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Mobile computing has evolved significantly from luggable computers in the 1990s to today's convergence of phones, music players, cameras, and other devices into multifunction mobile phones and tablets. Key milestones included Bentley University requiring laptops in 1985 and introducing tablet PCs in 2005. As mobile technology advances, barriers around voice and sound quality, battery life, and connectivity will continue to be addressed. Experts predict that by 2011, mobile phones will be widely used as mobile wallets and voice activation will better enable web access and searching. WiMax technology may allow for improved mobile broadband access without cables by 2008.

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The Future of Mobile Computing: Mark Frydenberg CIS Department

Mobile computing has evolved significantly from luggable computers in the 1990s to today's convergence of phones, music players, cameras, and other devices into multifunction mobile phones and tablets. Key milestones included Bentley University requiring laptops in 1985 and introducing tablet PCs in 2005. As mobile technology advances, barriers around voice and sound quality, battery life, and connectivity will continue to be addressed. Experts predict that by 2011, mobile phones will be widely used as mobile wallets and voice activation will better enable web access and searching. WiMax technology may allow for improved mobile broadband access without cables by 2008.

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The Future of Mobile Computing

Mark Frydenberg CIS Department

What is Mobile Computing?

Mobile Computing at Bentley

Mobile Computing Milestones


1985 Students required to purchase laptops/mobile computers 1990s Luggables to Laptops 2002 Junior Swap begins 2002 Tablet research study with HP 2004 Pocket PCs in Tech Intensive IT 101 2005 45% of incoming freshmen receive Tablet PCs, 55% receive Laptops

Sony

iPod/Nike

MobiTV

http://www.mobilemag.com/content/100/337/C9973/

oqo

Darth Vader USB Flash Drives

Sushi Drives

Navigation Systems
Requires communication with satellites Context processing on specialist devices or converging devices translates map coordinates into the position of a road junction Most phones do not use GPS but triangulate based on phone signals GPS provides more reliable services

Convergence
A mobile phone with storage isn't just an interface for rich media, applications, and files located elsewhere -it's a full-fledged computer. There will be little reason to carry a separate camera, organizer, or music player. With a few gigabytes of stage, a mobile phone becomes a multipurpose information appliance. For businesspeople, it becomes the tool for carrying PowerPoint presentations and word-processing files, rather than lugging around a laptop. For the consumer, it becomes the repository for photos, movies and music. You'll send copies of that content to a network server for backup or to share it with your friends, but you'll still carry copies with you everywhere.

Ken Werbach, Technology Consultant, 2004

Convergence
Phone PDA Digital / Video Camera Voice Recorder MP3 / Multimedia Player GPS Navigator Flash Storage Web Browser

Barriers/Issues
Voice / sound quality Battery life Bluetooth Data Service Cost Connectivity Range

Cell Phone Trends, 2006-2011


Standard Development Platforms will ease application development Applications expand beyond voice Adoption of Wireless Phones as a Mobile Wallet Improved voice activation for accessing and searching the web Beefier Security on phones; Individuals Will Own Multiple Phones

2006: Over a $300 billion business selling over 2 billion units annually. Fewer than 5% of cell phone users do not use at least one of the technological innovations introduced in the past five years.

http://www.instat.com/catalog/Wcatalogue.asp?id=66#IN0602922WH

Go Converged?

http://www.fusepr.com/fuseviews/device_convergence.html

.mobi
Pages must be cell-phone compliant

No popups, fast downloads

Which URL do I use? Proposal to make browsing less wieldy by taking user to .mobi site if using a mobile device and it exists Several hundred thousand will register by 2008
http://money.cnn.com/2006/10/02/technology/mobi_domain.biz2/index.htm?postversion=2006100413

NTT Docomo

WiMax (802.16e)
Worldwide Interoperability for Microwave Access can span many miles and cover wide areas making it suitable for entire cities longer reach, no reliance on Line-of-Sight, greater bandwith, and better encryption. higher speed, data transmissions of up to 70 Mbps offer broadband access in rural or metropolitan areas without having to lay cables

The real leap here will arrive in 2007/8 with the emergence of WiMAX implementations which, married with improved battery technology, could facilitate voice-over-IP (VoIP) for converged mobile devices. Those of you with Skype on your handheld devices will no longer have to wait for a wi-fi hotspot in order to use it. Of course, the carriers will then change their tariff structures to tempt you in similar ways, with monetisation of new and richer services replacing lost voice revenue.

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