MOBILE APPLICATION Flashcards
(83 cards)
1
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- Technology that goes where the
user goes. - It consists of portable communications devices, computing devices
and the networking technology that connects them. - Currently typified by internet-enabled devices like smartphones, tablets, and different wearable
devices such as smartwatches.
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Mobile Technology Platforms
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What are the uses of Mobile Technology Platforms?
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- Mobile Application
- Mobile Commence
- Mobile Learning
- Wearable Mobile Technology
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- Isn’t limited merely to voice
communication. We have SMS, chat, video, and Internet
applications. - In addition to ______________ via voice while away from the office,
people can send and receive emails. - Remote working is now touted as the future of work for most
white-collar occupations due to __________________
development. Examples of mobile technology making this possible
include video calling applications such as Zoom and Skype.
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Mobile Communications
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- The buying and selling of goods and services
through mobile / wireless handheld devices, has completely
changed global trade. _________ over mobile gadgets has
spawned a wide range of products and services. - Enables users to access online shopping
platforms without using a desktop or a laptop computer.
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Mobile Commerce
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What are the other Mobile Commerce Services?
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- Mobile Money Transfer
- Mobile Ticketing
- Mobile Vouchers, Coupons, and Loyalty Cards
- Location-Based Services
- information Services
- Mobile Banking
- Mobile Brokerage
- Mobile Marketing and Advertising
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The innovation allowed a user to send money from a mobile wallet to another user. The receiver can use the funds to pay for goods and services at participating outlets or withdraw the cash from supported agents. Users can also deposit and withdraw funds into their bank accounts.
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Mobile Money Transfer
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Ticketing for events and public transport is now mainly done through
____________. Users receive the ticket in the form of an image and display it when they check-in.
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Mobile Ticketing
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These are now also primarily distributed via mobile devices. This has
increased their portability, durability and led to platforms where they are bought and sold.
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Mobile Vouchers, Coupons, and Loyalty Cards
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The location feature in mobile devices led to several services. Chief among these is the ability to send you notifications of product offers and discounts in a specific geographic area. Weather reports are also a spinoff of location services. Businesses can also track the movement of staff and deliveries using location apps. The online taxi industry would not have been possible without location-based technology
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Location-Based Services
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Gone are the days when you needed to buy a newspaper to get your daily diet of world news, stocks, politics, sports, gossip…you name it.
Information is delivered to mobile devices every second.
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Information Services
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Banks have mobile applications that customers use to operate their
accounts without stepping into a branch.
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Mobile Banking
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Stocks, bonds, and financial instruments are now traded from mobile applications.
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Mobile Brokerage
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- In the context of mobile technologies, mobile marketing and advertising runs exclusively on mobile devices.
- Mobile advertising had greater reach than traditional broadcast
advertising, marketers began shifting more ad budget to mobile
marketing. Today, Google and Facebook earn more revenue from mobile advertising than other channels.
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Mobile Marketing and Advertising
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- There are several ways mobile technologies are used to improve
learning efficiency and effectiveness. - Also referred to as mLearning, is a way of
accessing learning content through mobile devices. This method
empowers learning at the point of need, enabling users to access
content whenever and wherever suits them. - Its focus on the mobility of the learner - giving them the ability to choose when and where they want to access learning means that they can go at their own pace, increasing engagement and improving knowledge retention.
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Mobile Learning
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College students use mobile devices to record lectures and play them back later. Listening and watching to these recordings after learning sessions is one way to improve knowledge retention.
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Audio and Video Recording
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Quizzes via online forms are administered at the beginning of sessions to ascertain knowledge gaps. Polling in this manner ensures that instructors focus on these areas. At the end of the learning session, exit polls check if students have learned.
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Live Polls
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Instructors ask students to create short videos of what they have learned after a reading assignment. This teaching methodology has virtually eliminated plagiarism because making a video demands that the student intensely understands the content.
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Video Creation
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Instructors worldwide extensively used this feature of mobile technologies during the COVID-19 pandemic. Learners and instructors use mobile devices to participate in online chats and forum discussions on content topics.
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Chats and Forum Discussions
18
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Quick Response codes in content are quick and easy to add
references to further reading material.
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QR Codes
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Dyslexic students and students with other learning disabilities
benefit greatly from voice recognition and speech synthesis
mobile applications
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Voice Recognition and Speech-to-Text
20
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- Revolutionizing the Health and Personal Care
Industries. - They come in many forms, including headgear, straps, shirts, wristworn, belt clips, and shoe-worn or foot pods. Sports companies
initially developed them, but now Internet companies and tech
startups are in on the action. - Allow us to gain much biometric information about our
bodies and leverage this data to live healthier, happier lives.
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Wearable Mobile Technology
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what are the Advantages of Mobile Technology
Platforms?
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- Efficiency and Productivity
- Quality and Flexibility of Service
- Portability
- Affordability
- Source of Information
- Data Availability
7.
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- The most significant benefit is communication. Mobile
technologies have allowed instant remote communication via
various methods – voice, video, chat, and Internet applications. - Wireless Communications. Mobile devices let users engage in phone, video
and various text and instant messaging applications.
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Efficiency and Productivity
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- Customers have a more comprehensive range of shopping options,
purchasing methods, fulfillment, and delivery, thanks to mobile
technologies. - Many industries have been completely disrupted by mobile
technologies giving rise to new tech companies that build
technology to run an ecosystem without providing the service
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Efficiency and Productivity
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* Mobile devices are smaller and more portable than traditional
computers, making them easy to carry and use in a range of
contexts.
* They work even disconnected from a power source, without a
physical network connection and/or when disconnected from the
network.
Portability
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* Over time, mobile devices have become less expensive and easier
to obtain.
* Increasingly, people opt for smartphones and tablets as their
primary means of online connectivity. And it is often cheaper to
buy a smartphone than a desktop PC.
Affordability
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* We can quickly access information with just a few taps on their
mobile. Mobile devices are portable, responsive, and fast, allowing
users to find the required information quickly.
* We can easily check their emails, search for information, and
browse the internet without sitting in front of a computer. It also
allows users to connect to the internet and access required
information.
Source of Information
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* Mobile devices and applications enable companies to collect
more consumer data than was possible with traditional
computing.
* For example, mobile devices can record geolocation of the device and its user. A marketing company can use a behavioral analytics application to match the location of a device with the user's behavior on the device, and then target advertisements to the user at that given moment. This is a common practice in neuromarketing.
* Some mobile applications also collect biometric data, such as
heart rate readings, which can help users track their health.
Data Availability
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What are the Disadvantages of Mobile Technology Platforms?
1. Power
2. Connectivity
3. Cost
4. Data Security
5. Security and Privacy Issues
6. Cybercrimes
7. Cyberbullying
8. Fake Information
9. Dependence
10. Addiction
11. Distraction
12.Privacy Concerns
13. Health Concerns
14. Reduced Physical Activity
15. Environmental Pollution
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* Despite increasing battery life, power consumption continues to be
an issue, and mobile devices must be recharged regularly.
* Limited battery life often causes inconvenience during critical
moments.
Power
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* While the mobile infrastructure continues to improve, there are
areas where signal strength is poor or non-existent.
Connectivity
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* High purchase of device, repair, and data plan costs can burden
users financially.
* Additionally, some users prefer to use some accessories on their
gadgets.
* Mobile apps sometimes requires payment.
Cost
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* Mobile computing raises significant data security vulnerabilities
because business users, especially, may have sensitive data on their
devices while traveling or working remotely.
* Individuals and companies must implement security measures and
policies to keep data secure.
Data Security
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* There are many of the apps you store in your phone, which
demand your personal and login info. Some of these companies
sell their customers data for marketing and other reasons. It can
open your phone to many security threats.
* Plus, there is a big possibility of your phone getting hacked by the
nosy people or potential hackers. It can put your personal data and
privacy in danger.
Security and Privacy Issues
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Increasing in various parts of the world due to
different mobile technologies which result in various problems.
Many devices don’t come with a cybersecurity feature that can lead
to hacking and other potential threats. Another thing is that they
can cause risks when it comes to bank transactions.
Cybercrimes
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A form of harassment that occurs through digital
communication technologies, such as social media, instant
messaging, and email. Mobile phones are one of the most popular
and useful communication tools, making them powerless against
cyberbullying.
Cyberbullying
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Easy access to unverified content and fake information can spread
rapidly.
Fake Information
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refers to false information that is not intended to cause
harm. It is information that is false, but the person who is disseminating it believes that it is true.
Misinformation
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refers to false information that is intended to manipulate,
cause damage, or guide people, organizations, and countries in the wrong direction. The person who is disseminating it knows it is false
Disinformation
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Refers to information that stems from the truth but is
often exaggerated in a way that misleads and causes potential harm.
Malinformation
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* The flip side to the convenience of mobile devices is that
consumers may become overly reliant on them, which can lead to
compulsive or unhealthy behaviors such as smartphone addiction.
Dependence
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* Every time use of a mobile phone is a destructive addiction. When
a person purchase new mobile and use it every time, extensive use
of mobile can damage their social skills and reduce productivity.
* They can’t be socially active and waste much time on their mobile
Addiction
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* As the range of technologies and devices increases, so does the
potential for them to disrupt productivity and workflow in the
business.
* Mobile devices can be distracting and potentially dangerous in a
hazardous work environment that requires the employee's
attention, such as a construction site.
* They pose dangers if used inappropriately while driving.
Distraction
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* Every single mobile application on your device collects data about
you.
* While laws make it mandatory to anonymize the data so that it doesn’t
identify individuals, advanced artificial intelligence methods can examine
data and accurately infer social status, political orientation, sexual
orientation, religion, and other facts about an individual.
* Many mobile app companies also sell information to third-parties.
This information is used to send targeted ads. Still, it’s quite
uncanny to have an advertisement about shoes follow you around
everywhere you browse simply because you like a shoe company’s
page on Facebook.
Privacy Concerns
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* According to the World Health Organization (WHO), mobile phone
radiation is possibly carcinogenic. This classification means your
smartphone is likely to cause cancer when used for prolonged
periods daily over many years.
* Prolonged use can lead to eye strain, sleep disorders and increased
risk of radiation exposure.
Health Concerns
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* When a person spend too much time on phones, they play fewer
outdoor games. This makes them less active and can harm their
health.
* Lack of exercise may lead to problems like obesity or tiredness. It’s
important to balance phone time with physical activity.
Reduced Physical Activity
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* A smartphone contributes to global warming and climate change
throughout the entirety of its life cycle, from production to
disposal.
* The raw materials needed to produce a mobile devices, including
gold, cobalt, lithium, and other heavy metals, require energyintensive mining, and their extraction often causes significant
environmental pollution.
Environmental Pollution
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* The timeline and history from 1G to 5G took just over 40 years
since the introduction of wireless cellular technology. And a lot has
changed since then.
* Cell phones have become smaller.
* Download speeds have become faster.
* Text messaging has come (and almost gone).
* Surfing the internet with phones became common.
* The stream of social media posting continues.
* And apparently, there’s an app for nearly everything now.
Mobile Networks
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What is GSM?
Global System for Mobile Communications
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* The first generation of mobile networks – as they were
retroactively dubbed when the next generation was introduced –
was launched by Nippon Telegraph and Telephone (NTT) in Tokyo
in 1979.
* By 1984, the first generational network covered all of Japan,
making it the first country to have service nationwide.
1G
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* The second generation of mobile networks was launched
under the GSM standard in Finland in 1991.
* It's download speeds were also significantly faster (but still
incredibly slow by today’s standards) than 1G, averaging at about
0.2 Mbps during its lifetime.
2G
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* For the first time, calls could be encrypted, and digital voice calls
were significantly clearer with less static and background crackling.
2G
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allowed us to transfer data bits from one
phone to another, enabling access to media content on cellphones
such as ring tones. Because we could now transfer data, also
gave us some basic smartphone functionality.
2G
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It's data transferring completely changed how we communicate
by introducing text messages (SMS), picture messages, and
multimedia messages (MMS) as new forms of communication.
2G
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The Cultural Revolution
2G
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Where it all Began
1G
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The ‘Packet-Switching’ Revolution
3G
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* Was launched by NTT DoCoMo in 2001 and aimed to
standardize the network protocol used by vendors. This meant that
users could access data from any location in the world as the ‘data
packets’ that drive web connectivity were standardized. This made
international roaming services a real possibility for the first time.
* Compared to 2G, It had four times the data transferring
capabilities reaching up to 2 Mbps on average.
3G
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* Because of this increase, video streaming, video conferences, and
live video chat (such as Skype) became real. Emails also became
another standard form of communication over mobile devices.
* What made it revolutionary, though, was the ability to surf the
internet (basic HTML pages at the time) and stream music on
mobile.
* Although 2G did offer the same features, they weren’t as advanced
as what it had in terms of download speed.
3G
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The Streaming Era
4G
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* Was first deployed in Stockholm, Sweden and Oslo, Norway in
2009 as the Long Term Evolution (LTE) standard.
* Starting at a minimum of 12.5 Mbps, it provided high-quality
video streaming/chat, fast mobile web access, HD videos, and
online gaming.
* Compared to a simple SIM card switch from 2G to 3G, mobile
devices needed to be specifically designed to support it
4G
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* It was subsequently introduced throughout the world and made
high-quality video streaming a reality for millions of consumers.
* Offers fast mobile web which facilitates gaming services, HD
videos and HQ video conferencing.
4G
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The Internet of Things Era
5G
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* South Korea was the first country to offer in March 2019. The
5th generation was rolled out by KT, LG Uplus, and SK Telecom – all
South Korean telecom providers.
* Major difference between 4G is its latency and bandwidth
size.
* Latency is the literal time it takes for a packet of data to go from its
origination and reach its destination.
5G
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* latency is incredibly reduced, which increases faster download
and upload speeds. Comparing the two, 4G has an average latency
of around 50 milliseconds, whereas it's average latency is about
10 milliseconds. It’s also possible that it could even drop down to
1 millisecond of latency.
5G
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* Set to greatly increase internet connectivity speeds. One of
the main benefits of increased connectivity being plugged as the
underlying selling point of it is IoT (Internet of Things), which
would make the most of the higher speed of connectivity to allow
for seamless integration of devices on a scale never been
achievable before.
* The superior connectivity offered by it promised to transform everything
from banking to healthcare. It offers the possibility of innovations such as
remote surgeries, telemedicine and even remote vital sign monitoring that
could save lives.
5G
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The Future
6G
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* is the sixth-generation mobile system standard currently being
developed for wireless communications over cellular data networks
in telecommunications.
* networks will be able to use higher frequencies than 5G
networks and provide substantially higher capacity and much lower
latency.
* The technology market is expected to facilitate large
improvements in the areas of imaging, presence technology and
location awareness.
6G
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* Current predictions suggest that it is
somewhere in the region of eight years
away. Early commercial deployment has
been estimated at either 2028 or 2029,
followed by a wider rollout sometime after
2030, although nothing has yet been set in
stone.
* Delivering extraordinary performance and a
multi-purpose platform, it will unleash new
possibilities across telecom, technology
sectors, wider industry and society.
6G
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The physical mobile device and supporting
hardware that users interact with make up the mobile hardware. This may include cellphones, smartphones, tablets, wearable devices and accompanying chargers and accessories.
Mobile Hardware
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* A general term for any type of handheld
computer.
* These devices are designed to be extremely portable, and they can
often fit in your hand.
* Some—like tablets, e-readers, and smartphones—
are powerful enough to do many of the same things you can do
with a desktop or laptop computer.
Mobile Devices
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* Are one of the oldest forms of wireless mobile
communication, allowing the exchange of short messages and
alerts.
* Are both names for personal one-way
telecommunication devices that allow for short numeric and/or text
messages to reach their users. The nicknames come from the beeping or bleeping noises that the
devices make.
Pager (Beeper)
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* Were first used in the 1950s and were meant for physicians
to receive emergency calls. Originally just numeric devices,
someone, such as a nursing assistant, charge nurse, or fellow
doctor, would call a physician’s pager and dial a number into a
messaging service.
* Would then activate and notify the physician that a
message had come through. The physician would call the number
that he or she saw on the pager or call a messaging service to
receive a voicemail.
Pager (Beeper)
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* Is any portable telephone that uses cellular network
technology to make and receive calls.
* Have been around for some time. At first, its only
function was to provide people with a means to call and be called
anytime without being connected to any line. It eventually evolved
and added more features like text messaging or SMS.
Cellular Phones
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* The first cellphones were only used to make and receive calls, and
they were so bulky it was impossible to carry them in a pocket.
* Later, cellphones belonging to the Global System for Mobile
Communications (GSM) network became capable of sending and
receiving text messages.
* As these devices evolved, they became smaller and more features
were added, such as multimedia messaging service (MMS), which
allowed users to send and receive images.
Cellular Phones
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* Are similar to tablet computers, except they are mainly designed for reading e-books
(digital, downloadable books).
* Notable examples include the Amazon Kindle, Barnes & Noble Nook, and Kobo.
* Use an e-ink display, which is easier to read than a
traditional computer display. You can even read in bright sunlight,
just like if you were reading a regular book.
E-book Readers
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* A term for a small, mobile, handheld
device that provides computing and information storage and
retrieval capabilities for personal or business use, often for keeping
schedules, calendars and address book information handy.
* Popular in the 1990s and early 2000s, were the precursors to smartphones.
Personal Digital Assistant (PDA)
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* A more powerful version of a traditional cell
phone.
* In addition to the same basic features—phone calls, voicemail, text
messaging—it can connect to the Internet over Wi-Fi or
a cellular network (which requires purchasing a data plan). This
means you can use a smartphone for the same things you would
normally do on a computer, such as checking your email, browsing
the Web, or shopping online.
Smartphones
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* Designed to be portable. The most obvious difference is that doesn't have keyboards or touchpads. Instead, the entire screen is touchsensitive, allowing you to type on a virtual keyboard and use your finger as a mouse pointer.
* Tablet computers can't necessarily do everything traditional
computers can do. For many people, a traditional computer like a
desktop or laptop is still needed in order to use some programs.
However, the convenience of a tablet computer means it may be
ideal as a second computer
Tablet PCs
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* A wearable computer in the form of a watch.
Modern smartwatches provide a touchscreen interface for daily
use, while an associated smartphone app provides for
management and telemetry.
* Latest have functionality closer to smartphones,
including mobile apps, a mobile operating system and
WiFi/Bluetooth connectivity.
* Some function as portable media players, with FM
radio and playback of digital audio and video files via a Bluetooth
headset. Some models, called watch phones, have mobile cellular
functionality like making calls.
Smartwatches
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* A compact wearable electronic device that
combines mobile technology with features for convenient on-thego use.
* These devices, typically designed to fit on a finger like a traditional
jewelry ring, can offer functionalities like mobile payments, access
control, gesture control, and activity tracking.
* Also offer a compact and convenient way to monitor
health metrics continuously. These devices are becoming
increasingly popular for their ability to provide real-time data and
insights into various aspects of health, including sleep patterns,
heart rate, and physical activity.
Smart Rings
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* As gamers increasingly seek the freedom to play wherever they go,
the demand is rising.
* From the iconic Game Boy to the modern-day Steam Deck, these
portable devices allow players to enjoy their favorite games on the
move.
* The evolution of portable mobile gaming consoles reflects players'
continuous desire to play games at their convenience, particularly
those who prefer the mobility of handheld devices.
Handheld Gaming Consoles
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* A handheld gaming computer developed by
Valve Corporation.
* Released on February 25, 2022, can be played as a
handheld or connected to a monitor.
* A portable gaming machine which runs on a
conventional PC hardware. That means it runs a full desktop
operating system and, in theory, can play more games than any
portable game machine ever built.
Steam Deck
