Mobile Cloud Computing
- 2. Simeon Oriko
- 3. 3rd Year student at University of Eastern Africa, Baraton (UEAB)
- 4. Microsoft Student Partner
- 7. How do we give people access to information and other resources that will enable them be all they can be?
- 9. 1 + 1 = 2Mobile Web + Cloud Computing = Mobile Cloud Computing
- 10. imobile web
- 11. Mobile phones are not the same as desktop computers
- 13. The complexity of the mobile world Multiple Operating Systems
- 15. Multiple devices etcFour major problems of the mobile web: Limited memory and storage
- 16. Small display screens
- 17. Flaky browsers
- 18. Flaky connections1. Limited memory and storage Processing power
- 19. Various data formats
- 20. Depends on the device
- 21. Data storage
- 22. Storage is expensive
- 23. Interoperability issues 2. Small display screens Desktop version websites are optimized for 1024 x 768 pixels.
- 24. There’s no way that will fit on a mobile browser. Small display screens Solution lies in the realms of graphic and interaction design.
- 25. Technical solutions exist using CSS and Javascript.3. Flaky Browsers There are MANY mobile browsers!
- 26. They all vary in standards and modes of rendering.
- 27. Most are downloaded and tied to the devices performance.Mobile BrowsersTop Level:
- 28. Android webkit, Safari, Opera Mobile
- 29. Mid Level:
- 30. S60 Webkit, Opera mini, Blackberry
- 31. Bottom Level:
- 32. NetFront, IE Mobile (old)
- 33. Other Browsers:
- 34. Iris, Bolt, Skyfire, Obigo, Fennec, Teashark etc4. Flaky Connections Spotty outside urban areas…that’s about it! Technical solutions using HTML5Solutions: Take data processing away from the mobile phone and into the cloud.
- 35. Create a common platform that all mobile phones (try to) share in common e.g. mobile web, sms and ussd.MOBILE CLOUD COMPUTING
- 36. Definition of POTENTIAL 1998: 3.9 BILLION Mobile Subscribers!
- 37. 42.8 MILLION Mobile Cloud Computing Subscribers!
- 38. 2014: 5.2 BILLION Mobile Subscribers!!
- 39. 998 MILLION Mobile Cloud Computing Subscribers!!! The power (and beauty) of this is the number of users this concept has the power to reach…especially in Africa!!!!
- 40. Take note: CONCEPT not TECHNOLOGYMobile Cloud Computing Concept
- 41. Suitability
- 42. Technology
- 44. 2. Suitability Ubiquity – Something novel to something common.
- 45. Certainty – Something little known to something everybody knows and loves.3. Technology“We have the technology!”
- 46. 4. Attitude Willingness to use it
- 47. Africa needs this!What will Mobile Cloud Computing look like? Smartphones will increase in percentage.
- 48. Feature phones will become more sophisticated.
- 49. Lower end phones will be the driving force.What will Mobile Cloud Computing look like? Apps will be of two types:
- 50. Native apps
- 51. Web appsWhat will Mobile Cloud Computing look like? Faster mobile networks.
- 52. Improved network connectivity outside urban areas.KUYU…be all you can be…