In addition to mobility, heterogeneity is one of the root causes for challenges of the mobileInternet. At all levels heterogeneity can be found: For handsets, networks and software. Thisdiversity leads to negative consequences, both technological and economic, for stakeholdersof the value chain...

Studies about Mobile TV show that this way of television generally meets with user interest.Disagreement about technical standards, discrepancies between the actors in the mobile TV sectorand little user acceptance about the concrete Mobile TV offering are reasons for the failure of MobileTV in...

Die Entwicklung von Anwendungen für mobile Endgeräte ist aufwendig, weshalb Verfahrenzur Vereinfachung dieses Vorgangs betrachtet werden müssen. Dabei geht es unteranderem um die Bereitstellung von Frameworks für die Entwicklung von Anwendungen. Indiesem Zusammenhang stellt sich die Frage,...

As using the Internet with mobile end devices like PDA or Smartphones gets more and more common,enterprises verify whether they can use this technology to gain competitive advantages. This workevaluates existing mobile applications for businesses, their technical construction and...