Introduction to the special issue on mobile user behaviour

摘要

Mobile devices, such as smartphones and Personal Digital Assitants, are now in widespread use. Indeed, for many individuals, these devices have become the preferred mode of accessing and using information systems (IS). They provide their users with unique amenities such as freedom of movement, anytime anywhere accessibility, as well as location-aware capabilities. The widespread adoption of mobile devices, however, has not led to a similar increase in our research efforts to capture the behaviour of their users. That behaviour is decidedly different from the ways in which people interacted with computers a decade ago. To better understand and improve the way users interact with mobile devices, our field is thus in need of new, or more refined, concepts and new theories.