Mobile Computing Mobile computing devices personal digital assistant(PDA) A handheld computer principally used for personal nformation management smartphone Internet-enabled cell phones that can support mobile applications blackberry a handheld device principally used for e-mail Electronic Commerc Prentice Hall 2006
Electronic Commerce Prentice Hall © 2006 6 Mobile Computing • Mobile Computing Devices personal digital assistant (PDA) A handheld computer principally used for personal information management smartphone Internet-enabled cell phones that can support mobile applications blackberry A handheld device principally used for e-mail
Mobile Computing Mobile computing devices wireless mobile computing(mobile computing) Computing that connects a mobile device to a network or another computing device, anytime, anywhere synchronIzation The exchange of updated information with other computing devices Electronic Commerc Prentice Hall 2006
Electronic Commerce Prentice Hall © 2006 7 Mobile Computing • Mobile Computing Devices wireless mobile computing (mobile computing) Computing that connects a mobile device to a network or another computing device, anytime, anywhere synchronization The exchange of updated information with other computing devices
Exhibit 9.2 The wireless mobile Environment Cellular phone Laptop computer Mobile Wireless laptop or PDA PDA Blackberry, smartphone Ogo, etc Desktop computer Free-to-air television Fixed Landline phone Amateur radio Cable television Commercial radio Wired Wi Ireless Electronic Commerc Prentice Hall 2006
Electronic Commerce Prentice Hall © 2006 8 Exhibit 9.2 The Wireless Mobile Environment
Mobile Computing Mobile Computing Software microbrowser Wireless Web browser designed to operate with small screens and limited bandwidth and memory requirements ireless Application Protocol ( WAP) a suite of network protocols designed to enable different kinds of wireless devices to access WAPreadable files on an Internet-connected Web server Electronic Commerc Prentice Hall 2006
Electronic Commerce Prentice Hall © 2006 9 Mobile Computing • Mobile Computing Software microbrowser Wireless Web browser designed to operate with small screens and limited bandwidth and memory requirements Wireless Application Protocol (WAP) A suite of network protocols designed to enable different kinds of wireless devices to access WAPreadable files on an Internet-connected Web server
Mobile Computing Wireless Markup Language(WML) A scripting language used to create content in the WAP environment: based on XML. minus unnecessary content to increase speed Compact Hy pertext Markup Language(CHTML) A scripting language used to create content in i-mode Electronic Commerc Prentice Hall 2006
Electronic Commerce Prentice Hall © 2006 10 Mobile Computing Wireless Markup Language (WML) A scripting language used to create content in the WAP environment; based on XML, minus unnecessary content to increase speed Compact Hypertext Markup Language (cHTML) A scripting language used to create content in i-mode