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Persistent connectivity for mobile phones

As my first ever academic paper, I decided to look at highly contemporary mobile development trends. This was in 2008, and the purpose was not to be comprehensive or discover something new, but rather to look at what concepts of those that have been around for some time was starting to creep into mobile applicatons that were actually launching to a broad consumer market at that time. The base material was the list of Google funded applications for the then not yet released first Android based phone / operating system.

The abstract reads as following:

Abstract:

This short essay aims to provide a broad overview of some of the observable trends arising from recent mobile application development. It will especially focus on the influence on application development of persistent connectivity resulting from recent years advances in speed, coverage and—most importantly—reduced cost for consumers. It does not claim to be a complete and comprehensive overview. Rather, it will focus on a selected excerpt of applications being deployed within the coming months to provide a highly temporal viewpoint; best described simply as current trends. The purpose and idea of this essay is to provide inspiration, not documentation.

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