When it comes to mobile cloud computing there are several inherent obstacles that currently limits its growth and prevalence. Most of these have to do with restrictions related to mobile networks, namely variable data rates, intermittent connectivity and longer network latencies, compared to fixed broadband. These limitations are described in more details in an interesting article from Alcatel-Lucent called Mobile Cloud Computing Challenges. Although future 4G networks, like pure IP-based LTE … [Read more...]

Did yo know that digital media entertainment (DME) traffic currently represented by the iPhone is already 35 times higher than that created by traditional handsets? Many analysts believe that most mobile apps will move from being handset-centric (thick-clients) to the cloud so that mobile terminals will run applications directly from the cloud - especially as apps become larger and feature rich. Today, this is not necessarily the case. Take iPhone for example - where users purchase and … [Read more...]