Student capabilities to utilize m-learning service in new smart devices

A typical gadget that students often carry is a smart phone. Each smart phone brand has often unique features and capabilities. This study reveals how students perceive these devices when they start-up for the first time and discusses the major gaps among these devices based on students’ usability experiments. The results help to understand the mobile learning applications usage and demand in smartphones. There have already been many initiatives to enhance mobile phones in education activities but failed to reach a common development framework standard [1].

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