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The rise of smartphone technology, which started with Apple’s iPhone, was the spark that ignited the revolution of the mobile platform. Since then, the mobile platform has become very popular. Many IT companies, such as Google and Apple, have developed various businesses and services on the mobile platform and have been competing vigorously in order to maintain their dominance of the market. The mobile-based platform environment provides a totally different level of user environments by leading users for the consumption of extensive content and services freely as compared to previous computing environments. Along with the distribution of various smartphone contents, the hardware performances of other smart devices that can be used conveniently together have been gradually advanced. This study reviews the concept of mobile based-platforms, current technology status, and the application of the mobile platform. With this background, this paper predicts the direction in which the mobile platform will grow as it continues to operate.