2. HOW TO DEFINE???
Mobile computing is a generic term describing one's
ability to use technology while moving, as opposed to
portable computers, which are only practical for use
while deployed in a stationary configuration.
Many types of mobile computers have been introduced
since the 1990s, including the:
Wearable computer
Personal digital assistant /Enterprise digital assistant
Smart phone
Carputer
UMPC
Pocket PC
6. What is Mobility?
A person who moves
• Between different geographical locations
• Between different networks
• Between different communication devices
• Between different applications
A device that moves
• Between different geographical locations
• Between different networks
8. Mobile Applications
Vehicles
• transmission of news, road condition etc
• ad-hoc network with near vehicles to prevent
accidents
Emergencies
• early transmission of patient data to hospital
• ad-hoc network in case of earthquakes
• military
9. Mobile Applications
Traveling salesmen
• direct access to central customer files
• consistent databases for all agents
• mobile office
Web access
• outdoor Internet access
• intelligent travel guide with up-to-date
location dependent information
10. Mobile Applications
Location aware services
• find services in the local environment, e.g. printer
Information services
• push: e.g., stock quotes
• pull: e.g., nearest cash ATM
Disconnected operations
• mobile agents, e.g., shopping
Entertainment
• ad-hoc networks for multi user games
11. Mobile applications in the
Industry
Wireless access: (phone.com) openwave
Alerting services: myalert.com
Location services: (airflash) webraska.com
Intranet applications: (imedeon)
viryanet.com
Banking services: macalla.com
Mobile agents: tryllian.com
12. Limitations of mobile computing
Insufficient bandwidth
Security standards
Power consumption
Transmission Interferences
Potential Health Hazards
Human Interface with devices
13. QUALITY OF DATA
Mobile computing enables immediate
validation of the data
It reduces the transcription error for
survey like applications
Using networking, information can be
made available in near real-time
Very fast turn around time from data
collection to analysis and reporting. This
can translate into significant cost saving.