ABSTRACT

The evolution of the mobile device has taken center stage in the communication technology realm, shaping the network communications framework and the ways people connect. Professional predictions point to the remarkable power of the handheld device in the future. For example, a Morgan Stanley analyst suggested that the world is currently in the midst of the fifth major technology cycle of the past half-century, predicting that within the next five years more users will connect to the Internet over their mobile devices than via desktop personal computers. 1