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Mobile 2.0

Mobile 2.0 is a science topic covered in the lgStudy science library. This page brings together a partial reference excerpt, illustrations, worked examples, real-world applications and a short study plan, so you can understand Mobile 2.0 rather than just read about it. In short: Mobile 2.0, refers to a perceived next generation of mobile internet services that leverage the social web, or what some call Web 2.0. The social web includes social networking sites and wikis that emphasize collaboration and sharing amongst users.

Key takeaways

Mobile 2.0 belongs to science; place it in that map before memorising details.
Learn the definition first, then one example that makes the definition concrete.
Connect Mobile 2.0 to a quantity you can measure, compute or draw — that is where exam questions come from.
Reproduce the core statement of Mobile 2.0 from memory before moving on to harder problems.

Reference excerpt

Mobile 2.0, refers to a perceived next generation of mobile internet services that leverage the social web, or what some call Web 2.0. The social web includes social networking sites and wikis that emphasize collaboration and sharing amongst users. Mobile Web 2.0, with an emphasis on the Web, refers to bringing Web 2.0 services to the mobile internet, i.e., accessing aspects of Web 2.0 sites from mobile web browsers. By contrast, Mobile 2.0 refers to services that integrate the social web with the core aspects of mobility – personal, localized, always-on, and ever-present. These services are appearing on wireless devices such as Smartphones and multimedia feature phones that are capable of delivering rich, interactive services as well as being able to provide access and to the full range of mobile consumer touch points including talking, texting, capturing, sending, listening, and viewing. Enablers of Mobile 2.0

Ubiquitous Mobile Broadband Access Affordable, unrestricted access to enabling software platforms, tools, and technologies Open access, with frictionless distribution and monetization Characteristics of Mobile 2.0

The social web meets mobility Extensive use of User-Generated Content, so that the site is owned by its contributors Leveraging services on the web via mashups Fully leveraging the mobile device, the mobile context, and delivering a rich mobile user experience Personal, Local, Always-on, Ever-present The largest mobile telecoms body, the GSM Association, representing companies serving over 2 billion users, is backing a project called Telco 2.0, designed to drive this area.

References

Mobile Web 2.0: Developing and Delivering Services to Mobile Devices. CRC Press. 617 pages. Academic Podcasting and Mobile Assisted Language Learning: Applications and Outcomes: Applications and Outcomes Handbook of Research on Web 2.0 and Second Language Learning Mobile Design and Development Hybrid Learning and Education: First International Conference, ICHL 2008 Hong Kong, China, August 13-15, 2008

External links Mobile 2.0 Company Directory Mobile 2.0 Conference Mobile 2.0 Europe Conference mobeedo - an Open Multi-Purpose Information System for the Mobile Age Mobile 2.0 Slideshare Presentation by Rudy De Waele

Worked examples

Example 1 — a first encounter with Mobile 2.0

Start with the simplest possible case. Write down what Mobile 2.0 claims or describes in one sentence, then invent the smallest concrete situation in which that sentence is true. In science, the smallest case is usually a single object, a single equation or a single measurement. Check that every symbol or term in your sentence has a meaning in that case.

Example 2 — changing one variable

Take the situation from Example 1 and change exactly one quantity: double it, halve it, or set it to zero. Predict what should happen to Mobile 2.0 before you calculate. Comparing your prediction with the result is the fastest way to find out whether you understand the idea or only the words.

Example 3 — an exam-style question

Typical questions about Mobile 2.0 ask you to (a) state it precisely, (b) apply it to given data, and (c) explain a limitation. Practise writing all three answers in under five minutes; the third part is what separates a full-mark answer from an average one.

Applications of Mobile 2.0

In research: Mobile 2.0 appears in science research whenever the underlying quantities have to be modelled precisely. Papers usually cite it as a starting assumption and then explore where it breaks down.
In technology and industry: Engineering practice reuses Mobile 2.0 in design rules, simulations and safety margins. Knowing the idea lets you read a specification sheet and understand why the numbers look the way they do.
In the classroom: Mobile 2.0 is common in secondary-school and first-year university syllabi. It links to neighbouring topics Internet stubs, Mobile web, Social media, so understanding it makes those chapters shorter.
In everyday life: Look for Mobile 2.0 outside the textbook — in sport, cooking, traffic, electronics or the sky above you. An example you found yourself is remembered far longer than one you were given.

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How to study Mobile 2.0 in 20 minutes

Read the reference excerpt below once, without taking notes.
Close the page and write down what Mobile 2.0 means in your own words.
Compare your version with the excerpt and mark what you missed.
Work through the three examples above with pen and paper.
Explain Mobile 2.0 out loud to somebody else — or to Teacher Smith in the lgStudy chat.

Frequently asked questions

What is Mobile 2.0 in simple terms?

Why does Mobile 2.0 matter?

Because it connects several science ideas at once: it gives you a definition you can apply, a quantity you can calculate, and a way to check whether a result is plausible.

How should I study Mobile 2.0?

Read the excerpt, restate it from memory, then work through the examples and applications listed on this page. The five-step study plan above takes about twenty minutes.

What does this page cover?

It gives you a compact reference excerpt plus original lgStudy explanations, examples, applications and study material on Mobile 2.0.