Mobile device
A mobile device is an electronic device which its user can easily carry with them. Typical examples are a mobile phone and handheld game consoles or tablets.[1] Mobile devices do not need an external power supply to work.[2][3] Usually, they have a battery to hold electricity to work without electric wires. A user can change, send and move data by connecting to a modem or cable, or more often wirelessly. Mobile devices can be tracked by using mobile radio signals between different mobile signal towers by using GNSS.[4][5]
Uses for these devices include reading and writing e-mails, surfing in the internet and listening to music. Smartphones, tablets and similar complicated mobile devices can run computer programs including computer games, and have many subordinate functions of a desktop PC.
Examples of mobile devices
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Categories
Mobile devices can be classified by size and capabilities:
- With small, text-screen. May be used to write short messages. 20th century mobile phones were like this.
- With medium screen and runs mobile operating system. Examples: Smartphone, E-reader.
- With big screen and runs desktop operating system. Examples: laptops, some tablets.
References
- ↑ "mobile device". Techtarget.com. Retrieved 24 January 2026.
- ↑ Iversen, Jakob. Learning Mobile App Development: A Hands-on Guide to Building Apps with IOS and Android (in en) (2014)Pearson Education. ISBN 978-0-321-94786-4.
- ↑ Markoff, John (1999-05-01). "Mark Weiser, a Leading Computer Visionary, Dies at 46" (in en-US). The New York Times. . https://www.nytimes.com/1999/05/01/business/mark-weiser-a-leading-computer-visionary-dies-at-46.html. Retrieved 2025-03-01.
- ↑ APP. App for tracking stolen cell phones unveiled (in en). The Express Tribune (2024-12-15). Retrieved 2025-03-01.
- ↑
Mobile Device Media
Samsung Galaxy S26 Ultra - example of mobile devices
Danish politicians using phones during a parliament session in 2025
(in en-GB) Tracking a suspect by mobile phone. 2005-08-03. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/4738219.stm. Retrieved 2025-03-01.
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