The invisible computer
The invisible future
User interfaces when and where they are needed: an infrastructure for recombinant computing
Proceedings of the 15th annual ACM symposium on User interface software and technology
A Middleware Infrastructure for Active Spaces
IEEE Pervasive Computing
Integrating Information Appliances into an Interactive Workspace
IEEE Computer Graphics and Applications
Multibrowsing: Moving Web Content across Multiple Displays
UbiComp '01 Proceedings of the 3rd international conference on Ubiquitous Computing
Computer
Proceedings of the 18th annual ACM symposium on User interface software and technology
Dialing for Displays: Session Initiation Protocol for Opportunistic Augmentation
PERCOM '06 Proceedings of the Fourth Annual IEEE International Conference on Pervasive Computing and Communications
Understanding the whethers, hows, and whys of divisible interfaces
Proceedings of the working conference on Advanced visual interfaces
Recent shortcuts: using recent interactions to support shared activities
Proceedings of the SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems
It's on my other computer!: computing with multiple devices
Proceedings of the SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems
An infrastructure for extending applications' user experiences across multiple personal devices
Proceedings of the 21st annual ACM symposium on User interface software and technology
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Facing the ever growing complexity and usability problems of the PC, some propose specialized computers as a solution, while others argue that such "information appliances" are unnecessary. Rather than pitting information appliances and PCs against each other, we argue instead for exploring the design space in using them together. We experimented with a device teaming approach that takes advantage of both types of devices: the familiar and high bandwidth user interface of the PC, and the task specific form factors of an information appliance. In our experimentation, we designed and developed a phone n' computer (PnC) by teaming up an IP phone with a general-purpose PC. We outline the design space for such a combination and describe several point designs we created that distribute functions between the two devices according to their characteristics. In comparison to separately using phones and computers, our designs provide new and richer user experiences including Drop-to-Call, sharing visual information, and caller information display.