Contextual and cultural challenges for user mobility research
Communications of the ACM - Designing for the mobile device
Grounding experience: relating theory and method to evaluate the user experience of smartphones
EACE '05 Proceedings of the 2005 annual conference on European association of cognitive ergonomics
Mobile essentials: field study and concepting
DUX '05 Proceedings of the 2005 conference on Designing for User eXperience
Motivations in personalisation behaviour
Interacting with Computers
Theory of personalization of appearance: why users personalize their pcs and mobile phones
Human-Computer Interaction
Quickdraw: the impact of mobility and on-body placement on device access time
Proceedings of the SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems
An investigation into round touchscreen wristwatch interaction
Proceedings of the 10th international conference on Human computer interaction with mobile devices and services
BuzzWear: alert perception in wearable tactile displays on the wrist
Proceedings of the SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems
MAGIC: a motion gesture design tool
Proceedings of the SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems
User activity understanding from mobile phone sensors
Proceedings of the 12th ACM international conference adjunct papers on Ubiquitous computing - Adjunct
What drives customization?: control or identity?
Proceedings of the SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems
Estimating position relation between two pedestrians using mobile phones
Pervasive'12 Proceedings of the 10th international conference on Pervasive Computing
Already up? using mobile phones to track & share sleep behavior
International Journal of Human-Computer Studies
Proceedings of the 19th annual international conference on Mobile computing & networking
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The mobile phone has become one of the essential objects that people carry when they leave home. By conducting a series of street interviews in 11 cities on 4 continents, we attempted to identify the main carrying options in different cultures and how these options affected user experience in interacting with the phone. We also identified several cultural differences ranging from the prevalence of cases, straps, and other physical phone modification to other ways to personalize and protect the appearance of the phone. Phone straps and decorative stickers were more prevalent in cities such as Tokyo, Seoul and Beijing but seldom witnessed in other cultures. Based on findings from this research, we identified a number of factors that affected carrying position and style, which can be summarized as ease of access vs. the need to maintain security. Non-instrumental attributes include: identity, sociability, and aesthetics. Some practical implications on interaction and industrial design are also discussed.