Composite Device Computing Environment: A Framework for Augmenting the PDA Using Surrounding Resources

INTRODUCTION The World Wide Web (WWW) continues to enjoy phenomenal growth with the promise of facilitating a digital society. Technology continues to evolve, allowing an increasingly peripatetic society to remain “connected” without any reliance upon wires. As a consequence, mobile computing is a growth area and the focus of much energy. Mobile computing heralds exciting new applications and services for information access, communication and collaboration across a diverse range of environments.