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Mobile applications are finding increased acceptance in tourism, particularly tourist services like city, sport or museum guides. The potential of mobile services is difficult to estimate a priori because hardly any user acceptance tests can be carried out before having a concrete implementation of that service. In this work we present a methodology and a through evaluation that allows a rapid development of high-fidelity prototypes of mobile applications. Goal of the empiric part of the investigations was the development of a mobile prototype with the “NetBeans Mobility Pack” software in the shortest possible time and to subsequently test it as to suitability for practical use in the real context.
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Bortenschlager, M., Häusler, E., Schwaiger, W., Egger, R., Jooss, M. (2010). Evaluation of the Concept of Early Acceptance Tests for Touristic Mobile Applications. In: Gretzel, U., Law, R., Fuchs, M. (eds) Information and Communication Technologies in Tourism 2010. Springer, Vienna. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-211-99407-8_13
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