The most favourable mobile messaging apps among IIUM students

Mobile messaging applications is rapid adopted globally. They allow mobile users to send messages to individuals or groups for very minimal fee, even some are totally free as long as the smartphones are connected to internet. WhatsApp is one of the top mobile messaging applications among a handful n...

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Main Authors:	Azhar Amanullah, Ayn Nur Azhana, Mohamad Ali, Noor Azian
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	International Journal of Science and Research 2014
Subjects:	T10.5 Communication of technical information
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spelling	iium-405152018-05-24T01:40:47Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/40515/ The most favourable mobile messaging apps among IIUM students Azhar Amanullah, Ayn Nur Azhana Mohamad Ali, Noor Azian T10.5 Communication of technical information Mobile messaging applications is rapid adopted globally. They allow mobile users to send messages to individuals or groups for very minimal fee, even some are totally free as long as the smartphones are connected to internet. WhatsApp is one of the top mobile messaging applications among a handful number of applications that have entered the market. The goal of this paper is to investigate the most favourable mobile messaging apps among IIUM students and to provide a feature comparison between a few selected mobile messaging applications. Despite the obvious of being a free application, this paper intends to investigate the other factors causing the widespread adoption of this mobile application especially among students. An online survey was distributed to 52 students from IIUM by using Google Docs to validate which mobile messaging applications are mostly used. Keywords: Mobile messaging apps, mobile instant messaging, smartphones, SMS, WhatsApp, features, IIUM International Journal of Science and Research 2014-12 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/40515/1/IJSR_Dec_2014_The_Most_Favourable_Apps_Among_IIUM_Students.pdf Azhar Amanullah, Ayn Nur Azhana and Mohamad Ali, Noor Azian (2014) The most favourable mobile messaging apps among IIUM students. International Journal of Science and Research (IJSR), 3 (12). pp. 2497-2502. ISSN 2319-7064 http://www.ijsr.net
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spellingShingle	T10.5 Communication of technical information Azhar Amanullah, Ayn Nur Azhana Mohamad Ali, Noor Azian The most favourable mobile messaging apps among IIUM students
description	Mobile messaging applications is rapid adopted globally. They allow mobile users to send messages to individuals or groups for very minimal fee, even some are totally free as long as the smartphones are connected to internet. WhatsApp is one of the top mobile messaging applications among a handful number of applications that have entered the market. The goal of this paper is to investigate the most favourable mobile messaging apps among IIUM students and to provide a feature comparison between a few selected mobile messaging applications. Despite the obvious of being a free application, this paper intends to investigate the other factors causing the widespread adoption of this mobile application especially among students. An online survey was distributed to 52 students from IIUM by using Google Docs to validate which mobile messaging applications are mostly used. Keywords: Mobile messaging apps, mobile instant messaging, smartphones, SMS, WhatsApp, features, IIUM
format	Article
author	Azhar Amanullah, Ayn Nur Azhana Mohamad Ali, Noor Azian
author_facet	Azhar Amanullah, Ayn Nur Azhana Mohamad Ali, Noor Azian
author_sort	Azhar Amanullah, Ayn Nur Azhana
title	The most favourable mobile messaging apps among IIUM students
title_short	The most favourable mobile messaging apps among IIUM students
title_full	The most favourable mobile messaging apps among IIUM students
title_fullStr	The most favourable mobile messaging apps among IIUM students
title_full_unstemmed	The most favourable mobile messaging apps among IIUM students
title_sort	most favourable mobile messaging apps among iium students
publisher	International Journal of Science and Research
publishDate	2014
url	http://irep.iium.edu.my/40515/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/40515/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/40515/1/IJSR_Dec_2014_The_Most_Favourable_Apps_Among_IIUM_Students.pdf
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The most favourable mobile messaging apps among IIUM students

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