Always Connected: A First Insight into the Influence of Smartphone Adoption on the Activity-Travel Behaviour of Mobile Professionals in Indonesia

Global perspectives: library professionals' views on multimedia books in airlines

“…Throughout the day, they use cell phones as an information and communication tool to boost productivity and ensure the efficiency of their "travelling" as part of their mobile job and this concept was dubbed the wireless in-flight entertainment system, or wIFE as an incentive from airlines aided the affordability and growth of mobile devices because personal handheld phones, tablets or ebook readers may have alleviated the load from traditional IFE use terms of cost (Bachman, 2014;GOGO LLC, 2018;Christin et al, 2014;Magnusson, 2019;Ramsey, 2011). It can also be argued that despite the value that IFE provides in general for passengers on long-haul flights, wIFE would not be useful if their devices ran out of charge; in fact, Schawalder (2014) found a high demand for power outlets among travellers in his research.…”

“…Another trend was observed for classic IFE systems preserved in planes dedicated to long-distance flights in a study by Ramsey (2011) who found that aside from the advantages that wireless products offer over traditional mounted screens, the use of personal devices by passengers is on the rise; hence, the preference for using one's gadgets because the proliferation of smartphones, mobile workers now can operate in creative ways. Throughout the day, they use cell phones as an information and communication tool to boost productivity and ensure the efficiency of their "travelling" as part of their mobile job and this concept was dubbed the wireless in-flight entertainment system, or wIFE as an incentive from airlines aided the affordability and growth of mobile devices because personal handheld phones, tablets or ebook readers may have alleviated the load from traditional IFE use terms of cost (Bachman, 2014; GOGO LLC, 2018; Christin et al , 2014; Magnusson, 2019; Ramsey, 2011). It can also be argued that despite the value that IFE provides in general for passengers on long-haul flights, wIFE would not be useful if their devices ran out of charge; in fact, Schawalder (2014) found a high demand for power outlets among travellers in his research.…”