Introduction

The Future of PDAs, smart phones, and Mobile Social Networking

By Kirk Hayworth

History of PDAsFirst PDA usually considered the CASIO PF-

3000

The Apple Newton also considered one of the first

First PDAs were little more than digital calendars

Wireless Internet technology forced the convergence of cellular phones and PDAs into smart phones

First PDAsApple Newton

Casio PF-3000

Newer smart phones The Iphone O2 SDA III

WWANStands for Wireless Wide Area Network

Uses cellular network technology such as WIMAX to transfer data.

WWAN’s incorporate encryption and authentication to provide more security. (UMTS encryption has yet to be broken)

Security has vastly improved in wireless networks and will continue to improve.

Android software stack for mobile devicesAndroid is open source software stack for mobile

devices.

Became open source software in October 2008.

Made a software protocol for smart phones.

Made it much easier for developers to develop applications for smart phones.

Has linux kernel for basic security and memory management.

Android software stack

Whrrl

Whrrl is free for several different phones.Users only have to pay for Internet access

and SMS messaging.Users can see how their other people rated

local hotspots such as restaurants and shopping centers

Uses Google maps

Poken social networking devicePoken is a gadget used for social networking.Two people touch two Pokens together and

contact information is saved.The information is retrievable by plugging

Poken into a USB port into a computer.

ConclusionThere are practically limitless applications

potential for smart phones

Smart phones and mobile devices will continue to converge with social utilities applications

There is a lot at stake to capture market share for the hundreds of million of dollars in the latest and greatest social networking application industry