Mobile Application Technology

• Main Author: Mohamed Said, Mohamad Mahsyar
• Format: Final Year Project
• Language: English
• Published: UNIVERSITI TEKNOLOGI PETRONAS 2012
• Online Access: http://utpedia.utp.edu.my/6300/1/Dissertation%20Report-%20Mahsyar%20Said%2012657.pdf; http://utpedia.utp.edu.my/6300/
• Institution: Universiti Teknologi Petronas

Mobile technology plays significant role in current education trend for children. For every child who growing up nowadays, mobile technologies such as mobile phones and laptop create a bridge over the educational gap that teachers left behind, the way the children have become more independent to learn things for the future. The difficulty of bridging the technology and life has been one of the major factors for children to catch up with current lifestyle. The current study of industry shows that rising demand for IT workers going unmet by the educational system. This phenomenon derived from the fact that the field of IT changes rapidly while Malaysia is still ranked low based on the IT literacy rate. Early exposure of the latest trends of mobile technology is needed to inculcate the IT lifestyle in Malaysia as well as to increase the number of IT literate citizens. This project aims to develop a mobile application that educates children the latest trend of mobile technology. The target research for the project focuses on building a rich mobile multimedia content that bridges young minds with the world of mobile technology. Tool that are used to develop the prototype are Apple Xcode with Apple iOS Software Development Kit and The New Ipad with the combination of Waterfall and Iterative software development life cycle (SDLC). The prototype result will be a mobile application made for iPad with two modules focusing on the mobile technology education and Windows Phone specifically. By releasing the application to public soon, hopefully it can be a great kick-start for the future young technologist.