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Title Mobile world : past, present, and future / Lynne Hamill and Amparo Lasen (eds.)
Published New York, N.Y. : Springer, ©2005

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Description 1 online resource (viii, 218 pages) : illustrations
Series Computer supported cooperative work
Computer supported cooperative work.
Contents Digital revolution, mobile revolution? / Lynne Hamill -- Mobile telephony : realising the dream of ideal communication? / Imar de Vries -- History repeating? : a comparison of the launch and uses of fixed and mobile phones / Amparo Lasen -- Kids will be kids : the role of mobiles in teenage life / Richard Harper and Lynne Hamill -- An SMS history / Alex S. Taylor and Jance Vincent -- Emotional attachment to mobile phones : an extraordinary relationship / Jane Vincent -- Textmates and text circles : insights into the social ecology of SMS text messaging / Donna J. Reid and Fraser J.M. Reid -- Appropriating tools and shaping activities : the use of PDAs in the workplace / Jenny Waycott -- Different directions in the mobile Internet : analysing mobile Internet services in Japan and Europe / Richard Tee -- Context perspectives for scenarios and research development in mobile systems / James Stewart -- Instant messaging and presence services : mobile future, CSCW, and ethnography / Philippe Rouchy
Summary "Why have mobile phones so quickly become part of our everyday lives? This book brings together the perspectives of key researchers in the area to explore lessons on social shaping, examining what can be learnt from the adoption of mobile devices that can be applied to other, newer, digital technologies. Key reading for all those involved with the future of mobile communications, this book is a valuable resource, particularly for advanced undergraduate and postgraduate students on Mobile Technology courses, practitioners, and researchers working in mobile communications, CSCW and HCI."--Jacket
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
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Subject Cell phone systems.
Cell phone services industry.
Mobile communication systems.
Wireless communication systems.
Informatique.
Cell phone services industry
Cell phone systems
Mobile communication systems
Wireless communication systems
Form Electronic book
Author Hamill, Lynne.
Lasen, Amparo
LC no. 2005927603 2005923776
ISBN 9781852338251
1852338253
9781846282041
1846282047
6611328750
9786611328757