Evaluating Digital Slate Devices from Users' Behavior : Electronic Paper Devices as Stationery

Abstract

This paper evaluates people’s conscious for digital devices from their behavior for the devices. Fourteen people performed tasks using four media : a sheet of A4 paper, an A4-size tablet PC, and two types of A4-size electronic paper devices. We analyzed how they handled these media. Results showed that they frequently handled electronic paper devices with a single hand and slid them on a desk surface like a sheet of paper. This indicates that they considered electronic paper devices as analog stationery rather than as digital devices.