Mobile Technology

There are several features that come with modern gadgets that have now become essential in terms of their use and easiness. Bluetooth is one the features that is considered as a must especially in mobile phone and laptops too. Bluetooth technology is not only included in various devices but also available as a stand along devices. There are many advantages of Bluetooth because of which it has become top choice for wireless connectivity. A couple of advantages of Bluetooth are listed below:

Cost of Bluetooth: The end of user of Bluetooth technology is widely benefited because of low manufacturing cost of Bluetooth. Due to low cost technology, almost every technology manufacturer include Bluetooth in every new device they make.

Fully Automatic Device: Being automatic, Bluetooth usually doesn’t require any detail set-up. As two or more Bluetooth devices connect quite automatically provided they are within the range of 6 meters or 30 feet. After communication handshake between two or more Bluetooth devices begins, devices create personal area networks and rest is 100% automatic and you don’t need any other setup or procedure for receiving or sending the files from one device to other.

Reduced Chances of Interference: As compared to other connecting wired or wireless devices, communication via Bluetooth does not affected by any sort of interference. This is mainly because of two reasons; the first reason is spread spectrum frequency hopping technology and very low powered wireless signals. As Bluetooth technology requires little energy and will therefore use less battery or electrical power. Because of this reason, Bluetooth technology is a preferred choice for mobile industry and every new mobile is included with Bluetooth in it.

Type of Files that Can be Shared: There is a general misconception about Bluetooth devices that these can only handle some specific file types whereas the Bluetooth standard allows compatible devices to share both voice and data communications.

Looking at the various advantages of Bluetooth technology, Bluetooth can be considered an economic wireless solution for both data & voice. It can also be said that Bluetooth wireless technology also makes our lives so much easier.

WiMax is a new standard in wireless communication that many industry insiders predict will come to be the backbone of a nationwide telecommunications network that will replace conventional GSM and 3G mobile phones within the next few years. WiMax works in a similar way to the WiFi networks we use with laptop computers, but is active over a much larger area, and offers extremely fast networking speeds.

The idea behind Wimax is as an extended wireless network that would allow for people using wireless computers to get access to the Internet in almost any location within the country. This was seized upon by manufacturers of mobile phones as a possible way of breaking the network stranglehold of the big mobile phone companies like O2, Vodafone, and Orange as a potential mobile phone network.

The incredibly high data transfer speeds offered by the Wimax network would allow for more users to connect through a single cell in the network, and offer a wider range of services than is currently available to be offered. In addition to this, all phones would communicate through IP rather than through GSM style networks.

Users would be able to do everything that they currently can, but because of the much larger available bandwidth available on the system, the costs of using a mobile phone with a Wimax network would be an order of magnitude cheaper than conventional networks.

Some of the latest smart phones such as the Nokia N95 are already able to connect wirelessly to the internet through existing WiFi hotspots for additional data capabilities, but a Wimax network on a nationwide scale would allow even more phones to take advantage of the service, and it would become a scalable alternative.

Users would make calls over the Internet as they currently do with a VOIP service, allowing for practically free communication. The networks would need to change their business models in order to supply the technology, and it is feasible that micro operators would come into the market and offer regional networks that users could roam through.

How the nationwide Wimax network would be implemented is still up for debate, but in the areas where it has been trialled it has been very successful, and users have reported that the service quality is first class.

For it to take off the price of the technology will need to fall considerably, but this has been the case over the last few years anyway, and with large take up it would be a necessary result of the scale economy of technology.

The union of mobile technologies and applications is a growing opportunity for healthcare. There is no denying the innate factor of modern mobile technology. Morgan Stanley Research reports that mobile Internet usage is growing faster than desktop Internet usage, and will reach parity in late 2013. The basis for this expansion in mobile Internet usage may seem evident at first. Among computing technologies, mobile computing devices are typically only an arm’s reach away, making them easy to get to and extremely handy. The abundance of specialized downloadable applications, often available at low or no cost, increases the efficacy of devices over time.

Mobile technologies have colossal potential as an apparatus to promote healthy behavioral transformation, to enhance the caregiver-patient relationship, and to modernize the way healthcare is delivered in various countries around the globe. In fact, mobile technologies are already being used to promote lifestyle changes, encourage patients’ active involvement in their treatment and reduce waiting times in doctors’ offices, with the goal of improving healthcare outcomes.

Pharmacies can also gain several benefits from the emerging trends of mobile technologies. Drug stores are initiating various services that can be made available through mobile technology by launching their respective mobile applications. Being registered with the mobile application of a drug store would allow you to access the history of your prescriptions, research on the drug prices, refill your prescriptions, place requests for new prescriptions and also check the status of your order. They also facilitate payment for your prescriptions through the application. This does not only enable the customer to take care of his health in an easier manner but also simplifies the internal transactions within the pharmacy and enables them to serve the customers better, leading to an increased customer satisfaction.

Few years ago, this would have sounded more like science fiction but today it stands as a reality that has changed the way people perceive healthcare. Mobile technology has brought a revolution into the lives of those patients who were forced to visit their doctors’ everyday by skipping a few important meetings. We now have mobile applications that record your daily blood pressure and other data and directly send it to your doctor’s or physician’s smartphone. It allows your doctor to have a daily check on your physical fitness while you absorb yourself in those important meetings that you otherwise had to skip. This technology also gives the patients a peace of mind as their doctors can monitor their condition on a daily basis.

Moreover, the power of mobile technologies is now assisting people to transform their mobile applications into personal fitness trainers that give them daily workout plans and instruct them on when to warm up, run, jog and relax. It acts as a peer support which is a key component to any behavioral change program. Such applications are transforming their fitness goals into wonderful actions that give results.

However, there are known challenges in developing mobile technologies. It involves conducting research with end-users, understanding their psychology and then designing applications that overcome their challenges by providing solutions that enable them to remain fit. Mobile technology is a part of the thread that connects patients, care providers and individuals in several ways while also having access to endless information to promote wellness and good health. For today’s innovators – mobile is not just a part of the thread, it is their cornerstone!