Concerning Matters of Mobile Device Usage Among Older People Muna Azuddin 1(&) , Sofianiza Abd Malik 2(&) , and Murni Mahmud 1 1 Department of Information Systems, International Islamic University Malaysia, 53100 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia {munaazuddin,murni}@iium.edu.my 2 Department of Computer Science, Prince Sultan University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia sabdmalik@psu.edu.sa Abstract. The adoption of technology will usually affect its users. Moreover, technology such as mobile devices have become important for mobile users to perform everyday tasks. This study discusses the effects of using mobile devices among older people. The concerning matters are gathered from their experiences and observations they have made from their surroundings. A qualitative method is employed where interview and focus groups were conducted with twenty-one respondents aged 55 and above. The results showed that older people are concerned with the addictive use of mobile devices, lack of relationship with human, and misuse of mobile devices. However, older people have also observed the positive effect of using mobile devices as a learning tool for special children. Keywords: Mobile devices Á Older people Á Concerning matters 1 Introduction Technology such as mobile devices are commonly used because of its features and applications that allow mobile users to ef ficiently perform multiple tasks such as communication, education, entertainment, financial, navigation and much more. The adoption of mobile devices has made the use of desktop computers obsolete in many ways as mobile device assists in tasks completion while being mobile [1, 2]. Lots of mobile functions and years of experience in using the devices, have evolved the way mobile users behaved and make social interaction. For instance, the use of mobile devices have challenged traditional concepts of space and time, as well as encourages private interaction within public spaces [3]. These have influenced the way mobile users engage with each other, conceptualise their identity and interact with physical world. The use of mobile devices enhances the life of people in many ways including older people. They are interested to adopt mobile devices as they are aware of the benefits in which it can assist them to maintain their well-being [4, 5] especially in facilitating social relationships with the younger generation (children) and community, promoting ageing-in-place and increasing their social status and self-motivation by being at par © Springer International Publishing AG 2018 F. Saeed et al. (eds.), Recent Trends in Information and Communication Technology, Lecture Notes on Data Engineering and Communications Technologies 5, DOI 10.1007/978-3-319-59427-9_14