This report will examine the importance and the usages of PDA (personal digital assistant) in the daily life.
Al shams HAQUE SID: S0050203
Use and function of a mobile device (PDA).
Presented to: Ron perkins Prepared by: Al shams Haque
Lecturer/tutor SID: S0050203
- Introduction……………………………………………………………………. 1
- Discussion ……………………………………………………………………... 2
- First impression ……………………………………….……………..... 2
- The manufacturer’s functional activities ……………………………. 2
- Tasks that a typical user would want to do using it…………………... 3
- Evaluation……………………………………………………………………... 4
- Primary User questionnaire……………………………………………4
- Future Development .…………………………………………………………. 5
- Conclusion ……………………………………………………………………..6
- Reference list……….…………………………………………………………. 7
This report will examine the importance and the usages of PDA (personal digital assistant) in the daily life. Specifically this report will analysis PDA in the following three areas: (1) Usability Goals, (2) User experience goals, (3) Design Guidelines. In general this report will show that PDA has become a part of daily life to gather information.
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(a)First impression The design of this PDA is quite impressive and attractive. At the first look it seems like a small version of laptop designed for crying in the pocket. After opening it we can see a monitor, keyboard, camera, voice recorder and a jog dial. So after the first look it seems more than a laptop to me as it got a camera for video and still image as well as it can record voice. Now let’s look at the functions that it can perform.
(b)The manufacturer’s functional activities are listed below
- Built-in Wireless LAN (802.11b and Bluetooth).
- Built-in digital camera with 3x digital zoom.
- High resolution TFT color display (480* 320 pixels) with flip and rotate design.
- Video recording and playback.
- Built-in MP3 audio player.
- View native Microsoft word, excel, power point and PDF files.
- Built- in voice recorder.
- Memory stick media expansion slot.
- Jog dial navigator with back button.
- Polyphonic audio alert function. 2
(c)Tasks that a typical user would want to do using it:
Data sharing: Using the built-in wireless LAN 802.11b, user can browse the web, check emails and synchronize data wirelessly with PC via wireless Local Area Network (LAN) connection.
Data storage: This model features expanded memory accessible to user, including 29MB available for data and multimedia content storage. In addition to this 29MB, 16MB of RAM is available for storage that can be backed up to non-volatile flash memory.
Data transfer: its built-in USB port helps fast data transfer form other sources.
Fast writing: Users can write word-by-word as they normally would and this PDA’s pre-defined handwriting pattern library provides excellent recognition to write the same what the user wants to write.
Taking pictures and video: this PDA comes equipped with a built-in 310K pixel digital camera for taking digital photos and video.
Music on the go: Users can load their favorite music in to its memory and they can listen to it any time any where.
Good picture quality: its high resolution monitor gives users better picture quality for watching movies or any still images captured by its camera.
Alarm clock: users can keep track of 4 different time zone as well as they can wake up to their favorite preset sound with the built-in alarm function.
Timetable organizer: its calendar function gives user to organize their personal time table.
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Based on the work of Preece et al(2002) the most important usability and user experience goals are listed as follows:
