Communication Technology Mobile and Wireless devices 1 Mobile

Communication Technology Mobile and Wireless devices 1

Mobile Technology Definition: A mobile device is a small, handheld computing device, typically having a display screen with touch input and/or a miniature keyboard and weighing less than 2 pounds. . http: //en. wikipedia. org/wiki/Mobile_devices 2

Mobile Technology It is a known fact that mobile devices are taking over the technology market. In the last few years, more smart phones were sold than pcs, laptops or notebooks. 3

Mobile Technology Why is it that mobile technology is so popular? Ease of access to the device. User experience The need to always be connected 4

Different mobile devices Very important to differentiate between mobile computers and mobile communication devices. Mobile Computers: Laptops Notebooks Netbooks Mobile communication devices: Smart phones Tablets 5

Mobile Communication Devices Definition of mobile communication devices: A mobile device is typically a small, handheld computing device, it consists of a touch input display screen or a miniature keyboard and most of the devices weigh less than 2 pounds. Now lets look at the different types of devices available. 6

Tablets The main difference between a normal PC and a tablet is: The main input device of a tablet is a touchscreen. A portable computer device that weighs much less than a portable. Some tablets do consist of a detachable keyboard. 7

Smartphones are described as a device consisting of: A cellular telephone Built-in applications Internet access Digital voice service Text messaging E-mail Web browsing Still and video cameras, MP 3 player and video playback Almost countless free and paid apps, 8

Mobile Browsers Your mobile device comes pre loaded with a web browser. Sometimes you can download another browser. A mobile browser is also known as a: micro browser mini browser wireless Internet browser (WIB). The websites that are suitable to access from these mobile browsers are known as wireless portals or are collectively called the Mobile Web. 9

Mobile Browsers What does Mobile Browser mean? A mobile browser is a web browser built to use on mobile devices like mobile phones. Mobile browsers are designed in such a way that it can display Web content most efficiently for small screens used on mobile devices. Mobile browser software is generally small, lightweight and effective in accommodating the low bandwidth and low memory capacity of the wireless handheld devices. http: //www. techopedia. com/definition/15589/mobile-browser 10

Mobile Browsers Mobile browsers are connected to the Internet via a cellular network as well as a wireless local area network (LAN). Some mobile browsers are capable of displaying standard HTML sites, while some are only able to display websites that are exclusively programmed for mobile browsers. Usually, low-graphic or text-based contents are optimized for mobile browsers. The mobile browsers display web pages that are written in languages designed exclusively for mobile computinghttp: //www. techopedia. com/definition/15589/mobile-browser 11

Mobile Browsers Different languages that are used to program mobile web browsers: wireless mark-up language (WML) HTML (CHTML). However, most of the present-day mobile browsers are able to display regular HTML. 12

Mobile Browsers Sites that are perfect for mobile devices normally will have the following indication: Starts with a prefix ‘m’ – for mobile. It end with. mobi – indicating that this is indeed a mobile site One of the biggest challenges for web site designers is to ensure that the web pages will display on any output screen size – from the big desktop pc screens to the smallest smartphone screen. 13

Mobile Browsers A few browsers that are available: Do the assessment and learn more about web browsers. 14