UbiComp 2007: Ubiquitous Computing
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-540-74853-3_19
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“Merolyn the Phone”: A Study of Bluetooth Naming Practices (Nominated for the Best Paper Award)

Abstract: Abstract. This paper reports the results of an in-depth study of Bluetooth naming practices which took place in the UK in August 2006. There is a significant culture of giving Bluetooth names to mobile phones in the UK, and this paper's main contribution is to provide an account of those Bluetooth naming practices, putting them in their social, physical and intentional context. The paper also uncovers how users have appropriated the ways in which Bluetooth, with its relatively short range of about 10-100m, ope… Show more

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“…Similar to previous research which examined how users named their Bluetooth-enabled mobile devices [12], we also learned that people selected names for their network in interesting ways. For example, some participants reported selecting names from popular movies and television shows to separate their network from others, while others used -SmithNet‖ because -it's mine‖.…”
Section: Network Naming Practicesmentioning
confidence: 84%
“…Similar to previous research which examined how users named their Bluetooth-enabled mobile devices [12], we also learned that people selected names for their network in interesting ways. For example, some participants reported selecting names from popular movies and television shows to separate their network from others, while others used -SmithNet‖ because -it's mine‖.…”
Section: Network Naming Practicesmentioning
confidence: 84%
“…Kindberg and Jones [13] studied users' naming practices of Bluetooth devices. They analyzed Bluetooth names of 1,703 devices captured at three locations in the city of Bristol, UK.…”
Section: Related Workmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…In an urban area, where at a place people are gathered, we should be able to find devices that come with people. In [2], the author conducted an interesting study about how people name their Bluetooth mobile phones. In [3], based on the advantages of Bluetooth enabled mobile phones, the authors develop different ringtones different places.…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%