Category: mobile
Nielsen Wire reports that, in the U.S., African-Americans use the most voice minutes, on average more than 1300 minutes per month, followed by Hispanics who average 826 minutes a month. Hispanics send the most texts, about 780 per month. Nielsen Wire 8/24/10
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The act of linking from physical world objects, such as when a users with a camera phone equipped with the correct reader application scans the image of a QR Code in magazines, on signs, buses, business cards, to display text, contact information, connect to a wireless network, or open a web page in the phone's browser.
Mobile tagging is the process of providing data on mobile devices, usually through a two-dimensional barcode, to be read and input using a camera phone.The information encoded in the barcode can be text, URL or other data.
A QR Code is a matrix barcode (or two-dimensional code), readable by QR scanners, mobiles phones with camera, and smartphones. The code consists of black modules arranged in a square pattern on white background. The information encoded can be text, URL or other data.
Although initially used for tracking parts in vehicle manufacturing, QR Codes are now used in a much broader context, including both commercial tracking applications and convenience-oriented applications aimed at mobile phone users (known as mobile tagging).
QR Codes storing addresses and URLs may appear in magazines, on signs, buses, business cards, or on just about any object that users might need information about. Users with a camera phone equipped with the correct reader application can scan the image of the QR Code to display text, contact information, connect to a wireless network, or open a web page in the phone's browser. This act of linking from physical world objects is known as a hardlink or physical world hyperlink.
Users can also generate and print their own QR Code for others to scan and use by visiting one of several free QR Code generating sites.
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4G (Fourth Generation) is an advanced mobile broadband technology that will enable wireless carriers to provide greatly improved download and upload speeds. It will increase the amount and types of content made available through mobile devices, from streamed audio and video, to video messaging, video telephony, mobile TV and gaming.
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WiMAX (Worldwide Interoperability for Microwave Access) is a technology proposed by IEEE as a wireless standard for point-to-pon communications and cellular access.
GSM (Global System for Mobile Communications) is a 2G digital wireless telephony system that suing a variation of TDMA for network access.
GPRS (General Packet Radio Service) is a packet-based wireless communications service that offers peak data rates of 56Kbps to 114 Kbps, while maintaining a continuous Internet connection for mobile devices.
CDMA (Code Division Multiple Access) is a method for ending multiple voice and/or data signs simultaneously across the radio spectrum.