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"Understanding Mobile Contexts" by Helsinki University Researchers

Their paper describes five characteristics of mobile contexts. (Note that they use the term "situational" more with the meaning of "ad-hoc" than we usually do.)

  • Situational acts within planned ones
  • Claiming personal space
  • Social solutions to problems in navigationTemporal tensions
  • Multitasking