Discovering Computers 2016
Tools, Apps, Devices, and the Impact of Technology
Chapter 3
Mobile Devices
Intended Learning Outcome
Describe the characteristics Differentiate a port from a
and uses of smartphones, connector, identify various
digital cameras, portable ports and connectors, and
and digital media players, differentiate among
e-book readers, and Bluetooth, Wi-Fi, and NFC
wearable devices; and wireless device connections
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for Detailed Objectives
Computers and Mobile Devices
• Types of computers and mobile devices include:
Smartphones, digital
cameras, e-book
Laptops, tablets, and
Servers and terminals readers, portable and
desktops
digital media players
and wearable devices
Game devices Embedded computers
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Mobile Devices
• A smartphone is an Internet-capable phone that
usually also includes a calendar, an address book,
a calculator, a notepad, games, browser, and
numerous other apps
• Many smartphones have touch screens. Instead of
or in addition to an on-screen keyboard, some
have a built-in mini keyboard on the front of the
phone or a keyboard that slides in and out from
behind the phone
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Mobile Devices
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Figure 3-15
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Mobile Devices
Short Message Multimedia Message
Service (SMS) Service (MMS)
• Mobile to mobile • Mobile to mobile
• Mobile to email • Mobile to email
• Mobile to provider
• Web to mobile
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Mobile Devices
• A digital camera is a mobile device that allows users to
take photos and store the photographed images digitally
– Smart digital camera
– Point-and-shoot camera
– SLR camera
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Figure 3-16
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Mobile Devices
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Figure 3-17
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Mobile Devices
• Resolution is the number of horizontal and
vertical pixels in a display
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Figure 3-18
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Mobile Devices
• A portable media player is a mobile device on
which you can store, organize, and play or view
digital media
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Figure 3-19
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Mobile Devices
• A digital media player or streaming media player
is a device, typically used in a home, that streams
digital media from a computer or network to a
television, projector, or some other entertainment
device
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Figure 3-20
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Mobile Devices
• An e-book reader (short
for electronic book
reader), or e-reader, is a
mobile device that is
used primarily for
reading e-books and
other digital
publications
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Figure 3-21
Mobile Devices
• A wearable device or wearable is a small, mobile
computing device designed to be worn by a
consumer
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Figure 3-22
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Ports and Connections
• A port is the point at which a peripheral device attaches
to or communicates with a computer or mobile device so
that the peripheral device can send data to or receive
information from the computer or mobile device
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Figure 3-25
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Ports and Connections
• A connector joins a cable to a port. A connector at
one end of a cable attaches to a port on the
computer or mobile device, and a connector at
the other end of the cable attaches to a port on
the peripheral device
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Ports and Connections
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Table 3-4
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Ports and Connections
• A USB port, short for universal serial bus port, can
connect up to 127 different peripheral devices
together with a single connector
• Instead of connecting peripheral devices directly
to ports on a mobile computer, some mobile users
prefer the flexibility of port replicators and
docking stations
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Ports and Connections
• Instead of connecting computers and mobile
devices to peripheral devices with a cable, some
peripheral devices use wireless communications
technologies
Bluetooth Wi-Fi NFC
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Summary
Characteristics of
smartphones, digital E-book readers,
cameras, and portable wearable devices, game
and digital media devices
players
Ports and connections
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Formative Assessment
1. Which mobile device that is considered as
internet-capable phone and usually includes
calendar, an address book, a calculator and other
apps?
A. Portable Media Player C. Digital Camera
B. E-book reader D. Smart Phone
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Formative Assessment
2. Use the image below. What do you call to this
type of digital camera?
A. Point-and-shoot C. Smart digital camera
B. Smartphone camera D. SLR Camera
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Formative Assessment
3. Use the image below. What do you call to this
type of digital camera?
A. Point-and-shoot C. Smart digital camera
B. Smartphone camera D. SLR Camera
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Formative Assessment
4. Use the image below. What term used to describe
the characteristic of this smartphone keyboard?
A. On-screen keyboard C. speech to text
B. Slide out keyboard D. Swipe keyboard app
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Formative Assessment
5. Use the image below. What term used to describe
the characteristic of this smartphone keyboard?
A. On-screen keyboard C. speech to text
B. Slide out keyboard D. Swipe keyboard app
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Formative Assessment
6. Use the image below. What term used to describe
the characteristic of this smartphone keyboard?
A. On-screen keyboard C. speech to text
B. Slide out keyboard D. Swipe keyboard app
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Formative Assessment
7. DVI stands for Digital Video Interface.
A. True
B. False
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Formative Assessment
8. VGA stands for Video Graphics Attachment.
A. True
B. False
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Formative Assessment
9. HDMI stands for High Definition Multimedia
Interconnection.
A. True
B. False
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Formative Assessment
10. A USB port, short for universal serial bus port,
can connect up to 127 different peripheral devices
together with a single connector.
A. True
B. False
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Formative Assessment
11. Which wireless communication technologies
that use radio signals that conform to 802.11
standards, which were developed by the Institute of
Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)?
A. NFC
B. Bluetooth
C. Wi-Fi
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