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Mobile Computing in Society: Mobile Computing in Society Jared Sutherland
CIS 497
http://cis.ksu.edu/~jms9993
Overview: Overview What is Mobile Computing?
What are the advantages?
What are the disadvantages?
What is in store for the future?
What is Mobile Computing?: What is Mobile Computing? Mobile Computing:
- ability to use technology to wirelessly connect to and use centrally located information and/or application software through the application of small, portable, and wireless computing and communication devices
Examples of Mobile Computing: Examples of Mobile Computing Laptop
Cell Phone
PDA
GPS
IPOD
Mobile Computing in Society: Mobile Computing in Society What the advantages are
- Laptops
- Cell Phones
- PDA
- GPS Navigation
What the disadvantages are
- Security
- Cell Phones
- Navigation
Advantages: Advantages Laptops
Information on-the-go
Education
Wireless Office
Cell Phones
Economical
Safer Way to Travel
Not having to find a pay phone other way to communicate when away from your land line
Number of Cell Phones in US 93 -02: Number of Cell Phones in US 93 -02
Advantages: Advantages PDA
Medical
-Less Error (drug interactions, double dose)
-Medical
-Handwritten records thing of the past
-Real Time Charts for Doctors and Nurses
Windows Operating System / Apps
-Spread Sheet, Word Processor
-Media Player
Advantages : Advantages GPS
- OnStar
Locate stolen vehicles
Emergency situations like locked keys in car
Service is available to approximately 1 million cars on the road
Disadvantages: Disadvantages Cell Phones
- Unsafe Driving
- Lack of Etiquette
Security
- Rogue Wireless Networks
- Personal Theft
- WEP easy to crack
- Bluetooth Hacks
GPS Navigation
- Vehicle Tracking for Companies
WEP Cracking Video : WEP Cracking Video WEP Cracking Video
Future of Mobile Computing: Future of Mobile Computing Devices will integrate each others technology
Examples:
-PDA Cell Phone
-Cell Phones working with WLAN’s
-Cell Phones with MP3 players
Wired devices thing of the past
Land lines
Questions?: Questions?
Thank You