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Mobile HCI 2003: Human-Computer Interaction with Mobile Devices and Services pp 1–14Cite as

People versus Information: The Evolution of Mobile Technology

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This reports research on users’ attitudes towards and use of GSM devices and discusses the implications these have for the future evolution of hand-held devices. It argues that current usage patterns suggest that there is unlikely to be a widespread convergence of information accessing devices and person to person communication devices. It also argues that the latter devices and their associated applications could provide much richer opportunities for communication behaviours than is currently available, and that therefore design efforts within the mobile HCI community should focus on this rather than on information use applications.

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  • Mobile Phone
  • Mobile Device
  • Mobile Communication
  • Mobile Technology
  • Mobile Telephony

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  1. Appliance Studio, Bristol, the Digital World Research Centre, University of Surrey, England

    Richard Harper

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  1. HCI Lab, Dept. of Math and Computer Science, University of Udine, Via delle Scienze 206, 33100, Udine, Italy

    Luca Chittaro

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Harper, R. (2003). People versus Information: The Evolution of Mobile Technology. In: Chittaro, L. (eds) Human-Computer Interaction with Mobile Devices and Services. Mobile HCI 2003. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 2795. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-45233-1_1

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