Tuesday, February 22, 2011

M-Commerce: Advantages and Disadvantages

The merger of mobile information and communication technologies (ICTs) in e-commerce has resulted in a field of endeavor known as mobile commerce or m-commerce.

Advantages of m-commerce:
  • Ubiquity - independent access anytime
  • Reachability
  • Form factors
  • Convenience and accessibility
  • Security 
Disadvantages of m-commerce:
  • Small screens of most devices still limit types of file and data transfer (i.e. streaming videos, etc.)
  • Standards guiding applications and technology development and connection(s)
  • WAP and SMS limited to small number of characters and text.
  • Use of graphics limited
  • Less functionality for mobile Internet over mobile phones and existing generation of handhelds than for mobile computers (laptops and next generation handhelds)

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