期刊名称：Journal of Theoretical and Applied Information Technology
印刷版ISSN：1992-8645
电子版ISSN：1817-3195
出版年度：2014
卷号：59
期号：2
出版社：Journal of Theoretical and Applied
摘要：The smart phone has become essential part of personal and business life across all age boundaries. The smart phone usage can potentially play a significant role in assisting the elderly in many ways especially in terms of maintaining social relationship, providing a sense of safety and accessibility. However, elderly seems to be the neglected user group in the design of recent smart phone interface and the penetration of the technology to the elderly are very low. Hence this paper attempt to report issues that are related to why this particular group of user aged 40 years old and above was influenced to own the smart phones and the data gathering was done specifically in Malaysia context. This research used an interview and survey instrument to obtain the data from the intended target group of user whom are using smart phones. The result indicates three main factors that influence the respondents to own their smart phone which is family encouragement, the use of mobile internet and social networking.
关键词：Interface Design; Elderly; Smartphone; Influencing Factors; And Technology Penetration
