Names : Marios kounoupos Glafkos Michaelides Andreas Michael Mobile commerce Names : Marios kounoupos Glafkos Michaelides Andreas Michael
The evolution of mobile phones
Motorola DynaTAC 8000X Senior engineer Martin Cooper invented the first mobile phone in 1973. The first mobile phone was Motorola. It also cost $3995
The first touchscreen cell-pHONE Launched in 1992 by I.B.M. Also named as the first smartphone in history. it was also able to send e-mails, faxes and messages .
Do you know that?
Apple sold 340.000 iphones per day in 2012.
MOBOPHOBIA is the fear of being without your mobile phone or losing your signal.
The average person unlocks his or her smartphone 110 times each day.
Make calls, video calls, video Send text, emails Take pictures Listen music Access on the internet Install applications
Mobile use for companies now days.
Ways to attract more people in m-commerce Many new innovations of m-commerce follow modern days to please and make the transactions easier for the customers. Extra ordinary applications on mobiles make their appearance to change the way people work and think.
Examples of innovative applications for businesses Pizza-hut and also Domino both pizza – producers made applications so that mobile – users can select, buy and order their pizza just by a simple click on their smartphone. Many companies such as VISA, Pay-Pal , Pay safe, etc. infiltrate into the online market platform executed by mobiles so that people can make transactions through their company they trust with their phone.
Companies use games for profit A lot of companies now days, make games designed for smartphones with in-game things that are for sale, or sometimes even the whole game Many people become addicted to mobile games , and afterwards they buy the whole game from the company. Other similar examples is mobile music and movies.
Is the future of online transactions on phones? There are still errors and ‘’bugs’’ on many applications of phones. People like smartphones, as there was 1 billion sales in 2013 Many people believe that when the smartphone use becomes error-free , the mobile-era will reach the top.
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Mobile-commerce Daily: http://www. mobilecommercedaily http://www.mobilecommercedaily.com/macys-peps-up-black-friday-shopping-via-beacon-triggered-mobile-game Wikispaces, week 9 session 2(and word document).