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TxtBoard: From text-to-person to text-to-home

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  • K. O'Hara
  • R. Harper
  • A. Unger
  • J. Wilkes
  • B. Sharpe
  • M. Jansen
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Publication date2005
Host publicationCHI EA '05 CHI '05 Extended Abstracts on Human Factors in Computing Systems
Place of PublicationNew York
PublisherACM
Pages1705-1708
Number of pages4
ISBN (print)1595930027
<mark>Original language</mark>English

Abstract

The design of existing mobile phone technology has emphasised the primacy of person-to-person communication for voice, SMS and image-based communication. It may be contrasted with place-to-place communication, the key property of fixed line telephony. However, other forms of communication may mix these two approaches: these include place-to-person or person-to-place for example. These patterns may afford different values to users. This reports a field study of a prototype person-to-place SMS communications device, 'TxtBoard'. This is a small, fixed display appliance for home settings. It displays text messages sent to it from any standard mobile phone. The study highlights how the person-to-place character of the device, combined with the 'public' or situated characteristics of its placement within home settings in particular, create new opportunities for use of SMS.