BU415 Chapter Notes - Chapter 12: Init, Open-Source License, Nosql
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Smartphones or tablets have the ability to run an operating system and therefore software applications - just like any other digital computer. Software developers recognized opportunities to build applications for the mobile platform. Essentially portable computers that look like cell phones and application stores where you can easily download software for your portable device. The last technological cornerstone of both smartphones and tablets is the ability to. Thanks to its technological characteristics - portability and connectivity - the connect to both wifi networks and cell phone data networks. mobile platform gives users the opportunity for constant access to computing power and access to online services. Ubiquity - represents the idea that users of the device can access needed resources from (in theory) anywhere. Mobile devices offer the highest level of potential ubiquity among commercially available information technology (it) because they marry portability with connectivity. Identifiability - represents the idea that mobile devices uniquely identify their user.
