Category Archives: Mobile Computing

The Pros and Cons of Mobile Computing

Posted by on December 11, 2011 No comments
mobile computing The Pros and Cons of Mobile Computing
I’ve always enjoyed mobile computing or the ability to do computing tasks with my mobile devices anywhere. Mobile computing has given me the flexibility to multi-task and maximize my time. Unfortunately, it hasn’t always been a great experience.Here are some of my good and bad observations in mobile computing.The Good Being productive during down time. Obviously, being able to work virtually anywhere is the best benefit of the mobile computing. There are times when you want to do some work when you have some down time, like when you’re waiting for your flight, waiting for someone in a restaurant, and other waiting activities. Being able to work when you least expect it. There are times when you suddenly need to do some report, respond to an important email, or send a file asap. During these times, it’s reassuring to know that you can just power on your mobile device and start working! Globalization has made working with co-workers from other countries and different timezones a necessity. As a result, your working hours is oftentimes disregarded by your foreign counterparts. Being able to play my multimedia collection anywhere
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Mobile Computing – Human Centric Simplicity of Design and Function

Posted by on October 27, 2011 No comments
mobile computing8 Mobile Computing Human Centric Simplicity of Design and Function
It really is time to take simplistic computing to the next level. That is to say we need to make our mobile personal tech devices human centric, and they must be simple to use and operate, and intuitive to the needs of the user. They need the utmost simplicity of design and function. Anything less is simply not keeping pace with what the consumer really wants. Our personal tech devices are supposed to make our lives easier – we are not supposed to be enslaved to them.Products like tablets and iPads should not be complicated to use, and the software that rides upon them must be able to do just about everything that the user asks. And when I say asks, I mean speech recognition, and all that must be voice activated. Let’s say you’re designing a document, and you want to move the margin over a little bit. You should be able to say; “move the margin” and then you could say; “too much, a little less” – “okay right there, that’s good.”After all, this would be human centric, and it would be simple. The word-processing
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Mobile Tech Computing Future Sure May Be up in the Air

Posted by on October 10, 2011 No comments
mobile computing10 Mobile Tech Computing Future Sure May Be up in the Air
Who says innovation is dead in America? Every time I turn around I’m reading an article of another innovative entrepreneur in the personal technology space. And, the rapid increase in new innovations in mobile computing technologies is a bit overwhelming, and we have been inundated with new ideas and great concepts for over a decade. Many people thought that after Silicon Valley crashed, that was that. But now we see companies like Apple, Google, and others have been coming out with new innovations faster than anyone could have imagined.There was a very interesting article in Forbes Small Business Magazine in April of 2005 titled “Cell Calls by Balloon? And Arizona Entrepreneurs Cheap Weather Balloons Are Replacing Expensive Telecom Satellites,” by Justin Martin of Chandler Arizona. In this article, a small business person was using a weather balloons with a device not larger than a 4 one-gallon milk container dangling from underneath.It seems that rather than building and launching more mobile communication satellites costing millions of dollars, this gentleman could merely use inexpensive weather balloons, with all the equipment needed for next to nothing. Indeed it is an
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