Final Project

Technology: Cloud Computing

Mobile Device Sub-Industry: Smart Watch, Tablet, Microprocessor, Navigation Device, Point-of-Sales Terminal

Due to the rapid progress of cloud computing, the demand for mobile devices can only grow when we are less wired to computers. Having a cloud computing service connection grants us access to data and better services with various equipment we currently carry. Thus, our group would like to do more research on the impacts that cloud computing exerted on mobile device industry.

 

Smart Watch

Because of the fast development of cloud computing, the smart watch industry totally changed. Traditional smart watch can only have stopwatch, calculator or clock such simple function. But now smart watch can run software just like smartphone!

A growing consumption of network computing and storage allows people to get different levels of third-party cloud computing providers from their back-end services. Owing to cloud computing technology, more and more people will buy smart watch and more software service will be provided to smart watch users, and this will also contribute to the speed development in cloud computing.

Tablets

Cloud computing essentially turns any mobile device into a hand-held supercomputer, providing a flexibility that has never been so easily available. Not only can cloud computing shoulder the load of data storage, it’s also being used to off-set processor power, helping conserve battery life.

Therefore, tablets will become the connector between consumers' digital devices such as smartphones and PC and the cloud-stored content. They gain new sensors, processing power, and better wireless capabilities for connecting with nearby devices. This will enable full voice control and dictation, increased gesture control, more situational context, better accessory integration, and software that satisfy a user’s needs.

Microprocessor

A microprocessor is a computer processor that incorporates the functions of a computer's central processing unit (CPU) on a single integrated circuit (IC). The evolution of microprocessor witnessed the glory days of personal computer industry and the booted development of mobile devices such as mobile phone, tablet and even the newest smart watch. 

However, the emergence of Cloud Computing technology might be a large impact to the future direction of microprocessor. The PC industry has entered its final stage, more and more requests for convenience show that computing will occur in the cloud, not on someone's desk (or, really, in their hand), and increasingly clients will be mobile and thus have a strong emphasis on low-power operation. The big data era requests for global opening which means improvements in the policy environment for cloud computing around the world. So the microprocessor companies should make their strategies fit to catch up with the “train” of opening global cloud computing.

Navigation Device

A navigation device is a device that accurately calculates geographical location by receiving information from satellites. With the use of emerging technology cloud computing, the calculations of navigation could be optimized and provide a better performance. Under the globalization, the cloud-based industry has a bright prospect of cooperation with other industries such as tourism, catering and traffic, which meet the diverse requirements of users. A win-win model facilitates the sustainable development among them.

POS

Basically, as a multi-functional device, the Point-of-Sales (POS) enables the authorized merchants or organizations to meet the demand for automatic transfer of electronic funds, the support for transactions, pre-authorization as well as balance inquiry.

Integrating cloud-computing technology into the POS industry plays a significant role in ameliorating the shopping experience and improving the quality of service. Additionally, globalization enables the cloud based POS to gather realtime information from all over the world, analyze it, summarize the valuable information and apply it to the marketing plans in terms of consumer behaviors or customer relationship management. 

Conclusion

In short, cloud computing facilitates the enhancement of life, better access to database as well as simplifying our daily life. Based upon the cloud, our life will be much more convenient with more advanced mobile devices than today.