• DocumentCode
    567369
  • Title

    M-traveling: Experiences using mobile applications in tourism

  • Author

    Silva, André Constantino da ; Rocha, Heloísa Vieira da

  • Author_Institution
    Inst. of Comput., UNICAMP IFSP, Hortolandia, Brazil
  • fYear
    2012
  • fDate
    25-28 June 2012
  • Firstpage
    26
  • Lastpage
    31
  • Abstract
    The use of mobile devices has many purposes, including commerce, entertainment and education. Some of these applications deliver information about a city or region. Since these devices are portable and can deliver information where there is internet access, a new potential use is in travels. We call m-traveling. But which free applications are available to aim tourists? What features and problems these applications have? To answer these questions, this work presents three studies cases done in three cities for one tourist, using a total of 20 applications. Analyzing the data collected in the studies cases is possible to highlight some important features and some problems in these applications.
  • Keywords
    Internet; mobile computing; mobile handsets; travel industry; Internet access; commerce; education; entertainment; m-traveling; mobile applications; mobile devices; tourism; Androids; Cities and towns; Facebook; Google; Humanoid robots; Mobile communication; Mobile handsets; Human-computer Interaction; Location Based Services; Mobile Applications;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Information Society (i-Society), 2012 International Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    London
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4673-0838-0
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    6285018