With the introduction of faster wireless networking technology, the
emergence of wireless devices and mobile networking has opened up new
business opportunity begin with e-commerce and now extends to mobile
commerce (m-commerce). Basically, this Final Year Project proposed the
development and implementation of the Mobile Information Kiosk in Mall using
Wi-Fi- a mobile solution that satisfies shopping mall customer's need and busy
working style. This report presents the research and study of the project as well as
the outcome of the project that is Mobile Information Kiosk in Mall using Wi-Fi
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This ·project will address to the three problem statements which are larger
shopping mall brings a larger number of shops, practicality of Web-site provided
and last but not least network fees and charges. This followed by the objectives of
the system that is to develop a system called " Mobile Information Kiosk in Mall
using Wi-Fi" that can successfully aid visitors to find their desired retail stores or
facilities or items in the shopping mall as well help visitors saving their time,
money ,and effort.
The scopes of the project are divided into two main parts that are to focus
on information search and retrieval from system's database and also to focus on
information display by providing the graphical mapping. Basically, the whole
project will be applying a Waterfall Development Model due to its simplicity and
requires linear progress. With this report, the basis for the research of this project
will be underlined in detail, including the technologies as well the study of recent
researches related to the study and also summarizing the result form the surveys
that have been done through out t the whole period given . Finally the result of
this project, will be in the mobile web application where user can easily access the
system through Wi-Fi technology using their mobile phone or their Personal
Digital Assistance (PDA
