 |
Team
Ekta Agrawal
Justin Kodama
Jeewon Lee
|
|
|
|
|
User
Interviews
The first step in the redesign of the camera
phone was to elicit from teenagers how they used and what they
thought about their current cell phones and digital cameras. Additionally,
we wanted to find out what other current electronic devices they
use (computers, mp3 player, etc) in order to gain an understanding
of what is popular and used a lot. Following this, we attempted
to gain insight into what kinds of activities they participate
in so that we could support their needs. Using this, we divided
our interviews into three sections, phone usage, electronics usage,
and activities. Below you will find the summary of this data.
Documents: Interviews
Questions (doc)
| Phone Usage |
| • |
Mainly for talking with friends
and family |
| • |
When bored, play games |
| • |
Don’t text message because it costs money,
but international students use it as it’s cheaper than
a phone call |
| • |
Confiscated if seen by teachers during class |
| • |
Girl’s pants are too tight for phones
to fit well into |
| • |
Want video recording capability |
| • |
Want phones to be more of an extension of themselves
and their personality |
• |
Older teens wish phones had a good MP3 player,
camera, and PDA all in one so they could carry around only
one thing |
• |
Younger teens find the look of the phone very
important (young, cool) |
| Electronics Usage |
| • |
Use Instant Messaging on computers
everyday |
| • |
CD players, MP3 players, minidisc players,
digital cameras |
| Activities |
| • |
Fridays and weekends hanging out
with friends (Movies, Go to a friend’s house, Shopping,
Amusement Park) |
| • |
Participate in all kinds of sports |
^top |
| 
|
Observations
| Phone Usage |
| • |
Don’t use their phones when
in a group |
| • |
If other friends are on the phone, last person
will use their phone |
| • |
Used as a watch |
| • |
Sometimes they take pictures of each other
to tease each other and have fun |
| Style |
| • |
Hip hop style of dress and manner.
- Guys: Baggy pants, retro jerseys, retro shoes, baggy shirts
- Girls: Tight jeans, hoop earrings |
• |
Girls always have a small purse, but sometimes
have trouble finding things in purse.
In the purse, they carry their make up, gum, phone, wallet,
etc. |
| • |
Hang out with people with similar style, but
everyone has their own individuality |
Groups |
| • |
Usually hang out in groups of only
guys or only girls |
• |
Mixed groups too, but unbalanced
3 guys, 1 girl or 3 girls and 1 guy |
• |
Girls flirt with guys because they want to
get their attention |
• |
Usually very excited and charged up |
| • |
Laugh a lot, positive emotions |
^top |
| 
|
Related
Readings
| Phone Usage |
| • |
Enables new kinds of social contact
|
| • |
Limited in their activities
Phones are seen as liberating and expressive technologies |
| • |
Finnish teens use text messaging as often as
voice calling |
| • |
Have developed a distinct culture through the
use of text messaging such as flirting or more informal conversations |
| Design Considerations |
| • |
Lightweight tools to:
- connect friends and romantic interests
- reduce boredom
- coordinate plans
- reflect their personality |
| • |
Use of a flap or not. Flaps enable privacy
and protect the screen |
| • |
Rarely use extra features especially if they’re
hidden |
• |
Devices should require little maintenance and
be either inexpensive or attractive to parents |
| • |
There is a need for usable contact management
tools |
^top |
|
|
Marketing
| Marketing |
| • |
Teens spend large amounts of money
2000: $155 billion
2002: $170 billion |
| • |
Teens change and develop a lot over the period
of one year. |
• |
Very important to target a specific age group |
| • |
USA Today Article
Top attribute teens associate with a cool brand: quality
Teen girls, age 15-18 desire to be an average of 3 years older
Don’t like to be told what they are supposed to like |
^top
|
| Application,
Interaction and Form Design of a Camera Phone for Teens |
|
