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location awareness
02 Jul 2008
WORD - Location awareness is a component of presence technology that delivers information about a device's physical location to another user or application. The term is most often used in reference to mobile communication devices ...
inductive charging
26 Mar 2008
WORD - Inductive charging is a wireless charging method used for mid-sized items such as cell phones, MP3 players and PDAs. High-end electric toothbrushes and waterproof vibrating razors were among the first products to use ...
radio charging
26 Mar 2008
WORD - Radio charging is a wireless charging method used to charge items with small batteries and low power requirements, such as watches, hearing aids, medical implants, cell phones and wireless keyboards and mice. Radio waves ...
wireless charging
26 Mar 2008
WORD - Wireless charging is any of several methods of charging batteries without the use of cables or device-specific AC adaptors. Wireless charging can be used for a wide variety of devices including cell phones, laptop computers ...
cell phone jammer
13 Feb 2008
WORD - A cell phone jammer is a device that blocks transmission or reception of signals, usually by creating some form of interference at the same frequency ranges that cell phones use. As a result, a cell phone user will either ...
Open Handset Alliance
28 Dec 2007
WORD - The Open Handset Alliance (OHA) is a consortium whose goal is to develop open standards for mobile devices, promote innovation in mobile phones and provide a better experience for consumers at a lower cost. The Open Handset ...
microblogging
25 Jul 2007
WORD - Microblogging is the practice of sending brief posts to a personal blog on a microblogging Web site, such as Twitter or Jaiku. Microposts can be made public on a Web site and/or distributed to a private group of ...
texting
23 Jul 2007
WORD - Texting (sometimes called "text messaging" or "wireless messaging") is sending short text messages between cell phones, pagers or other handheld devices. Messages are sent through SMS (short message ...
Web texting
23 Jul 2007
WORD - Web texting is two-way text messaging from the Web to a handheld mobile device, usually a cellular phone. Traditionally, SMS (short message service) messages are sent from one handheld device to another. As mobile providers ...
short message service center
17 Jul 2007
WORD - A short message service center (SMSC) is the portion of a wireless network that handles SMS operations, such as routing, forwarding and storing incoming text messages on their way to desired endpoints. Wireless network ...


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