CPET 565 Mobile Computing Systems

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CPET 565 Mobile Computing Systems

• Mobile Computing Device
• Technologies
• Lecture 3
• Hongli Luo
• Spring 2010
• Indiana University-Purdue University Fort Wayne

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Mobile Computing Device Technologies

• Mobile Devices Hardware
• Operating Systems
• Development Tools

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Mobile Device Hardware

• PDAs (Personal Digital Assistance)
• SmartPhones
• PocketPC Phone Edition Devices
• PocketPCs
• Rugged PocketPC for Enterprise Solutions
• GPS Enabled PocketPCs

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Portable Information Appliances
(This slide courtesy of Sumi Helal _at_ The
University of Florida)
Car Stereo-Phone
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Mobile Device Hardware

• Hardware Features
• Bluetooth technology
• Camera (2 mega-pixels or more)
• FM radio
• Games
• Multimedia messaging
• MP3 player
• Speakphone
• Video recorder
• Wi-Fi
• Web browser

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Characteristics of Mobile Devices

• Resource-poor compared to their desktop
  counterparts
• Limited processing power
• Limited battery life
• Limited network connectivity
• Poor availabilitythey sleep a lot!
• Poor display resolution (except notebooks)
• Tedious data input (except notebooks)

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Mobile Computing Challenges

• Challenges in mobile computing directly related
  to the resource-poor nature of the devices
• Mobile computing isnt a simple extension of
  distributed computing
• Hostile environment
• Power-poor
• Poor (or no) network bandwidth
• Higher error rates
• Variable latency
• Frequent disconnection
• Mobility

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Mobile Device Hardware Smartphones (cont.)

• Smartphone Manufacturers
• Cingular, www.cingular.com, Cingular 8125
• E-TEN, www.etencorp.com , glohiish M700 (PocketPC
  Phone), Marketed through On the Go Solutions,
  http//www.onthegosolutions.com/
• HP, www.hp.com, iPAQ hw 6510
• HTC High Tech Computer Corporation,
  http//www.htc.com/ , HTC P4350
• I-Mate, www.imate.com, I-mate JAQ, JasJam,
  JASJAR, K-JAM
• Apple iPhone,

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Mobile Device Hardware - Smartphones (cont.)

• Smartphone Manufacturers
• I-Mate, www.imate.com, I-mate JAQ, JasJam,
  JASJAR, K-JAM
• Motorola MotoQ
• Palm, www.palm.com , Palm Treo 700W
• Research In Motion, Blackberry, www.rim.net ,
  www.blackberry.com
• Samsung, www.samsung.com, SCH-i730
• Sprint, www.sprint.com, Smart Device PPC-6700
  (Verizon XV6700)
• T-Mobile, www.t-mobile.com , T-Mobile MDA (I-mate
  K-JAM, Qtek9100)
• Verizon Wireless, www.verizonwireless.com,
  Samsung SCH-i730, SCH-i830

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Mobile Device Hardware - Smartphones (cont.)

• iPhone 3G,
• Technical specification http//www.apple.com/i
  phone/specs.html
• Screen size 3.5 inches
• Screen resolution 480320 pixels
• Input method multi-touch
• Storage 32GB and 16 GB
• Cellular UMTS/HSDPA (850, 1900, 2100 MHz),
  GSM/EDGE (850, 900, 1800, 1900 MHz)
• Wi-Fi (802.11b/g)
• Bluetooth 2.0
• finds your location via GPS, Wi-Fi, and cellular
  towers.

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Mobile Device Hardware - Smartphones (cont.)

• Palm, www.palm.com/us/
• Palm Treo 700W
• Palm Treo 700p, 128 Mbytes, Palm OS
• Palm Treo 700w, 128M bytes, Windows Mobile 5.0
• Palm Treo 700wx, 128M bytes, Windows Mobile 5.0
• Brochure download, http//www.palm.com/us/products
  /smartphones/treo700w/
• Palm Developer Network, https//pdn.palm.com/regac
  /pdn/index.jsp

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Mobile Device Hardware - Smartphones (cont.)

• Palm, www.palm.com , Palm Treo 700W (picture)
• AT/Cingular Wireless, http//www.cingular.com/cel
  l-phone-service/welcome/index.jsp
• Treo 750 smartphone
• Music, email, messaging, games, and Unlimited
  Cingular Video and Emedia
• Verizon Wireless
• Treo 700w
• Sprint
• Treo 700wx

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Mobile Device Hardware - Smartphones (cont.)

• Nokia
• Nokia N800
• Nokia E62 for business (picture)
• Nokia N95 Multimedia Computer Include GPS
  navigation, http//www.allaboutsymbian.com/news/it
  em/4328_Nokia_N95-HSDPA_WiFi_5MP_Camer.php
• Nokia N91, http//www.nokiausa.com/phones/N91/0,77
  47,,00.html
• Nokia N80 Internet Edition, http//www.nokiausa.co
  m/phones/N80ie/0,7747,,00.html
• Nokia 770 Internet Tablet, http//www.nokiausa.com
  /770

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Mobile Device Hardware - PocketPCs (cont.)

• PocketPC Manufacturers
• Acer http//global.acer.com Acer n310
• Asus, http//usa.asus.com
• Dell, www.dell.com
• Goldlantern GL3000, http//store.goldlantern.com/p
  ocketpc.html
• HP iPAQ, www.hp.com
• iMate, http//www.imate.com/

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Mobile Device Hardware - PocketPCs (cont.)

• Dell, www.dell.com
• Intel XScale PXA270 624-MHz Processor
• Axim X51v Handheld
• 64 MB RAM, 256 MB ROM
• Microsoft Mobile 5.0
• Wi-Fi (802.11b), Bluetooth
• DellTM AximTM X51/X51v Manuals
• http//support.dell.com/support/edocs/systems/axim
  x51/en/index.htm

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Mobile Device Hardware Rugged PocketPCs (cont.)

• Rugged PocketPC for Enterprise Solutions (Windows
  Mobile 2003 SE and Windows Mobile 5.0)
• The Juniper Archer Field PC, www.junipersys.com
• Symbol Technologies, www.symbol.com/products/ ,
  Symbol MC50, MC70
• Tripod Data Systems, www.tdsway.com , Recon
  X-Series
• Casio, www.casio.com, Casio IT-10M20
• Hand Held Products, www.handheld.com , Dolphin
  9500/9550
• Unitech America, www.ute.com , Unitech PA950
• Featuring shock, water, dust resistance
• Suitable for use in tough field environment

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Mobile Device Hardware GPS Enabled PocketPCs
(cont.)

• Garmin GPS, www.garmin.com
• GPS enabled PocketPC iQue M3 and M4
• MIO, http//www.miogps.com/US/
• P550
• Navman, http//www.navman.com/
• PiN570
• Pharos GPS, http//www.pharosgps.com/

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Mobile Device Hardware - Accessories (cont.)

• External keyboard
• GPS receivers and navigation software
• Data collection hardware (Bar code scanner, RFID,
  Serial card -RS 232 adapter)
• Socket Communications, Somo 650
  http//www.socketcom.com/

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Operating Systems for Mobile Device

• Android
• Microsoft
• Windows Mobile 6.0
• Windows CE
• BREW
• Linux
• Palm OS
• RIM
• Symbian

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Operating Systems for Mobile Device (cont.)

• Microsoft
• Windows Mobile 6.0 ( three versions)
• Windows Mobile 6 Standard for Smartphones
  (phones without touchscreens),
• Windows Mobile 6 Professional for Pocket PCs
  with phone functionality,
• Windows Mobile 6 Classic for Pocket PCs without
  cellular radios.

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Operating Systems for Mobile Device (cont.)

• Microsoft
• Windows Mobile 6.0
• Office Mobile support for Smartphones
• Built-in Microsoft applications Calendar
  appointment book, Contacts manager, Tasks
  manager, Mobile version of Internet Explorer
• Media Player 10 Mobile
• Windows Mobile Developer Center,
  http//msdn.microsoft.com/windowsmobile/

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Operating Systems for Mobile Device (cont.)

• Microsoft
• Windows Mobile versions
• Windows Mobile 6.1
• Windows Mobile 6
• Windows Mobile 5.0
• Windows Mobile 2003 Second Edition
• Windows Mobile 2003
• Windows Mobile Pocket PC 2002 and Smartphone 2002
  
• Windows Mobile Pocket PC 2000

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Operating Systems for Mobile Device (cont.)

• Microsoft Windows CE
• Windows Embedded Compact
• OS for embedded systems
• Microsoft Windows Embedded Developer Center,
• http//msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/embedded/default.a
  spx

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Operating Systems for Mobile Device

• Android
• Free and open source software, running on Linux
  kernel
• A complete set of software for mobile devices an
  operating system, middleware and key mobile
  applications.
• http//www.openhandsetalliance.com/android_overvie
  w.html
• Qualcomm BREW, http//brew.qualcomm.com/brew/en/ab
  out/about_brew.html
• Linux, http//www.linux-magazine.com/issue/07
• Palm OS, https//pdn.palm.com/regac/pdn/index.jsp
  
• Apple iPhone OS, http//www.apple.com
• RIM, http//www.rim.net/
• Blackberry, http//www.blackberry.com/
• BlackBerry Developers, http//na.blackberry.com/en
  g/developers/
• Symbian, http//www.symbian.com/
• Java
• Java 2 Micro Edition (Java ME, J2ME),
  http//java.sun.com/javame/reference/apis.jsp
• http//developers.sun.com/channel/04_06/links.jsp
• http//www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS6857451192.html

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Development Tools for Mobile Computing

• Android
• Microsoft Visual Studio, http//msdn2.microsoft.co
  m/en-us/vstudio/default.aspx
• SUN One Studio, http//developers.sun.com/prodtech
  /javatools/jsenterprise/index.jsp
• CodeWarrior Development Tools
• http//www.freescale.com/webapp/sps/site/homepage.
  jsp?nodeId012726
• CodeWarrior for Symbian OS, http//www.forum.nokia
  .com/main/resources/tools_and_sdks/codewarrior/
• CrossFire (AppForge) Mobile Application Platform
• http//www.appforge.com/index.asp

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Development Tools for Mobile Computing

• IBM WebSphere Studio Device Developer,
  http//www-306.ibm.com/software/wireless/wsdd/
• PalmOS Dev Suite (PODS), http//www.access-company
  .com/developers/
• Pendragon Forms, http//www.pendragon-software.com
  /
• Satellite Forms, http//www.satelliteforms.net/
• GCC The GNU Compiler Collection
• http//gcc.gnu.org/