Quality (philosophy)

World Wide Web

Linguistics

Philosophy

Biology

Mobile computing

Operating system

Telecommunications

Developmental psychology

Computer science

Computer network

Empirical research

Paleontology

Organic chemistry

Test (biology)

Peer-to-peer

Psychology

Smart phone

Mobile phone

Mobile telephony

Epistemology

Mobile radio

Chemistry

Wireless

Phone

Group (periodic table)

Peer group

USable

Multimedia

In this paper, we analyze the results of the end-user evaluation of a wellness-related mobile application for Symbian OS, the Wellness. With the application, users were able to plan their physical exercise beforehand, keep track of their performed exercise, and share that information to a peer group in real-time or after the exercise. The evaluation was carried out with 15 volunteer test users. Each of them used the application for 6 to 8 days, doing some physical exercise during that period. During the exercise, the users would wear a sports computer and a heart rate meter that communicated with the application in the phone. After the testing period, the users answered a questionnaire about their experiences. The users appreciated the application's basic idea, although the instability of the application deteriorated the quality of the user experience. Moreover, persons who had used similar wireless devices or applications before found the application more usable than those who had little experience of such technology.

Empirical evaluation of mobile peer-to-peer wellness group communication application for Symbian OS