Advancements

As the advancement of technology is critical for globalization, devices to power mobile commerce worldwide are created.

• Most PDAs and 3G phones will include expansion slots in order to increase memory (Zilliox, 78). At the moment, the top of the line memory sticks on the market are 8GBs (Esmaeilian).
  
  
• With technology, speeds of wireless devices will be compatible to standard PC speeds and will eventually become even faster (Zilliox, 79).
  
  
• Although wireless connections are more common in urban areas, they are becoming readily available to other areas, where wireless connectivity has been less prominent.
  
  
• As m-commerce becomes more conventional, manufacturers will create handheld devices that include more convenient features (Zilliox, 84).

With these great advancements, m-commerce has the potential to eventually become a greater market then e-commerce ( Abbott ).

Future

As wireless devices become more efficient and secure, it is predicted that m-commerce will become more popular then e-commerce because of its hands on availability ( www.SearchMobileComputing.com ). Since m-commerce is wireless, transactions can be done anywhere at anytime, as a result businesses are investing more time and effort in the mobile commerce market. Banks and financial companies are considering the idea of m-commerce as an approach to increase business productivity ( www.wikipedia.org ). Accessing account information and making online transactions via handheld devices is known as mobile banking, while stock market services in m-commerce are known as mobile brokeraging ( www.wikipedia.org ). As m-commerce becomes more accepted, improvements in mobile banking and brokeraging will be made ( www.wikipedia.org ). Many big travel companies are creating systems that will allow travel arrangements to be conducted on handheld devices ( www.wikipedia.org ). As time goes by, retail on wireless networks will be more convenient ( www.SearchMobileComputing.com ). The entertainment industry will benefit as well by selling movie tickets, and promoting wireless gaming and music ( www.wikipedia.org ). Industries have a new way to communicate with their clientele.