The price of the hardware was reduced rapidly and the demand for wireless services grew quickly in this stage. ... The first generation of wireless LANs were designed to operate with workstations, and are not suitable for battery operated portable computers. The next generation wireless LANs are developing around the lap-top, palm-top, and pen-pad computers. ... "There's not much left that mobile computers don't do as well or better than desktop systems. ... The fusion of computers and wireless communications, in this case LANs, will indeed have a considerable impact on the future, a...

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Abstract Pervasive computing is an advancement of desktop model for the interaction between human and computer, which is integration of computing in human mankind day to day life. ... Evaluation of pervasive computing has been taken place in three waves, the first wave as main frame computing era in which one computer is shared by many people. The second wave is personal computing era in which one computer is used by one person. The third wave is the pervasive computing which was earlier called as ubiquitous computing in which one person with many computers. ... Computers are integrated in eve...

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They also control and control information from external or internal sensors, computers and other instruments. ... Summary For the two articles, the first article highlights improvement of mobile devices in terms hardware and software functionality, various applications developed and how they are developed while on the second article, mainly points on various advancement on communication network within the mobile devices. ... It is also wise for application developers explore the various embedded functionalities within the mobile devices and develop application utilizing the capabilities enhan...

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This was followed closely by Google Android, tablet computers such as the iPad and other developments in the mobile communications industry which paved the way for smart phones to become a substantial share of worldwide mobile handset sales. ... Advances in computing hardware and software as well as fierce competition in the mobile handset industry led to the development of handsets known as smart phones which have become more affordable with each passing day. ...

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