Mobile computing is the use of small and portable computing devices enabled networks that provide wireless connections to the mail server. such items are notebooks and PDA which have really hit the market with a bang due to the iphone.
With the introduction of wireless these devices have become very popular. Ireland have recently been voted 13th in the world for broadband leadership which is a sign that mobile computing will become more and more popular.
According to
http://www.doc.ic.ac.uk/ the future is very exciting for mobile computing.With the use of artificial intelligence will become personal secretaries.The working lifestyle will change with less people commuting to work and more working from home.
From my own personal experience I worked for a company who used mobile computing to receive orders using a handheld computer with the orders inserted into the device and the orderss would be ready for collection by the time I returned to the depot.
Examples of mobile computing users are the emergency service,they can receive information on the move using a CPCD system which uses mobile computing.Credit card vertification at Point of Sale (POS) terminals in shops and supermarkets, when customers use credit cards for transactions, the intercommunication required between the bank central computer and the POS terminal, in order to effect verification of the card usage, can take place quickly and securely over cellular channels using a mobile computer unit.
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