Kriativ-tech Volume 1, Issue 11, Edição Nº 11 – 04-12-2025

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Geraldo Oliveira Sales Junior, Student, ISTEC Lisboa - Instituto Superior de Tecnologias Avançadas Lisboa, Portugal
Paulo Duarte Branco Associate Professor at ISTEC Lisboa, CIAC-PLDIS

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Geraldo Oliveira Sales Junior, Paulo Duarte BrancoThe Era of Mobile Devices

Abstract

The era of mobile devices presents, in chronological order, the technological evolution leading to the current computing configuration as observed at the beginning of the 2020s. Grounded on a literature review, this study highlights the macrostructural events that decisively influenced the development of mobile devices.

Keywords

Mobile devices, History of computing, Technological evolution, Digital mobility

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