A mobile database is either a stationary database that can be connected to by a mobile computing device (e.g.,smartphones and PDAs) over a mobile network, or a database which is actually stored by the mobile device. This could be a list of contacts, price information, distance travelled, or any other information.
Many applications require the ability to download information from an information repository and operate on this information even when out of range or disconnected. An example of this is your contacts and calendar on the phone. In this scenario, a user would require access to update information from files in the home directories on a server or customer records from a database. This type of access and work load generated by such users is different from the traditional workloads seen inclient–server systems of today.Continue Reading...
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Mobile Database Systems By Vijay Kumar
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