M-Commerce

Technological Advances are so different today than in the years people my age were growing up.. When I was in primary school there was no worries everyone was just the same and only different was on non-uniform days when the fashion competition took place. But then when I hit secondary school thats when things started to change. This is when I discovered the F word... Fon (yes I realise that should be phone, but it was 'cool' to spell it like that for texting) So anyway everyone started getting mobile phone they started out big and got smaller and fiddlier every year! I must have been the last person in my class to get a mobile because my first phone wasnt even a brick.. Technology had moved on.. My first mobile was a Nokia 3410i and looking back a cant believe how basic it was compared with my current one. No digital camera, colour screen or music player in them days... No way.. Nearest to that would have been the making your own ringtones.. Remember that??

Or remember the phones where you could make your own covers??

Nowadays mobile phones have advanced to the extreme and shows no signs of slowing down. And we have become sooooooooooo dependent on our mobiles or should I say mobile device.. I know a can't leave the house at all without my phone it just feels like somethings missing. Gone are the days when you if you needed picking up from town you would head to the phone book and ring home. Everybody has a phone of some description, and not only the common age group of 16 - 40. Its scary to think that in the youth group that my 9 year old brother attends the majority of children including younger than him have a mobile phone! No wonder he is plaguing my parents..

What is the world coming to?? Well its all to do with M-Commerce (Mobile commerce)

Something which has really taken of in the last 10 years. Mobile phones have become an interface for distributing digital information - sharing photos, videos music not just text... Access to Internet is not even thought of as a special features on mobiles anymore its more of a necessity..!

So just why is M-Commerce taking off?

Well its just so practical and at the end of the day that's what everyone wants.

People want handiness, convenience and technology. Having all of this in one device is a major advantage. Mobile Devices have other advantages which include they are always available (providing its charged your mobile will always be usable), also the mobile is personalised and acts as a platform to combine the current physical world with the virtual interactive world..

M-Commerce is not however only to do with mobile phones, it is the use of mobile technology and wireless devices to make purchases on the Internet. This type of business is on the increase and revenues have increase rapidly from 2000 to current day.

Wi-Fi - Wireless Fidelity... What??

This is the trademark name describing the use of high frequency radio signals to transmit and receive data over distances of approx. 30-50 metres.

This is the type of technology you will experience in most airports and hotels, with most hotels offering 'hotspots' at a charge to their paying guests.

So basically Wi-Fi is a way of accessing the Internet without making a physical connection

The issue with wireless connections and m-commerce is whether it is security enough and will signal interference disrupt the smooth running of the connection?.. Also it has been argued - how can we make money from Wireless? Examples of how money can be made comes from the hotel industry where they charge their guests to use their wireless facility..

These problems will all have to be overcome in order to enter the next phase of this technology. 1G and 3G already exist.. What's next 4G??