A Survey on Use of Smartphone Applications Among Students of Hisar City

Smart phones have become very useful in many ways. New technologies facilitate one to use mobile as a pocket computer. Using smart phones has become popular and inescapable among people in the modern world. Despite the importance of the adoption of various mobile applications, very little research has been conducted concerning the factors affecting the acceptance of mobile applications by the students of Hisar city. A Pre-structured questionnaire was distributed among students belonging to different colleges of Hisar city. The questionnaire comprised of three sections. Section “A” focused on the users' profile such as gender, age, and study level etc. Section “B” covered the student's awareness and usage of mobile technologies and the Internet. Finally, section “C” examined the purpose and usability of mobile applications with the role and impact of mobile applications in education. The present survey revealed that the role of mobile applications is increasing among students learning. The results indicated that the mobile learning applications can be very useful in the education environment. Furthermore, the results showed that the students had adequate knowledge and awareness to use mobile technology and the internet in the educational environment of their college campus.