Journal
BEHAVIOUR & INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
Volume 33, Issue 6, Pages 552-560Publisher
TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD
DOI: 10.1080/0144929X.2013.780637
Keywords
acceptance; mobile phones; usability; older adults; smart phones; functions
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- National Natural Science Foundation in China [70971074]
- National Science Fund for Distinguished Young Scholars [71188001]
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After adopting mobile phones, most older adults use them only for calling and SMS. The purpose of this study is to extend their usage of mobile phones to new functions. To understand older adults' requirements of mobile phones, a questionnaire was constructed and 351 Chinese older adults were recruited to complete the questionnaires. Data collected through the questionnaires were analysed using explorative factor analysis. The results revealed that older adults' requirements were composed of 10 factors: Find a Specific Function, Awareness and Attractiveness, Readability, Personal Concern, Soft Keys and Multi-tap, Hardware Capacity, Touch Screen, Concern of Learning, Connectivity, and Social Influence. Then, from the above 10 factors, the 6 most important factors were revealed using multiple linear regression analysis. The results imply that accepting new functions is different from accepting a product. Readability and Find a Specific Function, which are critical for older adults' acceptance of feature phones, are not determinants of their acceptance of new functions in smart phones.
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