INTRODUCTION

The importance of mobile systems programming has emerged over the recent years as a new domain in software development. The design of software that runs in a mobile device requires that developers combine the rules applicable in embedded environment; memory-awareness, limited performance, security, and limited resources with features that are needed in workstation environment; modifiability, run-time extensions, and rapid application development. Programming Mobile Devices is a comprehensive, practical introduction to programming mobile systems. The book is a platform independent approach to programming mobile devices: it does not focus on specific technologies, and devices, instead it evaluates the component areas and issues that are common to all mobile software platforms. This text will enable the designer to programmed mobile devices by mastering both hardware-aware and application-level software, as well as the main principles that guide their design. Programming Mobile Devices: * Provides a complete and authoritative overview of programming mobile systems. * Discusses the major issues surrounding mobile systems programming; such as understanding of embedded systems and workstation programming. * Covers memory management, the concepts of applications, dynamically linked libraries, concurrency, handling local resources, networking and mobile devices as well as security features. * Uses generic examples from Java TM and Simian OS to illustrate the principles of mobile device programming. Programming Mobile Devices is essential reading for graduate and advanced undergraduate students, academic and industrial researchers in the as well as software developers, and programmers.

WHAT IS ADDICTION?
Everybody has heard about the word addiction. But what exactly is addiction? Well, allow me to give you a minor definition:

Addiction is a habitual repetition of excessive behavior that a person is unable or unwilling to stop, despite its harmful consequences. People can be physically addicted to a drug, meaning they may suffer ill physical effects if they stop taking the drug. They also can be psychologically addicted to drugs, gambling, or other behaviors, meaning they feel overwhelmingly derived if they attempt to stop.

BENEFITS AND ILLEFFECTS OF MOBILE

Has it happened to you that sometimes you go out but forgot your cell phone at home and so youre not feeling complete? Theres a feeling somewhere inside that youre missing something, a sense of insecurity sometimes prevails welcome to the world of cell phone addiction! Cell phones are having a great influence in our live and are very convenient to keep with us. Cell phones are a faster and more effective way to transfer information. Indeed, it is a resource that gives its users great advantages. They say, if something is of great utility (usage, etc), it will surely have its own problems as well; cell phones are no exception. In earlier times cell-phone used to be a craze, symbol of money and success but nowadays even kids find it a necessity of life. I would want to list some quick good and bad things about a typical cell phone. The list is not typical to any phone, just a generalization

ADVANTAGES: The more you talk, the more you know how to talk and the better your communication skills become. This is applicable if youre a sensible person and keep note of your interacting habits over the phone. It can be a communication tutorial! Nothing more than a cell phone comes to great help in emergency. You are driving by the freeway and the vehicle jams and cell phone comes to your rescue. You are stuck in a lone place, again call somebody and ask for directions. Parents can be a little less worried about their kids by being in constant touch with them.

 If youre a net-savvy, you can have Internet handy all the time and anywhere the signal of your cell phone provider can reach. Trendy and stylish cell phones can be used as a bait to receive attention. It can be part of fashion and styling. From the industry and economy point of view, cell phone companies (communication industry) are flourishing with market capital in billions. This is a good thing for the economy to be smooth and healthy. Companies find it yet another medium to advertise their products; so another medium to reach the consumers. Nowadays, cell phones are not just phone calls; theyre about messaging, video, songs, games, alarm clock, notes, calendar, reminder, etc. So one equipment, lots of uses! Although cell phone use can be dangerous while driving but sometimes it can be a time-saver - you are driving and simultaneously discussing some urgent matter as well. A sensible and only urgent usage during driving can be a great help at times.

DISADVANTAGES: Some people (especially teens) get so much addicted to cell phones for talking, video, messaging, games, etc that they forget the real purpose of the phone and waste large part of their time in unnecessary interaction over their cell phones. Nothing more can be a distraction for a teacher in the classroom, when a students phone rings. Cell phones are increasingly becoming a problem for the schools during classroom hours and are becoming a means of cheating during examinations and other kinds of ability tests. All this is really bad and does hurt the future of the student, who doesnt realize that he/she is him/her-self responsible for it. Health of those living in the vicinity of cell phone towers is becoming a growing concern. Towers result into an area with concrete development along with destruction of natural features (vegetation etc) around the place. The towers also emit strong electromagnetic signals, which can be

health hazard for those living nearby and who are getting exposed to strong radiations continuously during a good span of their lives. While remaining in touch is good thing but sometimes it becomes annoying to have to deal with continuous incoming phone calls. You are on a vacation and your boss calls up, how does that sound! Cell phone monthly bills are usually more than a landline bill. Sometimes, we may not require having a cell phone but we still buy one and start paying monthly bills; so it increases our monthly/recurring expenses. Use of hands-free (wired/blue-tooth) can at times pass on loud sounds to our ears which can result in weakening of ear-drums. Nowadays, one can download lots of songs, so keeping the hands-free glued inside your ears for long hours can really affect the sensitivity of ears in the long run of life. There have been cases of cell phone blasts, due to the excessive heating up of its battery. This can be a fatal issue; although rare. The continuous exposure of signal to and from our cell phone can be a cancer concern, although to a meager amount- research is still going on. However, the mobile phone industry has long resisted any suggestion of a link to cancer, though it accepts that mobile phone radiation does affect the electrical activity in the brain. The battery parts and other electronic parts of a cell phone can be environmental hazard if not disposed off properly through approved means. A cell phone can be helpful while driving and talking in case of urgent matters but increasingly it is becoming cause of accidents because it deviates the attention of a driver; human brain can do only one thing at a time (however small span of time it may be). It can be a big time distraction and nuisance in calm and silent places like libraries, cinemas, restaurants, etc. Some cell phone users lose the sense of deciding when and where they can talk on the cell phone and where they cant, without slightest consideration for the fellow beings around. Having said all about cell phones, I think they are one of the biggest boons humanity ever had. If used properly and sensibly, cell phone can be a wonderful piece of utility in life and most of its disadvantages will simply be significant.

SYMPTOMS OF MOBILE
Main problem caused by mobile addiction is psychological problem. pic Well, South Korea is the first country ever to create a program to fight mobile addiction among teenagers. Its no surprise then that, according to recent research, as many as 1 in 6 young people could be addicted to their mobile phones. A study of more than 100 students aged between 18 and 25 found that a large percentage of them displayed symptoms more commonly associated with compulsive gamblers. They admitted being dependent on their mobile phone to lift their mood suffering from irritability, feelings of depression and lack of self esteem if it didnt ring - lied about how often they used it and frequently borrowed money from friends and relatives to foot their mobile bills. In more extreme cases, texting addicts suffered from sleep deprivation and cases of RSI from tapping obsessively through the night .What would a country ought to do if 90% of the students age 14 to 19 have mobile phones, 38% of that send more than 1,000 text messages per month and 44% are texting even during lectures? The symptoms and the treatments to this modern day infliction? Read to this solution to know about mobile madness: The back pocket of your jeans has an outline of where your mobile sits. This may cause a problem, as the phone vibrates it may affect the body.
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When running you carry your iPod in one hand and your mobile in the otherjust in case you need to answer that all-important call on the home stretch. Your bedroom resembles an airport landing strip as the red light from the BlackBerry and the green from the mobile make their night calls.

 This symptom is caused because of different games in mobile by playing that we get many problems in eyes as irritation, specs, and etc. no sleep causes laziness in kids.

Some have even called the mobile phone "the new cigarette," as people fiddle with them as a sign of anxiety, whip them out as soon as they leave the office, take "mobile breaks" on the job and chat away while walking, driving, etc.

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A kid addicted to their Mobile Phones is a common disease today! I can see it all around me.eg. Texting as if its an important Phone calls as if its breath. I feel blessed that my generation had those communication barriers; it allowed us so much time for our selves. Those wait for a friend who is on his way to visit me, that importance of a get together, the feeling of seeing people face to face and not chatting/talking over a network The cell phone has certainly tampered with teen culture. And this change certainly comes with turbulence. A child getting their hands on a cell phone at age of 8 is certainly now an encouraging figures. Kids are stuck to their cell phones like honeybees. Over a family dinner but an outgoing messages every 30secs. In a college lecture but still connected via SMS to a dozen people (often in the same class), left alone for a min and there they go on a call (Remember the sent to mental institute to get rid of cell phone addiction?)
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Two children, ages 12 and 13 were sent to a mental health institute by their parents due to what is being called Mobile Phone Addiction. While this may be difficult to believe I cant say Im surprised. People get sent to mental hospitals all the time for all sorts of things (look at Britney).

With all the technology available to us we would be naive to think that there arent repercussions to us psychologically. People who play online games have been known to lose their jobs, get divorced, even have their kids taken away from them. Others have literally played themselves to death

ARTICLES OR NEWS
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We still dont know if Karnataka Goats plan to ban Mobile for Kids is justified, but here is a case where parents have sent their kids to a Mental Health Institute just to treat their cell phone addiction. Apparently these two kids from Spain (aged 12 & 13) are so badly addicted to their mobiles that they have been lying to their relatives for money only to spend it on their mobiles. Dr Matre Urges, who runs the Child and Youth Mental Health Centre in Lerida, near Barcelona in north-eastern Spain, said it was the first time the clinic had treated children who were dependent on their mobile phones. Text-message ruling could change corporate policies most employees know their bosses are usually within their rights snooping on workers' e-mail, but text messaging has been in murkier territory... Spanish Tweens Addicted to Cell Phones According to Spanish media reports, two children ages 12 and 13, were recently admitted to the Children and Youth Mental Health Centre in Lleide for cell phone addiction .... Japan urges limiting kids' cell phones Japanese youngsters are getting so addicted to Internet-linking cell phones that the government is starting a program warning parents and schools to

Key Points of this article Mobile-addicts can be seriously affected at the psychological level Mobile addicts tend to neglect important activities

Most mobile-addicts are people with low self-esteem Switching off their phones causes them anxiety, irritability, sleep disorders or sleeplessness, and even shivering and digestive problems

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CONCLUSION
As mobile phone addiction becomes more prevalent among juveniles, it is important that parents think twice before they give their teenage children a mobile phone. As with any addiction, recovery is a painful journey, and prevention is better than cure. Therefore, it is best that parents teach their children that a mobile phone is not necessary until they turn 16 years old, because until that age, most school-going childrens lives are centered on the school timetable. This means that their whereabouts are generally predictable. Hence there is no need for them to be constantly contactable. More important, let your children know that if they get addicted to something, they would not be able to live normally. Explain to them that mobile phones are embedded with many addictive activities such as text messaging, games and Web-surfing. Therefore, there is a very high chance that an impressionable child can get addicted to the mobile phone. Prepare your child for the responsibilities that comes with a mobile phone. Teach them to plan their time wisely and engage in their pastimes with proper limits. If your child already has a mobile phone or eventually gets one, it is important that you limit your childs usage of the mobile phone.