Android Can Be The Best Choice For Mobile Computing In Near Future!

Since Google acquired Android Inc a small company located in Palo Alto which created applications for mobile phones, speculations about Google getting in the mobile arena had started. Some people said, the giant Internet Search Company initially wanted to reinforce their online applications aiming mobiles like Google Maps and Google Calendar, although nothing was done about until Android late 2007.
Now the question is whether being open source software Android can be the future of mobile computing or not. Android has certainly the strong potential to shape the future of mobile computing. Releasing Android SDk is not just another phenomenon. Android’s strength stands on its openness. This open source software would extend the possibilities of mobile computing by making it available to the hardware manufacturers can use it and also can come with a completely customizable OS. This open source software also applies to the selection of mobile devices. This is an important area where many users could not be so far happy with Apple’s iPhone and other smartphones.
This new Android phones are phones that operate on the Linux Kernal mobile operating System. It basically brings the desktop to the mobile phones and allows emailing, instant messaging, and web browsing all at the same time. Being open source software it supports multitasking such as running applications in the background while the user accesses the social network site. Meanwhile user can listen to music and write an email at the same time, while talking on the phone. The possibilities are only restricted by imagination on Android; not only that, Android OS also allows several applications to run at the same time, just like any Desktop OS.
The new Android Phones are being running with Google, Motorola, and HTC, LG, Dell and others breaking into the Smartphone market. The technology that it promises is ground breaking. The Android system acts like a robot, the user tells it what to do and it does it with supposed lightening speed.
Plus Android came up with the new version 2.0, the latest in the line of Android systems to hit the market. The capabilities and promises are coming true very quickly as 2.0.1 stands ready for release.
It is a new trend that everyone wants a system that is just like a PC but at the same time it will act like a phone with most of the capabilities. The technology has just begun and there is more, yet to come. And experts say, Android deserves to be the promising Operating System that would change the mobile world.
If again the question comes whether Android is the future of mobile computing, the ideal answer should be ‘it certainly could be’. Android’s open nature makes it possible for hardware developers to use it for whatever new devices they can imagine. Its SDK makes is easy for application developers to create the applications users want and need.
To make the android phone most useful one should go for the turnkey solutions over Android OS. Before outsourcing the Android Application you should choose a developer’s company who can deliver customized and scalable Applications with the use of top-rung technology.

Corebook Computer: the Future of Mobile Computing

In an age of electronic devices that counts on efficiency rather than on their size, compact gadgets have shown that abundance in space doesn’t really mean abundance in their abilities. On the contrary, in perfect consonance to the phrase ‘good things come in small packages,’ compact devices have ushered in a new phase of mobilism based on a high performance enabled configuration. And when we touch the subject of mobilism, we just can’t ignore the amazing developments, which have become the highlight of the computer industry. In the middle of an ever persistent journey of upgrading in computer technology, the development of mobile or handheld computing devices has attracted a lot of attention, primarily because of what these devices are serving to their users.

Whether it’s about displaying their technological prowess in medical, defense, or other scientific applications, handheld or mobile computers have taken convenient usability to an entirely new level. With the option to customise the applications according to your needs, these compact computing devices can be a powerful tool for you in your professional work zones. In fact, powered up with the right embedded packages, they can very well do all that your industrial computers could do. Two of the most popular lines of handheld computers are the Corebook series and the Explorer series.

The range of Explorer computers comprise the XP9800 and XP520 as the forbearers to the future of mobile computing technology, what with a huge array of low cost, and yet high-calibre features making them a hugely popular choice in today’s tech-frenzied world. The XP520 is a highly rugged PDA phone that works on a Windows CE.NET 5.0 Professional Plus operating system and is powered by the Marvell 400MHz Processor. A 64MB SDRAM and a 64MB Flash ROM offers it enough spunk for high-ranged industrial applications. The XP520, on the other hand, is powered by the Marvell PX270 520MHz processor and Windows Mobile 5.0 operating system.

The CoreBook15 computer is the only release under the Corebook series and comes across as a high-performance feature enabled notebook that supports either of Intel Centrino Duo Mobile Technology, Intel Core 2 Duo processor, or Intel Celeron M Core 2 Solo processor. With a shock resistant LCD screen, spill resistant keyboard and touchpad, and a drop resistant body, it is truly a rugged notebook designed to withstand all hazardous industrial environments. Even safety rates high with the CoreBook15, as features like Kensington lock, administrator password, and boot password keep your fears at bay without much effort.
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Loction Aware Mobile Computing – Past , Present and Future

The question that always arises when a business is thinking of buying a mobile computer is “Will it be worth it?”

In many fields of work, the ability to keep on the move is vital in order to utilise time efficiently. Efficient utilisation of resources (ie: staff) can mean substantial savings in transportation costs and other non quantifyable costs such as increased customer attention, impact of on site maintenance and improved intercommunication within the business.

The importance of Mobile Computers has been highlighted in many fields of which a few are described below:

For Estate Agents

Estate agents can work either at home or out in the field. With mobile computers they can be more productive. They can obtain current real estate information by accessing multiple listing services, which they can do from home, office or car when out with clients. They can provide clients with immediate feedback regarding specific homes or neighborhoods, and with faster loan approvals, since applications can be submitted on the spot. Therefore, mobile computers allow them to devote more time to clients.

Emergency Services

Ability to recieve information on the move is vital where the emergency services are involved. Information regarding the address, type and other details of an incident can be dispatched quickly, via a CDPD system using mobile computers, to one or several appropriate mobile units which are in the vicinity of the incident.

Here the reliability and security implemented in the CDPD system would be of great advantage.

Police Incident Information Screen

In courts

Defense counsels can take mobile computers in court. When the opposing counsel references a case which they are not familiar, they can use the computer to get direct, real-time access to on-line legal database services, where they can gather information on the case and related precedents. Therefore mobile computers allow immediate access to a wealth of information, making people better informed and prepared.

In companies

Managers can use mobile computers in, say, critical presentations to major customers. They can access the latest market share information. At a small recess, they can revise the presentation to take advantage of this information. They can communicate with the office about possible new offers and call meetings for discussing responds to the new proposals. Therefore, mobile computers can leverage competitive advantages.

Stock Information Collation/Control

In environments where access to stock is very limited ie: factory warehouses. The use of small portable electronic databases accessed via a mobile computer would be ideal.

Data collated could be directly written to a central database, via a CDPD network, which holds all stock information hence the need for transfer of data to the central computer at a later date is not necessary. This ensures that from the time that a stock count is completed, there is no inconsistency between the data input on the portable computers and the central database.

Credit Card Verification

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. This can speed up the transaction process and relieve congestion at the POS terminals.

Taxi/Truck Dispatch

Using the idea of a centrally controlled dispatcher with several mobile units (taxis), mobile computing allows the taxis to be given full details of the dispatched job as well as allowing the taxis to communicate information about their whereabouts back to the central dispatch office. This system is also extremely useful in secure deliveries ie: Securicor. This allows a central computer to be able to track and recieve status information from all of its mobile secure delivery vans. Again, the security and reliabilty properties of the CDPD system shine through.

Taxi Dispatch Network

 

Electronic Mail/Paging

Usage of a mobile unit to send and read emails is a very useful asset for any business individual, as it allows him/her to keep in touch with any colleagues as well as any urgent developments that may affect their work. Access to the Internet, using mobile computing technology, allows the individual to have vast arrays of knowledge at his/her fingertips.

Paging is also achievable here, giving even more intercommunication capability between individuals, using a single mobile computer device.

 

THE FUTURE

With the rapid technological advancements in Artificial Intelligence, Integrated Circuitry and increases in Computer Processor speeds, the future of mobile computing looks increasingly exciting.

With the emphasis increasingly on compact, small mobile computers, it may also be possible to have all the practicality of a mobile computer in the size of a hand held organizer or even smaller.

Use of Artificial Intelligence may allow mobile units to be the ultimate in personal secretaries, which can receive emails and paging messages, understand what they are about, and change the individuals personal schedule according to the message. This can then be checked by the individual to plan his/her day.

The working lifestyle will change, with the majority of people working from home, rather than commuting. This may be beneficial to the environment as less transportation will be utilised. This mobility aspect may be carried further in that, even in social spheres, people will interact via mobile stations, eliminating the need to venture outside of the house.

This scary concept of a world full of inanimate zombies sitting, locked to their mobile stations, accessing every sphere of their lives via the computer screen becomes ever more real as technology, especially in the field of mobile data communications, rapidly improves and, as shown below, trends are very much towards ubiquitous or mobile computing.

Major Trends in Computing

Indeed, technologies such as Interactive television and Video Image Compression already imply a certain degree of mobility in the home, ie. Home shopping etc. Using the mobile data communication technologies discussed, this mobility may be pushed to extreme.

The future of Mobile Computing is very promising indeed, although technology may go too far, causing detriment to society.