A User Study on Rich Media Mobile Guide Applications

As smartphones’ capabilities are more and more similar with those of computers, the demand for high-end multimedia content is increasing. In this paper we present two new visually rich mobile guide applications and then we compare them with the popular Google Maps and Nokia Maps applications. We present and analyze the results of an empirical study made with over 20 users in which we have compared these applications in the context of a game event at a big stadium. We have obtained direct feedback from participants as well as implicit feedback using a tracking system to analyze the interaction with the applications and infer activity metadata.