3G in cheat sheets
Cheat Sheet: Augmented reality
Cheat Sheet Augmented reality? Is this another name for Apple CEO Steve Jobs' infamous reality distortion field? Nice try but no. Augmented reality (AR) means overlaying computerised elements, such as graphics or text, on top of a real-time video or... [27 Oct 2009]
Cheat Sheet: The Kindle, Amazon's e-book reader
Cheat Sheet The Amazon Kindle then - is that one of those book readers? That's exactly what it is.e-book readers are typically small, thin devices - about the size of a paperback novel - that can store hundreds or thousands of books in digital form. [07 Oct 2009]
Cheat Sheet: Apple iPhone
Cheat Sheet This iPhone thing - I've heard about it but I'm not entirely sure what all the fuss is about. It's just a phone isn't it? Here's the skinny: the iPhone is a mobile device made by iPod-maker Apple, the first version of which was unveiled... [02 Sep 2009]
Cheat Sheet: LTE - beyond 3G
Cheat Sheet LTE? Isn't that a Chinese mobile maker? No, no, that's ZTE but you're in the right industry at least. LTE stands for Long Term Evolution - which, in itself, is short for Long Term Evolution of Universal Terrestrial Radio Access Network. [12 Jun 2009]
Cheat Sheet: MVNOs
Cheat Sheet MVNO? That'll be an abbreviation - another pointless four letter one no doubt… Right and wrong. MVNO stands for mobile virtual network operator - and it refers to a rather intriguing slice of the mobile pie. [27 Oct 2008]
Cheat Sheet: Mobile TV
Cheat Sheet What's all this about mobile TV then? Is that when I download clips onto my phone? People falling over, pop videos, stuff like that? Mobile TV means video content that's either streamed or broadcast direct to your mobile phone - rather... [22 Nov 2007]
Cheat Sheet: Femtocell
Cheat Sheet Femtocell. I'll avoid the Austin Powers gags. Thanks. Tell me, what does it mean? A femtocell is a small cellular base station - some might say picocell - that will connect to broadband connections in homes or offices. [25 Sep 2007]
Cheat Sheet: M2M
Cheat Sheet M2M. Yeah, I think I got their last album. Rockin'. You might be a fan of Norwegian girl bands but I'm talking about the other M2M - machine-to-machine communications. Oh, of course. What's that all about then? [09 May 2007]
Cheat Sheet: Wireless mesh networking
Cheat Sheet Go on then, mesh networking - why should I care? What's so exciting? A mesh network is essentially a series of nodes - wireless access points typically mesh routers but also laptops, PDAs and the like - which route data to each other. [24 Feb 2006]
Cheat Sheet: Smart phone operating systems
Cheat Sheet My mobile has an operating system? Yes. I didn't realise that. How obvious your OS is depends on the type of phone you have. Most handsets have an OS sitting very much in the background, often a proprietary piece of software created by... [02 Nov 2004]
Cheat Sheet: 3G - in all its flavours
Cheat Sheet 3G? Simple - doesn't it just mean faster mobile networks? In a word, yes, though we're not only talking about speed when it comes to 'third-generation' (or 3G, get it? mobile. Really? Think about the... [04 Aug 2004]
Cheat Sheet: MMS
Cheat Sheet Oh no - not another acronym! Yes, afraid so. MMS stands for Multimedia Messaging Service. Which is. It is simply a jump up from your standard text message. MMS allows you to send pictures and sound to other mobile phones or even... [09 Aug 2002]
Cheat sheet: Difference between mm02 and 02
Cheat Sheet Why should I care about the difference between mm02 and 02? You don't need to care, really, but you may sound a bit stupid if you don't know that mm02 is the publicly traded holding company for the mm02 group of network operators.is the... [24 Jun 2002]
Cheat Sheet: Location-based services
Cheat Sheet What on earth is this all about? Don't you mean "Where on earth? sorry). Location-based services - or LBS, to the initiated - help you find out where you are or where something else is when you're out and about in town, or even lost out... [02 Jan 2002]
Cheat Sheet: i-mode
Cheat Sheet Q. We're talking mobile internet, right? A. Well, kind of.i-mode is a proprietary mobile data service owned by Japan's NTT DoCoMo. The network operator has signed up 31.1 million i-mode users in Japan (figure: 17 Feb 2002) since the... [08 Nov 2001]
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