Thanks to Nokia's market dominance in 2005, Symbian is the current leader with over 62.8% market share in Q2 according to Canalys, a market research firm, and is used by five different smartphone platforms. Three of the platforms are developed by Nokia (Series 60, Series 80 & Series 90), a fourth is developed by NTT DoCoMo for the Japanese market and the final one is developed by a subsidiary of Symbian itself (UIQ). Contrary to the information published on PalmSource's website, Symbian OS v8.0 is largely backwardly compatible with previ ...

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Smartphone, Smartphone - 2005 OS Market Share, Smartphone - List of smartphones, Smartphone - Symbian OS, Smartphone - FOMA non-UIQ, Smartphone - Nokia Series 60, Smartphone - Nokia Series 80, Smartphone - Nokia Series 90, Smartphone - UIQ, Smartphone - Palm OS, Smartphone - Windows CE / Windows Mobile, Smartphone - Linux, Smartphone - Other

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A camera phone is a cellphone which has a camera built in. The world's first camera phone was the J-SH04 made by Sharp Corporation and put on market from J-Phone (Vodafone) in Japan in November 2000. The cameras typically use CMOS image sensors. This is due largely to reduced power consumption compared to CCD type cameras, which are also used. The lower power consumption prevents the camera from quickly depleting the phone's battery. Major manufacturers include Nokia, Samsung, Motorola, Siemens, Sony Ericsson, and LG Electronics. As o ...

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The World Wide Web ("WWW" or simply the "Web") is an information space in which the items of interest, referred to as resources, are identified by global identifiers called Uniform Resource Identifiers (URIs). The term is often mistakenly used as a synonym for the Internet, but the Web is actually a service that operates over the Internet. (Find more information at this link.) World Wide Web - Basic terms. The World Wide Web is the combination of four basic ideas: hypertext ...

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• World Wide Web - Sociological implications
• World Wide Web - Publishing web pages
• World Wide Web - Statistics
• World Wide Web - Speed issues
• World Wide Web - Academic conferences
• World Wide Web - Pronunciation of www

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BREW is an application development platform created by Qualcomm for mobile phones. It is air-interface independent, i.e. it can support GSM/GPRS, UTMS and CDMA. However, when BREW was first introduced it was solely developed for CDMA handsets. Standing for Binary Runtime Environment for Wireless, it is a software that can download and run small programs for playing games, sending messages, sharing photos, etc. The main advantage of BREW platform is that the application developers can easily port their applications between all t ...

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A mobile phone, also known as a cellular, cell, mobile, or hand phone, is an electronic telecommunications device with the same basic capability as a conventional fixed line telephone, but which is also entirely portable and is not required to be connected with a wire to the telephone network. Most current mobile phones connect instead to the network using a wireless radio wave transmission technology. The mobile phone communicates via a network of base stations which are in ...

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• Mobile phone - Driving controversy
• Mobile phone - Security concerns
• Mobile phone - Future prospects
• Mobile phone - Terminology
• Mobile phone - Mobile phone terms
• Mobile phone - Related systems which are not cellphones
• Mobile phone - Terms in other countries
• Mobile phone - Integrated devices

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The World Wide Web is the combination of four basic ideas: hypertext, that is the ability, in a computer environment, to move from one part of a document to another or from one document to another through internal connections among these documents (called "hyperlinks"); resource identifiers, that is the ability, on a computer network, to locate a particular resource (computer, document or other resource) on the network through a unique identifier; the client-server model of computing, in w ...

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World Wide Web, World Wide Web - Basic terms, World Wide Web - How the Web works, World Wide Web - Origins, World Wide Web - Web standards, World Wide Web - Java and JavaScript, World Wide Web - Sociological implications, World Wide Web - Publishing web pages, World Wide Web - Statistics, World Wide Web - Speed issues, World Wide Web - Academic conferences, World Wide Web - Pronunciation of www, World Wide Web - Criticism, World Wide Web - Standards

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Microsoft's current release is Windows Mobile 5.0, internally code-named Magneto. It was officially released by Microsoft on May 10, 2005. Based on Windows CE 5.0, Windows Mobile 5.0 incorporates features such as Direct3D Mobile, integrated Bluetooth and WiFi stacks, and the ability to be mounted as a USB Mass Storage device, bypassing ActiveSync. Pocket Word and Pocket Excel have been renamed Word Mobile and Excel Mobile, respectively, and both applications have gained more complete feature sets, including support for tables, ...

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Pocket PC, Pocket PC - Definition, Pocket PC - Versions, Pocket PC - Screenshots, Pocket PC - Vendors

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The term "personal digital assistant" was coined on January 7, 1992 by John Sculley at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, Nevada, referring to the Apple Newton. Earlier devices like the Psion and Sharp Wizard have the functionality to be considered PDAs, however. In fact, PDAs by other names were available as early as the mid-1970s -- first as very advanced calculators, then as electronic organizers, and later as palmtops. [1]. PDAs are some times refered to as "Palms" or "Palm Pilot" after an early PDA created by Palm, Inc. This usage is a case of genericized trademark, similar to refering to ...

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Personal digital assistant, Personal digital assistant - Overview, Personal digital assistant - Popular PDAs, Personal digital assistant - Other uses

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Mobile phone - Mobile phone terms. Brick A large, heavy, and usually obsolete wireless mobile phone, such as the Motorola International 3200. Candy bar A housing shape that has no hinges and resembles an oblong candy bar (US). Cell phone, cellular phone, or cell Term used currently in the United States and Canada (and in other countries as well during the 1980s) to refer to most mobile phones. It technically applies specifically to mobile phones which use a ce ...

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Mobile phone, Mobile phone - Worldwide deployment, Mobile phone - Mobile phone culture, Mobile phone - Mobile phone features, Mobile phone - Technology, Mobile phone - Controversy, Mobile phone - Health controversy, Mobile phone - Driving controversy, Mobile phone - Security concerns, Mobile phone - Future prospects, Mobile phone - Terminology, Mobile phone - Mobile phone terms, Mobile phone - Related systems which are not cell phones, Mobile phone - Terms in other countries

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Software for the BREW-enabled handsets can be developed in C or C++ using the freely downloadable BREW SDK. The SDK includes a BREW Emulator which can be used for testing during development process. Unlike J2ME platform, where any developer can upload and execute software on any supported handset, BREW applications must be digitally signed. Because BREW gives complete control over the handset hardware, only content providers or authenticated BREW developers have the tools necessary to create a digital signature. Furthermore, developer-signed ...

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BREW, BREW - Software, BREW - BREW application development

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Mobile phone - Health controversy. Main articles: Mobile phone radiation and health, and [[]], and [[]], and [[]]See also:

Mobile phone, Mobile phone - Worldwide deployment, Mobile phone - Mobile phone culture, Mobile phone - Mobile phone features, Mobile phone - Technology, Mobile phone - Controversy, Mobile phone - Health controversy, Mobile phone - Driving controversy, Mobile phone - Security concerns, Mobile phone - Future prospects, Mobile phone - Terminology, Mobile phone - Mobile phone terms, Mobile phone - Related systems which are not cell phones, Mobile phone - Terms in other countries

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In San Francisco, California on July 15, 2003 the Embedded Linux Consortium (ELC http://www.embedded-linux.org/ ), which includes IBM, Intel, LynuxWorks, Motorola, Panasonic, Samsung, Sharp, Siemens and Sony, announced a new phase of standardization activity to prepare specifications that will help product developers manage power consumption, design user interfaces and achieve real time performance for embedded Linux applications. The standards are to create a globally accepted platform offering test suites and branding to enhance the market ...

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Embedded Linux, Embedded Linux - Embedded Linux Consortium, Embedded Linux - List of mobile telephones running Linux

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Some typical features include the "clam shell" model with large displays (240x320 pixels) and in many models, a display on either side. Additionally the phones have many extra features, e.g. a megapixel digital camera. The displays normally have 65536 colors but the newest models have as many as 262144 colors. The phones measure and weigh about the same as Nokia models. A typical i-mode phone is comparable to a Nokia 6600 model. The first four i-mode handsets released in the UK are: NEC 343i NEC 411i Sam ...

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I-mode, I-mode - i-mode phones, I-mode - i-mode in use

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Personal digital assistant - Touch screen. Practically all PDAs features a touch screen for user interaction, having only a few buttons usually reserved for shortcuts to oftenly used programs. The PDAs usually have a detachable stylus that can be used on the touch screen. Interaction is then done by tapping the screen to activate buttons or menu choices, and dragging the stylus to for example highlight text. Text input is usually done in one of two ways: Using a virtual keyboard, where a keybo ...

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Personal digital assistant, Personal digital assistant - Functionality, Personal digital assistant - Touch screen, Personal digital assistant - Synchronization, Personal digital assistant - Customization, Personal digital assistant - Other functionality, Personal digital assistant - Overview, Personal digital assistant - History, Personal digital assistant - OS, Personal digital assistant - Architecture, Personal digital assistant - Increasing popularity, Personal digital assistant - Popular PDAs

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Mobile phone - Mobile phone terms. Brick  A large, heavy, and usually obsolete wireless mobile phone, such as the Motorola International 3200. Candy bar  A housing shape that has no hinges and resembles an oblong candy bar (US). Cell phone, cellular phone, or cell  Term used currently in the United States and Canada (and in other countries as well during the 1980s) to refer to most mobile phones. It technically applies specifically to mobile phones ...

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Mobile phone, Mobile phone - Worldwide deployment, Mobile phone - Mobile phone culture, Mobile phone - Mobile phone features, Mobile phone - Technology, Mobile phone - Controversy, Mobile phone - Health controversy, Mobile phone - Driving controversy, Mobile phone - Security concerns, Mobile phone - Future prospects, Mobile phone - Terminology, Mobile phone - Mobile phone terms, Mobile phone - Related systems which are not cell phones, Mobile phone - Terms in other countries

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The World Wide Web is the combination of four basic ideas: hypertext, that is the ability, in a computer environment, to move from one part of a document to another or from one document to another through internal connections among these documents (called "hyperlinks"); computer network addresses, that is the ability, on a computer network, to locate a particular computer on the network through a unique address; the client-server model of computing, in which client software or a client com ...

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World Wide Web, World Wide Web - Basic terms, World Wide Web - How the Web works, World Wide Web - Origins, World Wide Web - Web standards, World Wide Web - Java and JavaScript, World Wide Web - Sociological implications, World Wide Web - Publishing web pages, World Wide Web - Statistics, World Wide Web - Speed issues, World Wide Web - Academic conferences, World Wide Web - Pronunciation of www

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Software for the BREW-enabled handsets can be developed in C or C++ using the freely downloadable BREW SDK. The SDK includes a BREW Emulator which can be used for testing during development process. Unlike J2ME platform, where any developer can upload and execute software on any supported handset, BREW applications must be digitally signed. Because BREW gives complete control over the handset hardware, only content providers or authenticated BREW developers have the tools necessary to create a digital signature. Furthermore, developer-signed ...

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BREW, BREW - Software, BREW - BREW Application Development

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Mobile phone - Mobile phone terms. Brick  A large, heavy, and usually obsolete wireless mobile phone, such as the Motorola International 3200. Candybar  A housing shape that has no hinges and resembles an oblong candy bar (US). Cell phone, cellular telephone or Cell  Term used currently in the United States and Canada (and in other countries as well during the 1980s) to refer to most mobile phones. It technically applies specifically to mobile phon ...

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Mobile phone, Mobile phone - Worldwide deployment, Mobile phone - Mobile phone culture, Mobile phone - Mobile phone features, Mobile phone - Technology, Mobile phone - Controversy, Mobile phone - Health controversy, Mobile phone - Driving controversy, Mobile phone - Security concerns, Mobile phone - Future prospects, Mobile phone - Terminology, Mobile phone - Mobile phone terms, Mobile phone - Related systems which are not cellphones, Mobile phone - Terms in other countries, Mobile phone - Integrated devices

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The term "personal digital assistant" was coined on January 7, 1992 by John Sculley at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, Nevada, referring to the Apple Newton. Earlier devices like the Psion and Sharp Wizard have the functionality to be considered PDAs, however. In fact, PDAs by other names were available as early as the mid-1970s. [1] PDAs are some times refered to as "Palms" or "Palm Pilot" after an early PDA created by Palm, Inc. This usage is a case of synecd ...

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Personal digital assistant, Personal digital assistant - Overview, Personal digital assistant - Popular PDAs, Personal digital assistant - Other uses

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The Web is available to individuals outside mass media. In order to "publish" a web page, one does not have to go through a publisher or other media institution, and potential readers could be found in all corners of the globe. Unlike books and documents, hypertext does not have a linear order from beginning to end. It is not broken down into the hierarchy of chapters, sections, subsections, etc. Many different kinds of information are now available on the Web, and for those who wish to know other societies, their cultures and ...

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World Wide Web, World Wide Web - Basic terms, World Wide Web - How the Web works, World Wide Web - Origins, World Wide Web - Web standards, World Wide Web - Java and JavaScript, World Wide Web - Sociological implications, World Wide Web - Publishing web pages, World Wide Web - Statistics, World Wide Web - Speed issues, World Wide Web - Academic conferences, World Wide Web - Pronunciation of www, World Wide Web - Criticism, World Wide Web - Standards

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