GPRS technology awareness and the interest towards position aware services

Fundamental of this study is relating to LBS which GPRS is one of the networks that can support LBS. It can be as the access technology and deliverable of LBS info using handheld that is GPRS-enabled. There are many GPRS applications such as location tracking and positioning, file transfer, In...

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Main Author: Kamaludin, Hazalila
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Published: 2005
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spelling my-uthm-ep.76502022-09-08T02:17:56Z GPRS technology awareness and the interest towards position aware services 2005-04 Kamaludin, Hazalila TK Electrical engineering. Electronics Nuclear engineering TK5101-6720 Telecommunication. Including telegraphy, telephone, radio, radar, television Fundamental of this study is relating to LBS which GPRS is one of the networks that can support LBS. It can be as the access technology and deliverable of LBS info using handheld that is GPRS-enabled. There are many GPRS applications such as location tracking and positioning, file transfer, Internet email, web browsing, video messages and many more. However, even though there is many applications can be developed to be used in GPRS-enabled mobile phone, do mobile users used all those kinds of applications? Do they aware with the technology advent? Besides that, have some difficulties while trying to find out the location of where we are especially in area that we are not familiar. With the advance of wireless teclmology, the location information could be accessed through mobile phone. Location tracking and positioning is a hot area for technological solutions. Introducing such new mobile application based on position-aware requires study to be done on user's awareness of the related technology used and their interest towards the service. Individual factors and technology characteristics are several factors that influence uptake and use of technology. Therefore, the purpose of study is to examine factors that influence user familiarity and usage of GPRS technology. Many factors covered in the' individual factors however, this study focused only on gender, age and education background. This study also identifies level of user's interest with position-aware service. Survey questionnaires in the printed form are used as the primary data collection for this research study. By using categorical data analysis, this research found that individual factor like gender, age and education background are independent from the familiarity and usage of GPRS. Slow speed, unstable connection, expensive charge, and limited content are some of the factors that make users dissatisfied with GPRS services. From descriptive analysis and hypotheses testing, this research found that respondents are interested towards position-aware services. 2005-04 Thesis http://eprints.uthm.edu.my/7650/ http://eprints.uthm.edu.my/7650/1/24p%20HAZALILA%20KAMALUDIN.pdf text en public mphil masters Universiti Teknologi MARA Fakulti Teknologi Maklumat dan Sains Kuantitatif
institution Universiti Tun Hussein Onn Malaysia
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language English
topic TK Electrical engineering
Electronics Nuclear engineering
TK Electrical engineering
Electronics Nuclear engineering
spellingShingle TK Electrical engineering
Electronics Nuclear engineering
TK Electrical engineering
Electronics Nuclear engineering
Kamaludin, Hazalila
GPRS technology awareness and the interest towards position aware services
description Fundamental of this study is relating to LBS which GPRS is one of the networks that can support LBS. It can be as the access technology and deliverable of LBS info using handheld that is GPRS-enabled. There are many GPRS applications such as location tracking and positioning, file transfer, Internet email, web browsing, video messages and many more. However, even though there is many applications can be developed to be used in GPRS-enabled mobile phone, do mobile users used all those kinds of applications? Do they aware with the technology advent? Besides that, have some difficulties while trying to find out the location of where we are especially in area that we are not familiar. With the advance of wireless teclmology, the location information could be accessed through mobile phone. Location tracking and positioning is a hot area for technological solutions. Introducing such new mobile application based on position-aware requires study to be done on user's awareness of the related technology used and their interest towards the service. Individual factors and technology characteristics are several factors that influence uptake and use of technology. Therefore, the purpose of study is to examine factors that influence user familiarity and usage of GPRS technology. Many factors covered in the' individual factors however, this study focused only on gender, age and education background. This study also identifies level of user's interest with position-aware service. Survey questionnaires in the printed form are used as the primary data collection for this research study. By using categorical data analysis, this research found that individual factor like gender, age and education background are independent from the familiarity and usage of GPRS. Slow speed, unstable connection, expensive charge, and limited content are some of the factors that make users dissatisfied with GPRS services. From descriptive analysis and hypotheses testing, this research found that respondents are interested towards position-aware services.
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qualification_name Master of Philosophy (M.Phil.)
qualification_level Master's degree
author Kamaludin, Hazalila
author_facet Kamaludin, Hazalila
author_sort Kamaludin, Hazalila
title GPRS technology awareness and the interest towards position aware services
title_short GPRS technology awareness and the interest towards position aware services
title_full GPRS technology awareness and the interest towards position aware services
title_fullStr GPRS technology awareness and the interest towards position aware services
title_full_unstemmed GPRS technology awareness and the interest towards position aware services
title_sort gprs technology awareness and the interest towards position aware services
granting_institution Universiti Teknologi MARA
granting_department Fakulti Teknologi Maklumat dan Sains Kuantitatif
publishDate 2005
url http://eprints.uthm.edu.my/7650/1/24p%20HAZALILA%20KAMALUDIN.pdf
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