., Diaper, D. (eds) Mobile World. Computer Supported Cooperative Work. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/1-84628-204-7_2

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