"This book explores technological developments and widespread issues concerning the explosion of mobile devices in the information age"--Provided by publisher.</div>
Mobile Technology Consumption: Opportunities and Challenges
β Scribed by Barbara L. Ciaramitaro
- Publisher
- IGI Global
- Year
- 2011
- Tongue
- English
- Leaves
- 256
- Edition
- 1
- Category
- Library
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β¦ Synopsis
Whether used for communication, entertainment, socio-economic growth, crowd-sourcing social and political events, monitoring vital signs in patients, helping to drive vehicles, or delivering education, mobile technology has been transformed from a mode to a medium.Mobile Technology Consumption: Opportunities and Challenges explores essential questions related to the cost, benefit, individual and social impact, and security risks associated with the rapid consumption of mobile technology. This book presents the current state of mobile technologies and their use in various domains including education, healthcare, government, entertainment, and emerging economic sectors.
β¦ Table of Contents
Table of Contents......Page 5
Preface......Page 7
Acknowledgement......Page 12
Introduction to Mobile Technologies......Page 14
Mobile Education......Page 29
Mobile Handheld Devices in Education......Page 45
Mobile Marketing......Page 59
Mobile Government and Defense......Page 78
Mobile Healthcare......Page 90
mHealth......Page 112
Potentials and Challenges of Mobile Augmented Reality......Page 123
The Use of Embedded Mobile, RFID, and Augmented Reality in Mobile Devices......Page 139
The Impact of Mobility on Social and Political Movement......Page 151
Next Generation Multimedia on Mobile Devices......Page 181
Transforming eMaintenance into iMaintenance with Mobile Communications Technologies and Handheld Devices......Page 195
Mobile Security......Page 213
Compilation of References......Page 227
About the Contributors......Page 246
Index......Page 251
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