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favourably by the participants. The potential
adoption of such a system is very likely. While some
of the findings are similar to previous studies (Shieh,
2009) several major issues needed to be resolved
before such a system can be widely adopted to
compete with netbook. These issues are the
navigation interface of the e-book device, the speed,
response and feedback of the e-book device and the
sensitivity of the stylus. Moreover, the e-book
device must include a proper browser with clear
features for file saving, font size adjustment,
navigation history and favourites. The advent of
colored e-ink display from Pixel Qi may provide
some solutions. In addition, this project has enabled
us to gain an insight into the current technical
features of iLiad, such as its processor speed, battery
energy consumption, touch-sensitive e-ink display,
and wireless connectivity. It has also demonstrated
the possibility of using our everyday mobile phones
as a wireless gateway for iLiad to access the Internet
anytime anywhere. This in turn allows us to adapt
current web-based learning applications for iLiad to
achieve our goal of a mobile peer-to-peer learning
experience. With respect to theory, the three
perspectives namely usability heuristics approach
(Nielson, 1994), technology acceptance model
(Davis, 1989) and mobile and educational
affordances (Norman, 1998; Kirschner, 2002)
explain well with our findings and potentially useful
to provide a primary conceptual model for future
studies on the adoption of ebook devices using
quantitative and structure modelling approach.
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