Chapter 10, Problem 5RQ

Program Plan Intro

M-commerce:

• It is also called as mobile commerce.
• The m-commerce means purchasing and retailing of goods and services using wireless handheld devices.
  • The handheld devices are smartphone, table and hybrid devices.

Explanation of Solution

Most important applications in m-commerce:

• The m-commerce is mainly used for location-based applications such as
  • Detecting local hotels and cafeterias
  • Checking local traffic and climate conditions
  • Offering personalized location-based advertising
• Mobile phones and handhelds are also used in the following ways
  • Pay the mobile bill
  • Banking
  • Securities trading
  • Transportation plan updates
  • Downloads of digital content

Types of m-commerce services and applications:

• Location-based services
  • These type offers services to users in local areas and are based on the user’s location.
  • Most of smartphone owners are used location based services.
  • Three services are contains in these applications.
    • Geosocial services
    • Geoadvertising services
    • Geoinformation services
• Banking and financial services
  • Using mobile devices user can performs the following things
    • Manage user account...