NURUL AMIRA BINTI MD NORDIN

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SECTION 49

SUMMARY WRITING : MOBILE PHONE APPLICATIONS

Nowadays, people tend to use mobile phones for communication. The technologies
also made communication and access to information very convenient and timely to the users.
In this era, mobile phone has provided many applications to be observe among the users,
which ranged from telephone conversation and simple text messages (SMS), to multimedia
messaging services (MMS) and internet access. These applications have various
developments in the mobile phone technology such as GPRS, WAP, and 3G standards. The
wireless technology developed from (1G) standard for voice only, (2G) standard using global
system for mobile communications (GSM)/TDMA, and (3G) as a networks with fully
operated in many countries in the world. The 3G telephone enables users to access data, voice
and video as well as internet access through wireless application protocol (WAP). WAP is a
set of communication protocols to standardize the way of wireless devices operated.
However, the application of wireless communication service has recently managed to
penetrate the educational industry in an effort to improve learning and information delivery
services. The institutions of higher learning provide broad opportunities for institution and
business alike in applying the technology for commercial as well as educational purposes. It
is the most common services that have been used in educational field are information queries
and delivers via SMS. In higher educations, it is projected to move beyond the basic with the
availability of WAP and high-speed wireless technology students can use educational
applications to share their thought about the learning process during the lectures and
outcomes. Libraries also use the wireless application services for the delivery of standard
library notices using multiple automated messages (MOZAT with MOZAT M2U systems).
These services can be establish through an infrastructure the library systems and database,
also allows for information to be processed and delivered. Lastly, the librarians and the
library stakeholders may take the initiative to liaise with mobile phone services providers to
automate library procedures.

QUESTIONS
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f)

What is the services system that use in the library?

What is the benefit of using mobile phone application?
List the mobile phones application.
What is the purpose of using mobile phone in education?
How mobile phones can be used to automate library procedures?
How students apply the technologies in their studies?
g) What is the common application services that used in education?