Using mobile devices in a language classroom has some advantages and
disadvantages. This paper has highlighted some of the detailed issues that students,
teachers and coordinators might have before considering using a MALL classroom
for a course such as presented here. From the early days of PDAs to the present
day of iPads, there has been a tremendous improvement in the technology, the
user interface and the ubiquitous use of the mobile device. The average lifespan
of a mobile device was shown to be about five years before replacement for a new
model. Mobile devices such as the iPad Mini are so technologically advanced that
they can offer language learners and teachers a wide range of possibilities from
using online content to developing original materials. This evidence is presented
here so that an administrator or educator who is considering starting the use of a
similar MALL environment may be better informed of the choices available to the