Exam 7: Mobile Computing and Commerce

Benefits of mobile POS stations include each of the following except:

Yahoo Mobile and iGoogle are__________ which are customer channels optimized for mobility and that aggregate content and services for mobile users.

New categories of handhelds such as e-readers--Amazon's Kindle and Apple's iPad - have not been rapidly adopted.

Applying mobile computing to __________ may have strategic implications by shortening cycle time,reducing delays,and improving supplier and customer relationships.Such solutions enable organizations to proactively adjust plans or shift resources.

Mobile commerce in Japan is growing exponentially and now represents the largest amount of m-commerce sales in the world.

Wi-Fi has fairly high power-consumption compared to some other standards such as Bluetooth.

As interest in mobile commerce grows,there is a greater demand for innovative payment systems that make transactions from smartphones and other mobile devices convenient,safe,and secure.

Many financial service handhelds send SMS texts using __________,which work like telephone numbers,except that they are 5 or 6 characters long and easier to remember.

By enabling sales force employees to type orders or queries directly into __________ systems while at a client's site,companies can reduce clerical mistakes and improve supply chain operations.

Greater adoption of mobile apps will change the way that organizations deal with both internal and external customer service and support.Therefore,most organizations have developed plans for mobile customer service and support for competitive advantage.

An advantage of an __________,which is a piece of software,is that it that stores an online shopper's credit card numbers and other personal information so that the shopper does not have to reenter that information for every online purchase.

Identify and discuss two ways in which mobile technology can be used to save lives.

During periods of high volume,__________ stations can be setup by using handheld computers,scanners and printers and that are capable of processing credit card payments and printing receipts.

__________ equipment identifies the location of the mobile device either through GPS or by locating the nearest base station.The information is sent to the mobile positioning center.

Many financial service handhelds make use of __________ that are 5 or 6 characters long for sending SMS texts.

Mobility started when computers became __________.

The cumbersome process of changing prices on in-store merchandise is made easier using mobile devices.Employees can walk the aisles of a store,scanning merchandise and checking the posted price against the price in the store's UPC database.

Engineers can find the location of any receiving station to within 50 feet by __________,using the distance from a GPS to three satellites to make the computation.

Primary forces that are driving the growth of the mobile market are __________ and __________.

List 4 of the most popular mobile OSs: