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The HistoryBusiness

ApplicationsA Technical

OverviewThe FutureOf Mobility

iMac uMac

This device is widely regarded as the first commercial portable

computer.

What is the Osborne 1?

The laptop wouldn’t be what it is today without the development of

certain key technologies. In 1989, this company was the first to introduce an active matrix 640 x 400 screen. (It’s also the name

of a red fruit)

What is Apple Inc. ?

In 1994, this company was the

first to introduce CD-Rom’s into laptops with the “Thinkpad 755”. In 1995, they also produced the

“butterfly” keyboard which folded out of its base origami

style.

What is IBM?

This was the first pocket PC to be mass produced in North America. It uses a Microsoft Windows interface

and allow the user to download games, software and ebooks.

What is the Palm Pilot?

President Barack Obama recently won a battle to keep this hand-

held device for his personal use. He is limited to using the device for emailing personal friends and

senior White-House staff.

What is the Blackberry?

This device is designed for low power consumption. It has a range

of 1 to 100 meters and uses low- cost transceiver microchips. The device

uses a radio broadcast communications system to

communicate with other devices without having to be in the “line of

sight” of each other.

What is the Blutooth?

These networks are the foundation and principle of

mobile computing. They allow data to be transferred between devices without the use of hard

lines.

What are Cellular networks?

This is a technology that recreates a user environment and allows you to run a wide

range of software applications, even those that would have required standard installation. With it, you have the ability to take almost

any program with you and run it on virtually any machine that offers USB support. You

also have the added convenience of needing only an extremely small USB device that can

be held in the palm of your hand.

What is USB virtualization?

This is the software-based mobile technology that allows a user to connect to a home or office PC and work as though they were

right in front of it, by providing direct access or by recreating the

remote desktop on the local workstation.

What is Remote Connection?

This Future application for Google’s open-source Android mobile-phone operating system, will track your friends on a map by picking up GPS signals from

other Android phones, so you can search for nearby parties.

What is LOCO?

This Pentop computer it features a calculator, notepad, scheduler, keyboard with rhythm section and drums, journal, math and

social studies teacher and Spanish dictionary

What is LeapFrog’s Fly Pentop computer?

This app will send you reminders based on location instead of time. For example, as you approach a grocery store, it will remind you

to pick up milk.

What is Geolife?

This actor plays “PC” in Apple’s irritating new add campaign.

Who is John Hodgeman?

Nothing.

What is impossible to do with an iPhone?