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Unleashed: Web tablet integration into the home

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CHI '00: Proceedings of the SIGCHI conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems

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https://doi.org/10.1145/332040.332042

Published: 01 April 2000 Publication History

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To understand how web access from a portable tablet appliance changes the way people use the Internet, MediaOne gave families pen-based tablet computers with a wireless connection to our high-speed data network. We used ethnographic and usability methods to understand how tablets would be integrated into household activities and to define user requirements for such devices. Participants viewed the tablet as conceptually different from a PC. The tablet enabled a high degree of multitasking with household activities, yet flaws in form and function affected use. Results suggest that correctly designed portable Internet appliances will fill a special role in peoples' daily lives, particularly if these devices share information with each other. They will allow spontaneous access to information and communication anywhere.

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DOI:10.1145/332040

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