We will explain
different mobile technologies, so it's alright if you don't know them already!
The First Step??”Understanding Mobile
Devices
Go to any electronics store, and you will have hundreds of mobile phones to choose
from. The shelf life of a mobile phone model is less than 18 months now. People
change their phones every two years, and companies push new models every month.
Mobile phones are not the only mobile devices! With pocket-sized computing
devices??”PDAs, micro notebooks, and even handheld notebooks??”the options
are bewildering. We will include both mobile phones and pocket-sized devices
whenever we refer to mobile devices. Let us discuss some specific features and
limitations of these mobile devices.
Mobile Phones
Mobile phones are the largest segment of mobile devices. Mobile phones typically
come in "candy bar", "sliding box", or "clam shell" form. You surely have seen a
variety of them. Mobile phones have a specially designed processor and run some
kind of operating system. Symbian and Windows Mobile are widely used operating
systems on mobile phones, and many phone manufacturers develop their own
systems as well.
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