caa a22 4500 445821736 CHVBK 20180317145246.0 cr unu---uuuuu 170323e20110801xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/s00779-010-0342-4 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/s00779-010-0342-4 Empowerment through seamfulness: smart phones in everyday life [Elektronische Daten] [Louise Barkhuus, Valerie Polichar] In this paper, we describe research into use of multifunctional mobile phones by working adults and posit the device as a plausible realization of ubiquitous computing. We investigate how users actively adapt and adopt the different functions in smart phones to suit their needs and lifestyles. Through an interview and diary study, we discover how the smart phone is used in pragmatic and seamful ways, regardless of the interface of the specific phone selected or the particular features available. Users used phones in highly individual manners; mixed and adapted existing functions to meet their own priorities; added some functions and ignored others to create their own portfolio; and blended their use with the specifics of their everyday lives. While these data challenge some assumptions of human-computer interaction and ubiquitous computing, it also presents new research potential in terms of understanding how users take advantage of the multiple features in smart phone devices and how they utilize seamfulness in everyday smart phones practices. The Author(s), 2010 Mobile phones nationallicence Cell phones nationallicence User study nationallicence Seamfulness nationallicence Multi-functionality nationallicence Barkhuus Louise Department of Computer Science, University of California, San Diego, 9500 Gilman Drive, Mail Stop 0404, 92093-0404, La Jolla, CA, USA aut Polichar Valerie Department of Computer Science, University of California, San Diego, 9500 Gilman Drive, Mail Stop 0404, 92093-0404, La Jolla, CA, USA aut Personal and Ubiquitous Computing Springer-Verlag 15/6(2011-08-01), 629-639 1617-4909 15:6<629 2011 15 779 https://doi.org/10.1007/s00779-010-0342-4 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/s00779-010-0342-4 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Barkhuus Louise Department of Computer Science, University of California, San Diego, 9500 Gilman Drive, Mail Stop 0404, 92093-0404, La Jolla, CA, USA aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Polichar Valerie Department of Computer Science, University of California, San Diego, 9500 Gilman Drive, Mail Stop 0404, 92093-0404, La Jolla, CA, USA aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Personal and Ubiquitous Computing Springer-Verlag 15/6(2011-08-01), 629-639 1617-4909 15:6<629 2011 15 779 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer