Open AccessUse of mobile apps in information seeking: An international viewpoint
Author(s) -
Chen Hsinliang,
Chen Hsinliang,
Fulton Crystal,
Gleave Hannah,
Theng YinLeng,
Wu MeiMei
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
proceedings of the american society for information science and technology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1550-8390
pISSN - 0044-7870
DOI - 10.1002/meet.14505001004
Subject(s) - mobile device , computer science , android (operating system) , world wide web , data science , multimedia , operating system
Due to global advances in mobile technology, smartphones have become a regular personal electronic device in daily life. The mobile devices and their supporting software applications promise of on-the-go information-seeking convenience are now backed by more robust industry infrastructure, sophisticated built input devices, and hundreds of thousands of downloadable applications. Research has focused on the use of these handheld devices/applications in mobile situations.