July 2010
Intermediate to advanced
350 pages
14h 19m
English
Content preview from Smart Phone and Next Generation Mobile Computing
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The Next Wave of Computing 53
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Wireless Internet browsing — Web access is a core function of a
smart phone. The website a user visits from a smart phone could be
a set of specially designed wireless web pages or regular web pages.
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Data synchronization with a computer or another mobile device —
Interfaces of this application can include USB, Bluetooth, IrDA,
or Wireless LAN.
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Information push service — News, weather, movie show time,
games, blogs, and financial data can be downloaded on a timely
basis to a cell phone and are viewed via specially designed
programs.
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Audio/video/television streaming service — Such services are enabled
by 2.5G or 3G cellular networks and wireless broadcasting net-
works. Online music subscription services are also available ...