Four 750 word questions - Telecommunications & Networking

"Information at your fingertips anywhere, anytime" has been the driving vision of mobile computing for the past two decades. Through relentless pursuit of this vision, spurring innovations in wireless technology, energy-efficient portable hardware and adaptive software, we have now largely attained this goal. Ubiquitous email and Web access is a reality that is experienced by millions of users worldwide through their BlackBerries, iPhones, Windows Mobile, and other portable devices. Continuing on this road, mobile Web-based services and location-aware advertising opportunities have begun to appear, triggering large commercial investments. Mobile computing has arrived as a lucrative business proposition.

To describe and discuss, 750 words maximum per question, some of the consequences of each of the following central threads in the Paper:

1. The role of mobile devices as “rich sensors.”

2. The emergent theme of ”near-real time data consistency.”

3. What does “mobile opportunism” mean, in the context of the Paper.

4. Identify and discuss the “certain fundamental challenges of mobility which have remained invariant since they were formulated over 15 years ago.”