Mobile Commerce

Mobile Commerce is growing more and more each year. The technology that is constantly being developed is unbelievable. The smallest of devices are being brought out and can perform everything from downloading photos, videos and music, Internet access and transmitting payments. This is a major change if compared with the first 'brick like' mobile phones that were made just over ten years ago that were limited to only phoning and texting people.

Mobile Commerce is being coming more and more important to companies. This is due to people being able to complete business transactions, retrieve information and communicate with each other when outside the office. WiFi, is becoming a necessity. However, this is not only with businesses. I find myself becoming addicted to checking my emails and facebook page and so I need WiFi hotspots to enable me to do so. I find it easier to log on to WiFi networks through my itouch rather than my laptop, as it is a lot more convenient.

WiFi is also very important in relation to how companies run their businesses. For example, paying with credit cards that are wirelessly linked to the cash desk, or ordering food and the order is sent straight to the kitchen through a mobile device.

I find this all quite interesting, and in a way hard to keep up with, as it is constantly changing and improving. I do think, after using these technologies that it is hard to understand how we communicated and operated previously. I'm also very intrigued to see how the world changes and adapts into using smaller mobile devices that incorporate, calls, texting, web cams, Internet, downloading pictures and videos etc, in to one main device.