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Evaluation of the Prototype 78% of users understand how to use Sustain 94% of users found Sustain more efficient than th

Sustain. A social application for the iPhone. Team E54: Greg Jacobs, Dan Koza, Ellen Marra, and Ian Obermiller *. Problem: Want to talk to your friends and colleagues, but have no idea what to talk about? Sustain is the tool for you. Evaluation of the Prototype

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Evaluation of the Prototype 78% of users understand how to use Sustain 94% of users found Sustain more efficient than th

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  1. Sustain A social application for the iPhone. Team E54: Greg Jacobs, Dan Koza, Ellen Marra, and Ian Obermiller * Problem: Want to talk to your friends and colleagues, but have no idea what to talk about? Sustain is the tool for you. Evaluation of the Prototype • 78% of users understand how to use Sustain • 94% of users found Sustain more efficient than their current method of sharing news • 89% of users found Sustain aesthetically pleasing • 100% of crash test iterations passed • Sustain is 5x faster at sharing stories than Google News • Sustain obtains new stories in less than 4 seconds • Story relevance testing showed that the gathered stories were, on average, mostly relevant How it Works: • Sustain… • Stores interests for you and your contacts • Finds news stories based on those interests • Sends those stories to the contacts who would be interested in them • Customer needs: • Sustain… • Obtains new stories quickly • Gathers relevant stories • Shares relevant stories • Operates in portrait and landscape mode • Is stable and not crash • Is easy to learn and use • Is aesthetically pleasing Open Sustain Choose a contact • Economic Feasibility and Business Plans • Deploy a free version of the application in the Apple App Store to gain attention, with a paid upgraded version • Include advertising in stories obtained • Distribute in a corporate setting as part of a suite of applications View interests: Plus to add Trash to remove • Approach to Design • Loosely based on the existing Android application developed by the sponsor • Written in Objective-C using Xcode and the iPhone Development SDK • Tested extensively in the iPhone simulator • Conclusions • Sustain is currently a working demo, but testing revealed several fixes and enhancements for the final version: art factor, help screens, and more customization • The final version will be delivered to our sponsor for marketing and distribution on the App Store Toggle to view story list: Arrow refreshes Book views story Story view:Link opens larger browser Share button takes you to the next screen Type your name and click send to email * Sponsored by Niraj Swami and advised by Dr. Iqbal Ahamed

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