According to a recent study, the latest Apple mobile phone release, the iPhone 4S, consumes an average of two times more data than the previous generation of the device, and even more than the iPad tablets, as a result of the growing use of its online services such as Siri, the virtual personal assistant. This latest device has been in users’ hands since October 2011, and the small improvements that were made to it over its previous version brought disappointment to many reviewers and analysts, but this didn’t stop the…
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Mobile telecom jargon basics
Though there is a tremendous amount of information and discussion available regarding mobile technology available online, it does involve a large amount of technical jargon that is often thrown around but rarely defined. It may be easy to find information about various mobile topics, but understanding what metering is, the difference between GSM and CDMA, and why backhaul impacts your connection speed, and other technical topics can seem rather overwhelming when you don’t understand the terms being used. The following are some of the more basic mobile telecom terms that…
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