After reading this chapter, you should be able to answer the following questions:
- What are the advantages and limitations of mobile computing?
- What are the various mobile computing devices?
- What can pagers do, and who uses them?
- How do cell phone components resemble a traditional computer, and how do they work?
- What can I carry in a portable media player, and how does it store data?
- What can I use a PDA for, and what internal components and features does it have?
- How can I synchronize my PDA with my desktop computer?
- What is a tablet PC, and why would I want to use one?
- How powerful are notebooks, and how do they compare to desktop computers?