Smartphone cases and human friendliness in information technologies

This position paper introduces a new paradigm in human friendly computing and systems such that the shape, material and touch of a device case significantly matter. While casing has been considered as an auxiliary, that for mobile devices such as smart-phones becomes quite critical for their use. Since casing is an important part of user experiences of mobile devices, we believe that its integrity within information technologies plays an important role, thus needs to be well established.