MOBILE TECHNOLOGY 101

UNLEASH YOUR INNER SUPERHERO

Mobile is one of the 4 technologies (Mobile, Cloud, Social and Big Data) that make up 3rd Platform.

Mobile Apps

Mobile Computing is about having technology in the palm of your hand whenever and wherever you are. Mobile Computing is the stuff of a superheroes. It allows ordinary people to be connected to the intelligence of everyone else in the world.








Mobile computing is not new.  I believe mobile computing was born in 1987.

Apple Newton circa 1987

1987's Apple Newton seems a prehistoric ancestor compared to modern mobile computing devices.

MOBILE COMPUTING DEVICES

Smartphones

Tablets

Google Glass

Smart Watch Concept

Wearable "Smart" Devices

Smart Bracelets

Smart Clothing

Biometric Monitors

MOBILE COMPUTE TECHNOLOGY

Wireless Technology

4G and WiFI allow high speed access to cloud data.

Bluetooth allows small devices to have larger interfaces such as keyboards and headsets by creating a PAN (Personal Area Network) over distances around 50 feet.

Digital Camera phones

Adding digital picture capabilities to smartphones and tablets changes them from data consuming devices into data creation devices. Now we take photos and upload to the cloud.

Mobile web browsers

Mobile Browser

 Before there were mobile apps there were mobile browsers that simply allowed access to Internet  websites

Mobile apps

Apple App Store over 1M apps & 15 Billion Downloads

Mobile apps downloadable from the cloud with two quick clicks. Mobile apps are different from traditional apps because they only seek to solve one problem which keeps them simple and intuitive.

Cloud data storage

Cloud Data Storage

Now tiny devices can access and store data in the cloud.

GPS - Global Positioning Satellite technology

GPS Satellite positioning

Allowed device to know "where you are"
Information displayed can now be tailored to your location
Objects can upload their location to the cloud

RFID - Radio Frequency Identification

Passive RFID Tag

Devices could sense & track objects in the real world
Object data can be uploaded to the cloud
Tracked objects only require RFID tags which require no power or batteries.
Unlike barcode stickers, RFID stickers can be read through the cover of a book.
RFID stickers can be sensed by a mobile device at distance. Walk though a datacenter and your RFID app could be taking inventory of all the IT assets in your datacenter.

BATTERIES

Battery Fully Charged

By definition, mobile device must be carried or worn. This requirement means that they must be small & lightweight yet will require batteries. Batteries are heavy and can be bulky. Mobile technology is tied to battery technology. Point to any mobile device and you'll find someone screaming about battery life!

CLOUD, CLOUD, CLOUD

notice that mobile devices are linked to that word CLOUD.

This use of "cloud" is the shared location that these mobile devices get and store their data. The cloud brings the world together through collaboration. Much like a bulletin board in your workplace, the cloud is a global bulletin board that the world can post on.

BIG DATA

Big Data Challenges

Mobile devices consume data.

Mobile devices create data.

Enter BIG DATA in the CLOUD. 

Analyzing this data will bring challenges since it's big, being created so fast and contains diverse types of data.

SOCIAL NETWORKING

Social Networking

Social networking found a home with mobile computing. When you carry a computer with a connection to the cloud everywhere you go. Why not let the world know what your doing at this very moment? Social networking helps us feel connected to the world. It allows us to build and display our digital image to the world. It's a digital representation of who we are on the inside.