mobile cloud computing
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MOBILE CLOUD
COMPUTING
• Simeon Oriko
• 3rd Year student at University of Eastern
Africa, Baraton (UEAB)
• Microsoft Student Partner
• http://twitter.com/mtotowajirani
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How do we give people
access to information
and other resources that
will enable them be all
they can be?
MOBILE CLOUD
COMPUTING
1 + 1 = 2
Mobile Web + Cloud Computing =
Mobile Cloud Computing
mobile web
Mobile phones are
not the same as
desktop computers
The complexity of the mobile world
• Multiple Operating Systems
• Multiple browsers
• Multiple devices etc
Four major problems of the mobile web:
• Limited memory and storage
• Small display screens
• Flaky browsers
• Flaky connections
1. Limited memory and storage
• Processing power
• Various data formats
• Depends on the device
• Data storage
• Storage is expensive
• Interoperability issues
2. Small display screens
• Desktop version websites are optimized for
1024 x 768 pixels.
• There’s no way that will fit on a mobile
browser.
Small display screens
• Solution lies in the realms of graphic and
interaction design.
• Technical solutions exist using CSS and
Javascript.
3. Flaky Browsers
• There are MANY mobile browsers!
• They all vary in standards and modes of
rendering.
• Most are downloaded and tied to the devices
performance.
Mobile Browsers
•Top Level:
• Android webkit, Safari, Opera Mobile
• Mid Level:
• S60 Webkit, Opera mini, Blackberry
• Bottom Level:
• NetFront, IE Mobile (old)
• Other Browsers:
• Iris, Bolt, Skyfire, Obigo, Fennec, Teashark
etc
4. Flaky Connections
• Spotty outside urban areas
…that’s about it!
• Technical solutions using HTML5
Solutions:
• Take data processing away from the mobile
phone and into the cloud.
• Create a common platform that all mobile
phones (try to) share in common e.g. mobile
web, sms and ussd.
MOBILE CLOUD
COMPUTING
Definition of POTENTIAL
• 1998: 3.9 BILLION Mobile Subscribers!
• 42.8 MILLION Mobile Cloud Computing
Subscribers!
• 2014: 5.2 BILLION Mobile Subscribers!!
• 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!!!!
• Take note: CONCEPT not TECHNOLOGY
Mobile Cloud Computing
• Concept
• Suitability
• Technology
• Attitude
1. Concept
Innovation
Bespoke
Products
Services
2. Suitability
• Ubiquity – Something novel to something
common.
• Certainty – Something little known to
something everybody knows and loves.
3. Technology
“We have the technology!”
4. Attitude
• Willingness to use it
• Africa needs this!
What will Mobile Cloud Computing look like?
• Smartphones will increase in percentage.
• Feature phones will become more sophisticated.
• Lower end phones will be the driving force.
What will Mobile Cloud Computing look like?
• Apps will be of two types:
• Native apps
• Web apps
What will Mobile Cloud Computing look like?
• Faster mobile networks.
• Improved network connectivity outside urban
areas.
KUYU…be all you can be…
Simeon Oriko