One of the most important and highly publicized recent developments in the PC world has been the introduction of the mobile gadgets. Mobile computers are turning thousands of computer illiterate people especially those

involved with field-based data collection

GOAL OF MOBILE COMPUTING

The combination of device mobility and computing power has resulted in the Mobile Computing paradigm. In this paradigm computing power is constantly at hand, irrespective of whether the mobile device is connected to the Internet or not

MOBILE COMPUTING IN PRACTICE Cellular Colleges: The Next Small Thing: Professors Find

Benefits with ipod Technology in Classroom Mobile Libraries  Teaching with Technology Face-Off: Phones

vs. PCs 

TRENDS IN MOBILE COMPUTING: Mobiles as a category have proven more

interesting and more capable with each passing year, and continue to be a technology with new surprises

The mobile market today has nearly 4 billion subscribers, more than two-thirds of whom live in developing countries

APPLICATIONS OF MOBILE COMPUTING

Field Sales Transportation and Shipping General Dispatching Hotel Operations News Reporting Health Care Mobile Automation

ADVANTAGES

» Mobile computing also significantly speeds information accessibility when other media, such as:

» (a) Facsimile; (b)Audio files; or

» (c) Still images are concerned.

Increased Operational Efficiency

Mobile computing can improve efficiency in many ways, including:

(a) Saving time; (b) Reducing waste; (c) Cutting cycle times; (d) Reducing rework; (e) Enabling business process reengineering; (f) Improving accuracy; (g) Decreasing time spent on customer complaints; (h) reducing unnecessary.

Is mobile computing completely

Safe??

DIS-ADVANTAGES:

Plagiarism Power consumption Producing Non-Thinkers vs. Striving for

Excellence Low band width

FUTURE OF MOBILE COMPUTING:

Our call for predictions about the future of mobile/wireless computing

elicited dozens of prognostications.

conclusion

Mobile computing has severe limitations. However its far from impossible and technology improves all the time.

Lots of challenges-some have good solutions, many others are still waiting to be solved.