The History of Mobile Web Browsing
Mobile Web Browsing – Final Draft
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It’s likely that Dr. Martin Cooper, who created the first U.S. analogue cell phone, never imagined that we would someday be able to view, share, and download information right over our mobile devices. That phone was made nearly four decades ago, and in the time since 1973, we have developed and re-developed mobile technology many times over. Consumers have become so attached to, and dependent upon, mobile technology that industry giants, like Apple, are believed to have more cash surplus than the U.S. government. It’s this intense interest that has caused the rapid research and development of cell phone and tablet technology.
Mobile Web Browsing
High demand for advanced technology, from both businesses and consumers, has resulted in the rapid advancement of mobile telecommunications. Society’s dependence upon cell phones has grown immensely since their popularity began over a decade ago. In the past five years, the demand for more sophisticated mobile equipment has resulted in the discovery of hundreds of potential uses for cell phones. One such use, that has created an un-tethered freedom from home PC’s, is the introduction of mobile web browsing. Not only have cell phone browsers advanced recently, so have the data connections that these devices use to connect to the internet.
When the World Wide Web was first developed in 1989, cell phones were still in the early stages of development and people were more than satisfied with just being able to make a call from somewhere other than their house, or a payphone. Although, someone who wasn’t satisfied was, then-Apple CEO, John Sculley. Sculley felt Apple needed to reinvent personal computing, so they set out creating the first PDA with mobile browsing capabilities, the Apple Newton, which debuted in 1996 (“The History of Mobile Web Browsing,” 2010). The Newton wasn’t overly popular, and therefore, didn’t last long. By 1997 AT&T was ready to toss
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Abstract
It’s likely that Dr. Martin Cooper, who created the first U.S. analogue cell phone, never imagined that we would someday be able to view, share, and download information right over our mobile devices. That phone was made nearly four decades ago, and in the time since 1973, we have developed and re-developed mobile technology many times over. Consumers have become so attached to, and dependent upon, mobile technology that industry giants, like Apple, are believed to have more cash surplus than the U.S. government. It’s this intense interest that has caused the rapid research and development of cell phone and tablet technology.
Mobile Web Browsing
High demand for advanced technology, from both businesses and consumers, has resulted in the rapid advancement of mobile telecommunications. Society’s dependence upon cell phones has grown immensely since their popularity began over a decade ago. In the past five years, the demand for more sophisticated mobile equipment has resulted in the discovery of hundreds of potential uses for cell phones. One such use, that has created an un-tethered freedom from home PC’s, is the introduction of mobile web browsing. Not only have cell phone browsers advanced recently, so have the data connections that these devices use to connect to the internet.
When the World Wide Web was first developed in 1989, cell phones were still in the early stages of development and people were more than satisfied with just being able to make a call from somewhere other than their house, or a payphone. Although, someone who wasn’t satisfied was, then-Apple CEO, John Sculley. Sculley felt Apple needed to reinvent personal computing, so they set out creating the first PDA with mobile browsing capabilities, the Apple Newton, which debuted in 1996 (“The History of Mobile Web Browsing,” 2010). The Newton wasn’t overly popular, and therefore, didn’t last long. By 1997 AT&T was ready to toss
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