Synapse India Reviews on MOBILE AND TABLET COMPUTING

The iPad, Xoom, and Other Tablet and Mobile Devices

Mobile Device vs Tablet

Mobile device (also known as handheld) Small handheld

computing device Screen display with

touch input Miniature keyboard Less than two pounds Smart phones and

PDAs

• Tablet computers– Complete mobile

computer– Larger than a mobile

phone or PDA– Virtual keyboard

Operating Systems

Apple’s iOS Started for iPhone Expanded to iPad

Google’s Android Originally for smart phones Found on more devices than any other OS Android 2.2

Smaller devices (smart phones to 7 inch tablets) Android 3.0 (Honeycomb)

Larger tablets (10 inch and more)

Other OS for Tablet Computers

Windows Business oriented with active pen and handwriting

recognition. webOS

Initially developed by Palm Used by HP’s tablet and Synergy technology

BlackBerry OS Developed by RIM for BlackBerry PlayBook tablet Based on OS found in on-board automobile systems

and International Space Station eReaders

eInk screen, weeks between charges, read in direct sunlight

Mobile/Tablet Devices

Apple’s iOS iPod iPhone iPad

Google’s Android Motorola

Smart Phone Xoom

Samsung Galaxy Tab

• Other Devices– Amazon’s Kindle Fire–Window’s Motion

CL900– BlackBerry PlayBook

• Apps are OS, thus device dependent• iOS apps will not run on Android

OS• iPad apps will not run on iPhone• iPhone apps will run on iPad

Differences Between Apps iOS

500,000 apps No widgets Multitasking 37% of apps are free More games

Android 250,000 apps Has widgets Multitasking Different sized

screens make development difficult

57% of apps are free

Apps (Education)

UNCP Pine Needle UNCP International Programs Ted HowStuffWorks Science360 for iPad

Apps (Document Management)

Dropbox: on-line "cloud storage" that wirelessly synchronizes with you mobile devices.  A great way to transfer documents from you computer to the mobile device.

iBooks: manages books, pdf files, and other text files

Kindle: eReader from Anazon Nook: eReader from Barnes & Noble

Apps (Utilities)

Nightstand Evernote Bamboo Paper Pcalc Lite Units by TheMacBox Skype DataVault Password Manager eWallet Password Manager

Apps (Google)

Google Google Translate Google Sky Map Google Goggles Google Earth Google Docs Google Maps Google Body Google Voice Google Books