GPRS technology awareness and the interest towards position aware services
Fundamental of this study is relating to LBS which GPRS is one of the networks that can support LBS. It can be as the access technology and deliverable of LBS info using handheld that is GPRS-enabled. There are many GPRS applications such as location tracking and positioning, file transfer, In...
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| Language: | English |
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2005
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| Online Access: | http://eprints.uthm.edu.my/7650/1/24p%20HAZALILA%20KAMALUDIN.pdf http://eprints.uthm.edu.my/7650/ |
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| Summary: | Fundamental of this study is relating to LBS which GPRS is one of the networks that
can support LBS. It can be as the access technology and deliverable of LBS info
using handheld that is GPRS-enabled. There are many GPRS applications such as
location tracking and positioning, file transfer, Internet email, web browsing, video
messages and many more. However, even though there is many applications can be
developed to be used in GPRS-enabled mobile phone, do mobile users used all those
kinds of applications? Do they aware with the technology advent? Besides that, have
some difficulties while trying to find out the location of where we are especially in
area that we are not familiar. With the advance of wireless teclmology, the location
information could be accessed through mobile phone. Location tracking and
positioning is a hot area for technological solutions. Introducing such new mobile
application based on position-aware requires study to be done on user's awareness of
the related technology used and their interest towards the service.
Individual factors and technology characteristics are several factors that influence
uptake and use of technology. Therefore, the purpose of study is to examine factors
that influence user familiarity and usage of GPRS technology. Many factors covered
in the' individual factors however, this study focused only on gender, age and
education background. This study also identifies level of user's interest with
position-aware service. Survey questionnaires in the printed form are used as the
primary data collection for this research study.
By using categorical data analysis, this research found that individual factor like
gender, age and education background are independent from the familiarity and
usage of GPRS. Slow speed, unstable connection, expensive charge, and limited
content are some of the factors that make users dissatisfied with GPRS services.
From descriptive analysis and hypotheses testing, this research found that
respondents are interested towards position-aware services. |
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