| Challenges in
Mobile Computing |
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| – | portability
(of computing device): |
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| n | limited
power supply (battery) |
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| n | data
security (someone steals your laptop) |
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| n | small
user interface (look at screen size of a PDA) |
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| n | limited
storage capacity (disks, for example, are a “power |
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| liability”) |
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| – | solutions
(or suggestions) exist to address all these |
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| issues,
however, the solutions are often conflicting: |
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| n | do
not keep data on portable device to reduce security problem |
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| n | do
not send data if not necessary to save valuable energy |
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