ADVANTAGES AND DISADVANTAGES OF MOBILE COMPUTING

Advantages:

1 - Portability: The main merit of mobile computing is portability because you can carry it everywhere, you can get jobs done or even access your email.

2 - Increase in Productivity: Mobile devices can be used out in the field of various companies, it reduces the cost and time for clients and themselves.

3 - Entertainment: Mobile devices are used for entertainment purposes, for personal and even for presentations to clients and people.

4 - Cloud Computing: This service is available for saving documents on an online server and also to access them anytime anywhere when they have connection to the internet.

Disadvantages:

1 - Connectivity quality: As one of the disadvantages, mobile devices will need either Wi Fi connectivity or mobile network connectivity such as GPRS, 3G and in some countries even 4G connectivity ,that is why this is a disadvantage because if you are not near any of these connections your access to the internet is very limited.

2 - Security concerns: Mobile VPNs are unsafe to connect to, and also syncing devices can also lead to security concerns. Also, accessing a Wi Fi network can be risky because WPA and WEP security can be easily bypassed.

3 - Power Consumption: Due to the use of batteries in these devices, they tend to not last long, if in a situation where there is  no source of power for charging then that will certainly be a let down.