Mobile

Applications

Outline
Overview of mobile technologies
Advantages of mobile devices
Examples
Challenges
Networking and Data Access
Security
Importance of Mobile Application
Conclusion

Device for voice communication

Alexander Graham Bell (1876)

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Everyday lifes tools

Computer

Fax

Radio
Email

Music player
Word processor

Credit cards

Everyday lifes tools

Computer

Mobile phones are first introduced in mid 1980s

Email

Word processor

Music player
Smart phone
Fax
Radio

Additional features can be installed

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Mobile applications
Banking (check balance, make transaction)
Restaurant (order and payment)
Mobile Payment (ticket, vending machine)
Tourism: tourist guide
Education: mobile learning
Entertainment: interactive digital art
Scientific: controlling and monitoring

Interactive Digital Art TelcomGallery

Use mobile phone to interact with the object:
- Pressing the phone's keys
-

Speaking to the phone,

Or simply holding the call.

Voice of the user can change the audio-visual

parameters of the digital artworks in real-time

Mobile devices as remote control

Advantages of mobile
devices
Accessible anywhere, anytime
Conveniently controlling and monitoring
Instant notification
Easy to exchange data and information

Challenges
Small screen-size (will remains)
Limited input facilities (will remains?)
Diverse software environments:

OS (Symbian, Linux, Windows Mobile),

Language (J2ME, BREW, C++)
Limited bandwidth (will be solved):
GSM->GPRS->UMTS, CDMA, WiFi

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Current Technology

SMS

WAP

request-reply text applications

Web applications

J2ME

Java applications

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Example Application
Mobile Payments
Access to the Internet
via a mobile device to
buy and sell services
Examples: mobile
banking, brokerage
services, bill
payments,
information services

Custome
r

Provider

Merchant

Credit Card Company

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Using SMS
Insecure
Cumbersome to use
Users need to remember cryptic SMS
commands
Cannot store credit card information on the

device
Limited extensibility

Payment history, merchant incentives, etc.

Using WAP
Equivalent to web payments
Slow as pages making up user interface

need to be downloaded for every payment

Request-reply interaction incompatible
with Bill notification
Limited ability to save information locally
Extendable
Can be developed and deployed very
quickly

Using J2ME
Insecure
HTTP request-reply problem

(same as for WAP)

Requires considerable software
development
More difficult to deploy
Simple, intuitive, pleasing user interface
possible
Very extendable

Networking and Data Access

Messaging
File sharing

Service
Povider
Always connected
Unattended

synchronization

Mobile
Payments
Mobile
Ticketing

Security
Access Control

Authorization

Authentication
Privacy

* Now a days the demand for

mobile application development is
increasing. As it helps in finding up a new
solution in different fields.
* It provides best features that are
important for the business, which helps in
attracting the customers. Moreover there
are many platform available like Android,
Blackberry, Windows, iPhone, etc.

Today mobile has

deeply ingrained
in business
operations.

* It enhances a better collaboration and

streamlining of work flow.
* The mobile application development
provides better platform for their
marketing.
* Now a days countless number of app
software are been downloaded to meet the
various requirements of the business.

* It brings an easy interaction and

communication channel in several forms
* The popularity of these application is on
rise which encourages the developers with
many more ideas.
* Thereby business can grow its
infrastructure by providing the better
service to the customers, the ability of
mobile application have increased with
the new technologies.

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Thank You

S.THIRUMALA RAO
III B.Sc
OXFORD DEGREE COLLEGE