Acc/597 Final Project

Technology has become a huge part of everyday life, and people seem to have one great debate and are fighting over which is the best phone, iPhone or Android. The Apple iPhone is a cellular smartphone that was created and is maintained by Apple Inc. Android is another type of smartphone that is accessible to consumers, but the operating system is powered by Google and many different companies produce Android devices. The different operating systems and interfaces have created a long and carried out debate to which was superior. iPhone is the better phone and there are many reasons as to why it is superior to its rival, Android. The iPhone’s sleek and beautiful design has users’ hands fondling the device and never putting it down. The

Over the years, the mobile phone industry is progressing at a very high rate. Mobile phones are devices that help the modern society to stay in touch with their loved ones and to stay connected to the world. Since mobile phones enrich our everyday’s life, smart phone manufacturers are growing in terms of production as new phones emerge in the market. Apple is the leading smart phone manufacturer because of their products design and ease to use them. Apple has set standards in the smart phone market by introducing the iPhone, which is the most desirable communication device in the market today. The launch of the iPhone has revolutionized the mobile industry as well as creating competition to other phone manufacturing companies. An iPhone is a smart phone that enables the users to use the internet as well as facilitating the multimedia needs such as movies, photos, and music. It runs on the Mac operating system and this system makes it a computer thus meeting the customers’ expectations. IPhone is one of apple’s well celebrated smart phones that have taken the mobile phone industry

As technology continually advances, smartphones are becoming more like computers. However, we need to keep in mind the primary purpose a phone can provide in

Friedman, J., & Hoffman, D. V. (2008). Protecting data on mobile devices: A taxonomy of security threats to mobile computing and review of applicable defenses. Information Knowledge Systems Management, 7(1, 2), 159-180.

“To date no one’s made a phone that does so much with so little, and despite the numerous foible of the iPhones gesture-based touchscreen interface, the learning curve is surprisingly low. It’s totally clear that with the iPhone, Apple raised the bar not only for the cellphone but for the portable media players and multifunction convergence devices in general (Ritchie).”

This paper investigates two problems (a software and hardware) with at least five usability problems which are solely poor user experience knowledge, interactions and poor systems. As a result, this paper identified the following systems: 1. BlackBerry Operating System (OS) as a software problem and 2. BlackBerry Curve 9320 as a hardware device problem. This paper will furthermore describe both the issues in detail and provide possible solutions to the identified problems. The following table provides you with a summary of problems for each system identified in this

Devices are changing people’s lifestyles. People work and communicate with devices, which people couldn’t have even imagined 100 years ago. Interaction Design makes users’ lives more convenient by analyzing the relationship between people and devices. Interaction Design will mostly used for web and mobile applications now because users always interact with them in daily life. Especially, the navigation in a mobile application can make people’s life easier. For example, in Gmail mobile application, emails can be achieved by swiping, so that people don’t need to waste their time to read those unimportant email. Also, the designers can attract more users by unique Interaction Design. For example, snapchat’s face filters help them increase users’

The launch of the iPhone in 2007 transformed the humble mobile phone from a one-trick tool for communication into a catch-all platform whose functionality is constantly evolving. The smartphone … is now a pocket-size PC,” the editors wrote. “It facilitates instantaneous personal connections that make phone

In the most recent market analysis from the NPD Group, iOS has assumed control of 43 percent of smartphone sales. The analysis further shows the market for basic phones has dwindled and that the cell phone market is fast becoming a smartphone market. The demand for anything other than smartphones is evaporating. This push toward high-end smartphones is helping not only Apple, but also Google and Samsung, which are benefiting from the desire of consumers to carry these all-powerful ‘mini’ computers in their pockets. With the connectivity these smartphones present, users are never left ‘out of

An information system is only useful to all of its stakeholders if targeted users consider it usable. The importance of usability in technology adoption and usage is underscored by the dedication of substantial amount of HCI research to provide definitions, propose techniques, methods and guidelines for improving it [1, 6]. Although there is no widely agreed upon definition for usability, in this paper, we adopt the ISO definition given as: “the extent to which a product can be used by specified users to achieve specified goals with effectiveness, efficiency and satisfaction in a specified context of use” [21].

In today’s society, the use of mobile devices has taken over our lives in every way possible.

Smartphones are a mobile technology that utilizes an advanced operating system in portable devices. Currently, the advanced operating systems employed on smartphones are IOS and Android. IOS was developed by Apple and is exclusive to its mobile devices only. However, Android is an open source operating system that is utilized by various smartphones on the market. Nevertheless, current smartphones employing either operating system encompasses the capabilities of a cell phone, camera, computer, mp3 player, external hard drive, GPS, and internet connection. This collection of technology on one device makes it very advantageous for businesses and convenient for individuals. According to Smith (2015), this is supported by the fact that 64% of American adults have a smartphone for various tasks.

In today’s society cellular devices are not only popular in the United States, but in many other countries worldwide. Not only do cell phones contribute to one’s personal life, but business use as well. Most people have hectic lives, and using a device to help schedule appointments, send out mass text messages, or even remind you to call back your boss, is unimaginably convenient. Cell phones within the past five years have reached mile stones compared to the phones used back when cell phones were first invented. Even though there is still a diverse range for cell phones on the market, the two most popular brands seem to create an argument on choosing the right phone, Apple and Android. Each with impressively fast processors, and new

This report presents a task based review of assessing the degree of comfort and accessibility in performing the selected operation while interacting between users and three different mobile devices. To support the evaluation, we developed sets of operation checklists to determine the extent to which device is easy to use and measure the usability of mobile phones. By quantifying usability using system usability scale from 1 (minimum) to 5 (maximum) to measure the accuracy and completeness of achieving the selected objectives as well as resources spent in performing various operations so that several usability aspects are collectively measured to give a single score with the use of the attribute checklists. After comparing and analysis the performing result over three phones, usability of devices will be summarized in the end.

With an elegant combination of a mobile phone, iPod and personal digital assistant (PDA), iPhone was launched at Apple and AT&T stores across the US on June 29, 2007(Place, 2007). iPhone is by no means a prodigious success by selling one million iPhones within 3 months (Wolverton, 2007). However, what coupled with its splendid success are numerous criticisms from the general society. This paper