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What Is Mobile Computing? Devices & Operating Systems Mobile Phones Facebook & Microsoft Process Before/Without MC Process With MC Limitations MC In The Market Video Citations
Table of Contents
Human–computer interaction Mobile communication
◦ Half of current mobile phone users have smartphones Increased capabilities & value by bringing
personal computers to phones Mobile hardware
◦ Mobile devices◦ Device components
Mobile software (“apps”)
What Is Mobile Computing?
“How do you make money with this
rapidly expanding technology?”
Main question in MIT Technology Review
March Business Report
Technologyreview.com
Mobile phones iPads Notebooks Laptops Digital cameras MP3 players GPS Palm Pilots/PDA Anything with internet access
Devices & Operating Systems
2007: average mobile phone wholesale price = $120 & falling◦ Nearly everyone who could afford
one had one Since: prices raised 50%
◦ 2x more mobile handset revenue Apps & services = least $
◦ Mobile advertising earnings = $9 billion
Smartphones outsell PCs Touchscreens outnumber
keyboards
Mobile Phones
January: Facebook reported more mobile access than PC
Ranked #1 app
“23% of the time that Americans spend on mobile apps is devoted to Facebook”
(Technologyreview.com)
Some Facebook Facts
Negligible in mobile computing
2009: on 90% of personal computers
End of 2012: on 23% of devices sold◦ Smartphones, tablets, PCs all
accounted for
Some Microsoft Facts
• Spreading fast• Wireless carriers:• 900 carriers generate $1.3
trillion in revenue each year• 4 times combined revenue
of Google, Apple, Microsoft, Intel
Mobile Computing In The Market
1. Service call placed2. Inventory loaded on truck3. Paperwork order ticket4. Work order/delivery complete5. Customer signs order ticket6. Paperwork back for data entry7. Customer doesn’t know job statusLimitations: Manual, labor intensive Lost paperwork Lost time
Process Before/Without Mobile Computing
1. Software/websitea) Computerb) Mobile phone in fieldc) Take pics, signatures
2. Virtual truck order3. Store customer information
a) Contact informationb) Past orders
4. View multiple jobs on one screen (dates, status, etc.)
5. Pricing/info look-up on the spot
Helps: Eliminates paperwork, errors Communicate faster Saves personnel, time, delays,
money, inventory, frustration, trees
Process With Mobile Computing
Range & bandwidth Security standards Power consumption Transmission interferences Potential health hazards Human interface with device
Limitations
http://researcher.watson.ibm.com/researcher/view_pic.php?id=145 http://www.technologyreview.com/news/511766/mobile-computing-is-just-getti
ng-started/
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cBzagZcLAyQ (shown) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TprvPwxamiQ (info) http://fairfieldohio.org/Fairfield-Ohio/fairfield_ohio_mobile_computing.asp http://smartphonenation.com/2009/10/microsoft-lacking-with-windows-mobile-
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http://www.technologyreview.com/magazine/2013/03/ http://www.device-management-software.com/device-management-datasynch
ronization-fleet.html https://aragonresearch.com/mobile/ http://gettingsmart.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/Cloud-Computing-Mobilit
y-Featured2.jpg http://madmikesamerica.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/cat_111611.png
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