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Mobile Commerce Applications (Cont.)


Wireless Classrooms
Educators can use handheld devices with mobile Internet access to improve teaching and learning in both local and wide area network environments.
  • Local area wireless access. Using handheld devices equipped with the appropriate software and connected by a wireless network to the Internet exposes students to a rich variety of web resources that can help them learn various concepts and subjects.

  • Wide area wireless access. Teacher training places a heavy emphasis on integrating technology with instruction and learning, yet the reality of inadequate school facilities often dismays instructors. Mobile computing technology provides the functionality of a desktop PC to teachers who are displaced from their room.

Mobile Searches for Everything
Web search engine ability in a mobile form allows users to find mobile content on websites which are available to mobile devices on mobile networks. 84% of smartphone and tablet searchers visit search engines in research process.