... always transactional. Considering Internet-enabled in-store kiosks, m-commerce could also be transactional if not always "phone-in-hand" mobile. This distinction exemplifies a typical e-commerce practice in Japan: iMode phones provide customers with information about shopping choices, but actual product orders are often entered via in-store self-service computer portals. So, m-commerce provides good support and promotion for e-commerce transactions to roaming users, even if it's not always fully functional for every shopping need. In other words, we can say that M-commerce is a subset of e-commerce that deals with electronic transactions using mobile communication equipment. It refers to electronic transactions and businesses such as financial services or shopping, the only difference with e-commerce being that the medium is wireless rather than wire line. Short Message Service (SMS): There are a variety of Internet-like applications available for today's mobile phones. The introduction of the second generation GSM mobile phone brought a simple but popular application called ...

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