Case study 1 Xiaolin Tian MIS in Your Pocket Q1: The applications are described in this case are

e-mail calendar and contacts !rom Microso!t "#chan$e %cti&eSync' (urthermore there are some ne) so!t)are

applications like hospital*s M"+IT"C, electronic medical records system "pocrates "ssentials Chain-in. Mobile and iPhone app' The business !unction o! these kinds o! applications is to make employees control their )ork easily and help them to !i# comple# thin$s' The e-mail application keeps the doctors and other employees or patients in contact )ith each other at anytime' M"+IT"C, helps doctors to keep and search the in!ormation o! medical records or some other results at anytime or any)here' "pocrates "ssentials application helps doctors to e#plain the lab results and conclude some medical in!ormation' Chain-in. Mobile application can track the shipment in!ormation' There!ore all these applications help to impro&e operational e!!iciency and decision makin$' They help decision makin$ !aster and more correct and it is con&enient !or the company to do some operations .uickly' Companies can sa&e time and money throu$h usin$ these applications'

Q/: The mobile di$ital de&ices help companies sol&e business problems like doctors use o! iPhone to recei&e e-mails and to be called anytime no matter )here they are' +oylesto)n ,ospital uses these kinds o! tools to mana$e the in!ormation o! thousands

o! patients and help doctors to analysis medical results and in!ormation !or their patients )ho are easier to mana$e by usin$ mobile di$ital de&ices' I! some emer$ency conditions happened the hospital can contact the doctors .uickly' +'0' Mor$an uses Chain-in. Mobile to update the in!ormation o! shippin$ and track the positions o! deli&ery )hich helps the company control their operations easily and e!!iciently1 e&en thou$h some problems occurred in shippin$ process the company can also track the bo# and !i# the problems .uickly' TC,2 uses iPhone app to control all the chocolatemakin$ machines )ithout keep ha&in$ a physical presence' The iPhone app can monitor and sho) ho) the TC,2 (la&or-ab is doin$ e&en thou$h there is a lon$ distance bet)een lab and monitor' It is help!ul !or employees to edit photos emails'and te#t messa$es' In conclusion this case study sho)s some kinds o! mobile di$ital de&ices are used to sol&e business problems'

Q3: %lmost e&ery kind o! business can bene!it !rom e.uippin$ their employees )ith mobile di$ital de&ices' %s the internet is more and more popular no)adays online shoppin$ is common )hich makes e#press industry more important' "#press as the !le#ible industry is most likely to bene!it !rom e.uippin$ their employees )ith mobile di$ital de&ices' They ha&e to track the position o! each bo# and to update the shipment in!ormation' They can !i# all these problems by usin$ the mobile di$ital de&ices to e.uip their employees )hich can !inish their trackin$ e!!iciently'

Q4: iPhone is )idely used in industries no)adays' It is not 5ust !or !un and can play a

&ariety o! $ames but it can also be used in mana$in$ and manu!acturin$ or somethin$ else such as contact )ith employees' +oylesto)n ,ospital uses iPhone to connect doctors and patients all the time' The hospital can $et in touch )ith doctors .uickly )hen somethin$ must to be sol&ed immediately' %lso the doctors can handle the in!ormation o! patients and the lab results correctly' 6ecause they o)n iPhone they don*t ha&e to sit in their o!!ice all the time and they needn*t )orry about the condition o! the patients' %s +'0' Mor$an they use mobile di$ital de&ices to keep trackin$ on their bo#es and record the in!ormation o! each bo# !or their positions and deli&ery' It makes their )ork easy and keeps all the in!ormation in time' %lso !or TC,2 2)ner Timothy Childs uses iPhone in industry )hich can control the machine !or recordin$ the time and temperature )ithout employees lookin$ around the machine' So )e can see that iPhone is chan$in$ the )ay o! industry and makes customers and suppliers closer to !inishin$ the trades easily'

MIS I7 %CTI27 Q1: iPhone has so many capabilities such as !acetime bro)se the )eb send messa$es check your email and calendar listen to music )atch mo&ie and so on' 8e!errin$ to (acetime 9%pple: I really think it is a po)er!ul application o! iPhone because it can make &ideo calls )ith your !riends !ace to !ace' Moreo&er iPhone is sensiti&e to reco$ni;e the touches on its screen like you can stretch the screen into bi$$er or smaller )hich is con&enient !or us to look all the content' The most con&enient capability o! iPhone is multitaskin$ )hich the applications keep )orkin$

e&en thou$h they are not sho)n on the screen' 0e 5ust need to double-tap on the home button to multitask on an iPhone' %ccordin$ to the applications )hich are sho)n at the bottom o! the screen )e can select anyone to open 9<eith +sou;a:' 0ith this capability )e don*t ha&e to )orry about somethin$ lost a!ter bein$ interrupted by other applications' 0hen )e listen to the music )e can ans)er calls )hile the iPod )aits !or us until )e !inish callin$1 they )ill keep )orkin$' In addition )hen you call someone you can play other applications at the same time' These capabilities o! iPhone are use!ul to businesses such as the company can use iPhone to ha&e audio con!erences )hich makes meetin$ easy to hold' %nd iPhone is allo)ed all o&er the )orld and it can be used e&en thou$h you tra&el around the )orld' 2thers like iPad 6lack6erry and the Motorola +roid all ha&e almost the same capabilities as the iPhone' 6ut there are some di!!erences bet)een iPhone and Motorola +roid

especially !or their operatin$ system' iPhone is usin$ i2S )hile the operatin$ system o! Motorola +roid is %ndroid )hich cannot multitask like iPhone 98yan 0hit)am:' In addition +roid doesn*t ha&e as many applications as iPhone' I ha&e not used +roid be!ore but I ha&e heard !rom my !riends )ho ha&e used it be!ore' They all think compared )ith iPhone +roid is a little bit annoyin$ and incon&enient because )hen they )ant to open another application the current application they are usin$ )ill be closed' (or businesses like iPhone these kinds o! mobile technolo$y are more suitable !or usin$ in companies'

Q/: The three do)nloadable business applications are Chase Mobile (ed"# Mobile

and %ma;on Mobile' Chase Mobile makes it easy to mana$e our account )ith iPhone and sa!ely use our credit cards' 0e can do some business transactions )ith this application e&en thou$h )e don*t ha&e a computer at hand 9%pple:' 2ne o! my best !riends )ho is studyin$ in 2hio =ni&ersity no) is usin$ Chase Mobile' ,e also su$$ests I do)nload one in my iPhone because he thinks it is con&enient !or us to check our account and keep our account sa!e' It allo)s us to search our in!ormation anytime and connect us )ith business closely 9%pple:' (or (ed"# Mobile it pro&ides the latest shipment in!ormation and allo)s us to track our orders in time' It enables us to connect )ith (ed"# easily )hene&er )e )ant 9%pple:' %ma;on Mobile helps us to .uickly search shop compare prices read re&ie)s and make purchases on our iPhone iPad or iPod touch' It reali;es shop on phone and helps customers shop )here&er they are 9%pple:' There!ore i! you ha&e an iPhone or other mobile technolo$ies you can do anythin$ instead o! usin$ computers' More and more companies start to participate in mobile applications to pro&ide more con&enience !or customers and also pro&ide con&enience !or themsel&es'

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