The age of mobile computing is here. Not only are there laptops now capable of connecting to wireless internet – no phone line needed – but many of today’s handheld objects are capable of accessing the internet as well. Devices like cell phones, iPods, and PDAs are capable of getting onto the internet from anywhere, provided they get a signal.
Mobile Computing Conferences
- Mobile Comp: Official page for the Annual International Conference on Mobile Computing and Networking, a conference that discusses issues relating to both mobile computing as well as networking services.
- CMC 2009: The name of a mobile computing conference held in China. Its purpose is to allow engineers and researchers present technological advances.
- MoMM Conference: Official site for the International Conference on Advances in Mobile Computing & Multimedia, one of the leading conferences in the world. People gather to share their ideas and research results.
- WiMob: The website for the IEEE International Conference on Wireless Mobile Computing, Networking and Communications that’s held in Morocco. The conference helps researchers generate new challenges for themselves and discusses problems they have encountered in research.
- MobiCase: Site for the International Conference on Mobile Computing, Applications and Science, another conference designed to help researchers get advice on technological issues.
Mobile Computing Journals
- Pervasive and Mobile Computing: Journal that has editorials and other information about subjects like pervasive mobile computing plus more.
- Wireless Communications and Mobile Computing: A multiple volume journal that focuses the analysis of equipment and other technical specifications.
- IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing: A bi-monthly journal that provides information about mobility of users, data, systems, and other issues like accessibility.
- Internet Journal of Mobile Computing: A simple journal that discusses multiple subjects relating to mobile computing.
- International Journal of Mobile Communications: Journal devoted to promoting, coordinating, and developing the practice of mobile communications.
Mobile Computing Research
- IBM Mobile Research: Link to the IBM research page. Products include human-computer interfaces and pervasive computing middleware.
- Research on Mobile Computing at Purdue: Purdue page about mobile research projects covering data management in mobile environments.
- Mobile and Pervasive Computing Research: Discusses a few of the research projects at Carnegie Mellon.
- Georgia Tech Networks and Mobile Computing Research Group: Provides information about publications and projects from Georgia Tech.
- Milly Watt Project: Product that explores improving batter life on mobile computing devices.
Wireless Providers
- Cricket: Official site for Cricket, one of the most popular cell phone services available. Many of their phones have wireless internet available.
- Wireless AT&T: Link to the wireless portion of AT&T’s official site. Their phones have some of the most advanced access to wireless networks.
- Sprint Wireless: Link to Sprint’s official site, which has phones that have access to wireless networks.
- T-Mobile: The official T-Mobile site. Their phones have access to an extensive wireless provider network.
- All-Tell: Another phone provider that can also act as a wireless provider through its phones.
Category 5 - General Resources
- Resources List: Lists 170 different resources for topics relating to remote computing.
- Mobile Computing in the Academia: Links to multiple sites with information about mobile computing.
- FAQs About Wireless, Computing, & Software: Provides information about wireless computing.
Wireless and mobile computing has become a staple in today’s society. Businessmen and women conduct their business over their PDAs and many people use their iPods to look up information while they’re out shopping. Some people even use their cell phones to look up maps while going out to eat. Everywhere you look, someone is trying to access wireless internet, and as hotspots crop up all over the country, this practice will surely continue.