In general terms, an information appliance or information device is any machine or device that is usable for the purposes of computing, telecommunicating, reproducing, and presenting encoded information in myriad forms and applications. The common technical usage of “information appliance” (IA) is more specific — i.e., an appliance that is specially designed to perform a specific user-friendly function —such as playing music, photography, or editing text.[1][2]
Typical examples are smartphones and personal digital assistants (PDAs). Information appliances partially overlap in definition with, or are sometimes referred to as, smart devices, embedded systems, mobile devices, wireless devices, or handheld devices.
References
- ^ Pirhonen, A.; Isomäki, H.; Roast, C.; Saariluoma, Pertti. Future Interaction Design. Springer. pp. 129. ISBN 1-85233-791-5.
- ^ Benyon, David; Turner, Phil; Turner, Susan. Designing Interactive Systems: People, Activities, Contexts, Technologies. Addison Wesley Publishing Company. pp. 18. ISBN 0-321-11629-1.
Links
- A blog that covers information appliances including Internet TVs, Media players and widget devices
- Compact HTML for Small Information Appliances — W3C NOTE 09-Feb-1998
- IBM:A universal information appliance
- MSN messenger for iPhone
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