mobile system

Cheat Sheet: Google Android

Cheat Sheet In Google's words, it's a "complete software stack" for mobile phones, built on an open Linux kernel (Linux version 2.6) - so that's an operating system plus all the middleware and key apps you need to drive a mobile phone.

Tags: android, mobile linux, google, mobile phone

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[12 Mar 2008]

Cheat Sheet: Encryption

Cheat Sheet In the US, the majority of states have notification legislation so that if, say, a laptop or mobile is lost with customers' information on it - those customers must be informed their data is at risk. Authentication works hand in hand with...

Tags: encryption, cheat sheet, age, authority

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[28 Nov 2007]

Cheat Sheet: M2M

Cheat Sheet One interesting suggestion from industry watchers Berg Insight is that M2M may take over the GSM band once Europe's mobile users have all shifted to 3G. In store, for example, an RFID monitoring system could be connected to a stock ordering system.

Tags: rfid, machine to machine, m2m

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[09 May 2007]

Cheat Sheet: Contactless payments

Cheat Sheet Rather than hand over cash, sign your name or even do the chip and PIN thing when you buy something, the wondrous gift of technology has made it possible to make a purchase by tapping a teller's till with your wallet or mobile phone.

Tags: contactless payments, contactless payment

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[11 Oct 2005]

Cheat Sheet: Smart phone operating systems

Cheat Sheet My mobile has an operating system? We have Symbian - a UK-headquartered joint venture between major mobile handset makers, most notably Nokia - then there's Microsoft, PalmSource, Linux and possibly another OS that may well emerge.

Tags: smart phone, symbian, palmsource, linux

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[02 Nov 2004]

Cheat Sheet: Micropayments

Cheat Sheet On 22 March News Corporation will file a patent for its system which uses mobile phone numbers to let visitors unlock certain pieces of content on Times Online and then add that cost to their monthly bill.

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[21 Mar 2002]

Cheat sheet: Mobile and wireless security

Cheat Sheet OK, let's start with mobile security. But it has been proven that simply modifying several settings on a wireless LAN-equipped mobile device can crack WEP. You could be using your WAP mobile phone/PDA hybrid to connect to the corporate network...

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[14 Feb 2002]

Cheat Sheet: Location-based services

Cheat Sheet Is this location finding stuff just another mobile gimmick, like WAP? Some people say LBS are the key differentiator between mobile and fixed line networks because they open the door for tailor-made content.

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[02 Jan 2002]