Ashley Miller
IT/205
December 7, 2014
Joseph Pillera
Mobile System Paper
“A mobile application, most commonly referred to as an app, is a type of application software designed to run on a mobile device, such as a smartphone or tablet computer. Mobile applications frequently serve to provide users with similar services to those accessed on PCs. Apps are generally small, individual software units with limited function. Mobile applications are a move away from the integrated software systems generally found on PCs. Instead, each app provides limited and isolated functionality such as a game, calculator or mobile Web browsing. Although applications may have avoided multitasking because of the limited hardware resources of the early mobile devices, their specificity is now part of their desirability because they allow consumers to hand-pick what their devices are able to do.” (Techopedia, N.D.)
I recently discovered this new app for IPhone users which is called ipay. This app is a mobile app that is a free e-Wallet application allowing customers to manage their electronic money and MasterCard / VISA cards anywhere, anytime and is always in the palm of their hands. With ipay Mobile on your phone you are in complete control of your ipay accounts, tags and cards, even when you are miles away from your computer. This app allows its users to pay bills, transfer money, check balance and view purchase history. It also is a great app for business because if you are a business owner this wonderful new app also allows you to manage your Outlets, mobile ipos terminals and resend electronic receipt to your customers.
This has been a huge change and shows just how far we have come along with technology. This changed the way that people pay their bills and send/receive money. This is great because now instead of its users carrying around all of their credit/debit cards with them which is still a high risk for theft they have the ability to load their