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A mobile handheld device.

A mobile device (also known as converged device, handheld device, handheld computer, "Palmtop" or simply handheld) is a pocket-sized computing device, typically having a display screen with touch input or a miniature keyboard. A Touch Screen is a display which can detect the presence and location of a touch within the display area In the case of the personal digital assistant (PDA) the input and output are combined into a touch-screen interface. Interface generally refers to an abstraction that an entity provides of itself to the outside Smartphones and PDAs are popular amongst those who require the assistance and convenience of a conventional computer, in environments where carrying one would not be practical. A smartphone is a Mobile phone offering advanced capabilities beyond a typical mobile phone often with PC -like functionality Enterprise digital assistants can further extend the available functionality for the business user by offering integrated data capture devices like Bar Code, RFID and Smart Card readers. A Enterprise digital assistant (EDA is a Handheld computer, born of the Personal digital assistant popularity which was adapted for extensive more robust usage within Radio-frequency identification ( RFID) is an automatic identification method relying on storing and remotely retrieving data using devices called RFID tags or

1 Types of mobile devices
2 Operating Systems
3 Handhelds at work
4 Internet faxing with handhelds
5 Mobile Device Security
6 References
7 See also

Types of mobile devices

Smart phones

Mobile computers

Handheld game consoles

Nintendo DS (NDS)
Pokemon mini
NeoGeo Pocket
Atari Lynx
Pandora
GP2X/GP32
Playstation Portable (PSP)

Media recorders

Digital still camera (DSC)
Digital video camera (DVC or Camcorder)
Digital audio recorders

Media players/displayers

Portable media player
eBook Reader

Communication devices

Personal navigation devices (PNDs)

Accessories

Bluetooth headset

Operating Systems

List of Mobile Operating Systems

Symbian OS ^{m n s}
Windows Mobile ^{m n}
iPhone OS ⁿ
Palm OS ⁿ
Openmoko Linux ^{l n}
Access Linux Platform ^{l n s}
Qtopia ^{l m n}
Internet Tablet OS ^{l n}
BlackBerry OS ^m
Android ^{l m}
LiMo Platform ^{l m n} MotoMagx
^l = Linux based ^m = Managed code support ⁿ = Native code permitted ^s = Capability-based security

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There are currently many different operating systems for mobile devices available. A smartphone is a Mobile phone offering advanced capabilities beyond a typical mobile phone often with PC -like functionality A laptop computer, also known as a notebook computer, is a small Personal computer designed for mobile use. In Personal computers Ultra-Mobile PC (often abbreviated UMPC) is a small Form factor (a standard size and shape for Tablet PCs and subnotebook/ A Enterprise digital assistant (EDA is a Handheld computer, born of the Personal digital assistant popularity which was adapted for extensive more robust usage within A handheld game console is a lightweight portable electronic machine for playing Video games Unlike Video game consoles the controls screen and speakers Many compact digital still cameras can record Sound and moving Video as well as still Photograph. A video camera is a Camera used for electronic Motion picture acquisition initially developed by the Television industry but now common in other applications A portable multimedia player ( PMP) sometimes referred to as a portable video player ( PVP) is a Consumer electronics device that is capable A cordless telephone or portable telephone is a Telephone with a Wireless handset that communicates via Radio waves with a Base station A pager (sometimes called a beeper) is a simple personal Telecommunications device for short messages GPS navigation device|automotive navigation systemA Personal Navigation Assistant (PNA also known as Personal Navigation Device or Portable Navigation Device (PND Operating systems can be categorized by technology ownership licensing working state usage and by many other characteristics Symbian OS is an open Operating system, designed for Mobile devices with associated libraries, User interface frameworks and Windows Mobile is a compact Operating system combined with a suite of basic applications for Mobile devices based on the Microsoft Win32 iPhone OS or OS X iPhone is the Operating system developed by Apple Inc Palm OS (also known as Garnet OS) is an embedded Operating system initially developed by U Openmoko Linux is an Operating system for Smartphones developed by FIC. The Access Linux Platform, sometime referred to as a "next-generation version of the Palm OS " is an open source-based Operating system for mobile devices BlackBerry OS is the proprietary Software platform made by Research In Motion for their BlackBerry line of handhelds Android is a software platform and Operating system for Mobile devices based on the Linux Kernel, developed by Google The LiMo Platform is an Operating system and software development platform for Mobile phones and other handheld devices. MOTOMAGX is an Operating system developed by Motorola to run on their Mobile phones The system is a combination of Linux and Java Linux (commonly pronounced ˈlɪnəks Managed code is computer program code that executes under the management of a Virtual machine, unlike unmanaged code which is executed directly by the computer's Machine code or machine language is a system of instructions and data executed directly by a Computer 's Central processing unit. Capability-based security is a concept in the design of Secure computing systems A list of the main handheld operating systems is given on the right.

Handhelds at work

Handheld devices have become ruggedized for use in [[ Handheld computers used at work have molded over time into a variety of form factors, including SmartPhones on the low end, handheld PDAs, Ultra Mobile PCs, Tablet PCs, and even notebook computers. A rugged (or ruggedized, but also ruggedised) computer is a Computer specifically designed to reliably operate in harsh usage environments and

Major manufacturers of handheld devices for the work environment include:

General Dynamics Itronix Rugged Notebooks
Hand Held Products Rugged Handhelds
Intermec Rugged Handhelds
MobileDemand xTablet Rugged Tablet PC
MP2 Solutions MRT300 Series Handhelds
Nordic ID Rugged handhelds
Panasonic Toughbook Rugged Notebooks
Psion Teklogix Rugged

Internet faxing with handhelds

Most handhelds can be used to send and receive faxes by email using an Internet fax service. Fax (short for facsimile, from Latin fac simile, "make similar" i Electronic mail, often abbreviated to e-mail, email, or originally eMail, is a Store-and-forward method of writing sending receiving Internet fax uses the internet to receive and send Faxes Traditional faxing involves sending a scanned copy of a document (a facsimile from one fax machine to another over Internet faxing also enables handheld users to print documents by sending them to a nearby fax machine. Fax (short for facsimile, from Latin fac simile, "make similar" i This service is available through most internet fax providers.

Mobile Device Security

Mobile devices have wireless capability to connect to the Internet and office/home computer systems. However wireless capability poses a number of security risks^[1]. Managing the risks to mobile assets requires a knowledge of the threats posed to mobile devices and the vulnerabilities that may allow those threats to be realized^[2]. The Mobile Device Vulnerability Database (MDVD)^[3] is an online database for collecting vulnerability and countermeasure information on mobile computing devices and their technologies (Smart phone, personal digital assistant (PDA), Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, WiMAX, VOIP, etc. A smartphone is a Mobile phone offering advanced capabilities beyond a typical mobile phone often with PC -like functionality Wi-Fi (ˈwaɪfaɪ is the trade name for the popular wireless technology used Bluetooth is a wireless protocol utilizing short-range communications technology facilitating data transmission over short distances from fixed and/or mobile devices creating wireless WiMAX, an approximate acronym of Worldwide Interoperability for Microwave Access, is a Telecommunications technology that provides for the wireless transmission Voice-over-Internet protocol ( VoIP, vɔɪp is a protocol optimized for the transmission of voice through the Internet ) with references to all vulnerability and countermeasure information. View all information in the database as well as add vulnerability and countermeasure information on mobile computing hardware and software technologies.

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