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Mobile Computing December 10, 2009

Mobile technologies are steadily gaining grounds in a host of organisational settings. As a result of the significant role mobile technologies play in remote control of activities, they are of topmost important to individuals carrying them. Mobile technologies enable access to information in diverse surroundings thereby exposing and expanding business opportunities because of the ability to work anywhere and anytime. Mobile computing has changed the way we work and play because it is now so developed that you can be in the most remote area you can think of and still enjoy comforts of computing.  For example, people can now compute from their homes and doing two things at the same time is now relatively easy for people because they can be downloading MP3’s, downloading pictures and checking their email all at the same time in an efficient and effortless way.  This is the solution to the countless number of difficulties business people on the move have encountered in previous times. Time and resources can now be effectively utilised thereby saving a ton of money and resources in transportation and improved intercommunication within the business organisation. The importance of mobile computing can never be overlooked because it cuts across many sectors. Emergency services such as the fire service and the police depend on efficient mobile technology for speedy access to information such as name, address and any other useful information.  This kind of information can be accessed in a flash, through a CDPD (Cellular Digital Packet Data) system using mobile computers to the closest units so they can work effectively. The use of mobile technologies is now so popular that defence lawyers sometimes carry mobile computers to court rooms for real-time access to online legal databases.  This will enable them to quickly search and reference cases they are not familiar with.   Mobile computers are also used for credit card verification at (POS) point of Service terminals in supermarkets and stores for quick verification of credit cards during daily transactions.  Managers of big organisations also make use of mobile technologies for speedy access to the latest market information when making important presentations to clients. These managers take advantage of mobile computers because of competition. With light speed advancements in computer processor speeds and artificial intelligence, the future of mobile computing is very bright and the sky is the limit.

Mobile Computing: Past, Present and Future,  ByVasilis Koudounas and Omar Iqbal http://www.doc.ic.ac.uk/~nd/surprise_96/journal/vol4/vk5/report.html

The next evolution of mobile computing: By mc http://pcassistguide.wordpress.com/2008/02/24/the-next-evolution-of-mobile-computing/