Dual-SIM Phones

2012 ◽  
pp. 462-469
Author(s):  
Dickinson C. Odikayor ◽  
Ikponmwosa Oghogho ◽  
Samuel T. Wara ◽  
Abayomi-Alli Adebayo
Keyword(s):  
Mobile Phone ◽  
Mobile Phones ◽  
Mobile Network ◽  
Manufacturing Firms ◽  
User Preference ◽  
Network Services ◽  
Disruptive Technology ◽  
Clear Case ◽  
The World

Dual-SIM mobile phones utilize technology that permits the use of two SIMs at a time. The technology permits simultaneous access to the mobile network services. Its disruptive nature is with reference to the mobile phone market in Nigeria and other parts of the world. Earlier market trend was inclination to “newer” and “better” phones, in favour of established single-SIM mobile phone manufacturers like Nokia and Samsung. Introduction of dual-SIM phones mainly manufactured by Chinese mobile phone manufacturing firms propelled user preference for phones acquisition which permits dual and simultaneous access to mobile network. This technology has compelled its adoption by established manufacturing names in order that they may remain competitive. It is a clear case of a disruptive technology, and this chapter focuses on it need, effects, and disruptive nature.

Dual-SIM Phones

2012 ◽  
pp. 617-624
Author(s):  
Dickinson C. Odikayor ◽  
Ikponmwosa Oghogho ◽  
Samuel T. Wara ◽  
Abayomi-Alli Adebayo
Keyword(s):  
Mobile Phone ◽  
Mobile Phones ◽  
Mobile Network ◽  
Manufacturing Firms ◽  
User Preference ◽  
Network Services ◽  
Disruptive Technology ◽  
Clear Case ◽  
The World

Dual-SIM mobile phones utilize technology that permits the use of two SIMs at a time. The technology permits simultaneous access to the mobile network services. Its disruptive nature is with reference to the mobile phone market in Nigeria and other parts of the world. Earlier market trend was inclination to “newer” and “better” phones, in favour of established single-SIM mobile phone manufacturers like Nokia and Samsung. Introduction of dual-SIM phones mainly manufactured by Chinese mobile phone manufacturing firms propelled user preference for phones acquisition which permits dual and simultaneous access to mobile network. This technology has compelled its adoption by established manufacturing names in order that they may remain competitive. It is a clear case of a disruptive technology, and this chapter focuses on it need, effects, and disruptive nature.

Mobile Phone Culture: The Impacts of Mobile Phone Use

2015 ◽  
pp. 658-672 ◽  
Author(s):  
Seung-Hyun Lee
Keyword(s):  
Mobile Phone ◽  
Everyday Life ◽  
Mobile Phones ◽  
Communication Technology ◽  
Social Problems ◽  
Mobile Phone Use ◽  
The Social ◽  
Cultural Implications ◽  
The World ◽  
The Way

From being a simple communication technology to a key social tool, the mobile phone has become such an important aspect of people's everyday life. Mobile phones have altered the way people live, communicate, interact, and connect with others. Mobile phones are also transforming how people access and use information and media. Given the rapid pervasiveness of mobile phones in society across the world, it is important to explore how mobile phones have affected the way people communicate and interact with others, access the information, and use media, and their daily lifestyle. This article aims to explore the social and cultural implications that have come with the ubiquity, unprecedented connectivity, and advances of mobile phones. This article also focuses on the discussion about people's dependence on, attachment and addiction to mobile phones, social problems that mobile phones generate, and how people value mobile phone use.

Factors Affecting Mobile Phone Use Among Undergraduate Students in Turkey

2013 ◽  
pp. 234-246
Author(s):  
Ali Acilar
Keyword(s):  
Factor Analysis ◽  
Mobile Phone ◽  
Undergraduate Students ◽  
Mobile Phones ◽  
Young Generation ◽  
Convenience Sample ◽  
Mobile Phone Use ◽  
Factors Affecting ◽  
Sense Of Security ◽  
The World

Mobile phones are one of the fastest-adopted innovations in history. Globally, mobile phones have rapidly become widespread in most parts of the world, especially among the young generation. Young people constitute an important and significant part of mobile phone users. In this study, the author examined the factors affecting mobile phone use among undergraduate students in a developing country. The research data was collected through a convenience sample of undergraduate students in a public university in Turkey. Exploratory factor analysis was used to examine the underlying factors in mobile phone use. Nine factors are identified from the results of factor analysis such as “Information,” “Attitude,” “Mobility,” “Functional service,” “Entertainment/Relaxation,” “Convenience,” “Fashion,” “Sense of security,” and “Multimedia service”.

scholarly journals Mobile Phone Handsets Industry Greatly Influence the Teenagers: The Positive Aspects

2016 ◽  
Vol 4 (3) ◽  
pp. 556
Author(s):  
Satish Agarwal ◽  
Priyanka Bhagoliwal
Keyword(s):  
Social Networking ◽  
Mobile Phone ◽  
Mobile Phones ◽  
Advanced Technology ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Indian Market ◽  
Technology And Innovation ◽  
The People ◽  
The World ◽  
Fast Pace

<div><p><em>The mobile phone handset industry is growing at a fast pace in the world and  is dominating the Indian market with Hi-Tech products and innovation. This industry offers products and services with advanced technology and innovation making it an important gadget for survival among the people. It is hard to imagine a life without mobile phones. The study describes the various features of mobile phone handsets which are valued by the teenagers so as to place and promote the products perfectly. The study found that  teenagers frequently use mobile phones mainly for games, social  networking, chatting on Whatsapp, listening to music, browsing the internet, and feels that mobile phone handset is  a style statement and it exhibits their status, standard, esteem etc. </em><strong></strong></p></div>

scholarly journals Technology Developments for Biodiversity Monitoring and Conservation

2018 ◽  
Vol 2 ◽  
pp. e25833
Author(s):  
Steve Kelling
Keyword(s):  
Machine Learning ◽  
Deep Learning ◽  
Mobile Phone ◽  
Unsupervised Learning ◽  
Mobile Phones ◽  
Graphics Processing Units ◽  
Biodiversity Monitoring ◽  
Conservation Science ◽  
The World ◽  
Autonomous Sensors

Over the next 5 years major advances in the development and application of numerous technologies related to computing, mobile phones, artificial intelligence (AI), and augmented reality (AR) will have a dramatic impact in biodiversity monitoring and conservation. Over a 2-week period several of us had the opportunity to meet with multiple technology experts in the Silicon Valley, California, USA to discuss trends in technology innovation, and how they could be applied to conservation science and ecology research. Here we briefly highlight some of the key points of these meetings with respect to AI and Deep Learning. Computing: Investment and rapid growth in AI and Deep Learning technologies are transforming how machines can perceive the environment. Much of this change is due to increased processing speeds of Graphics Processing Units (GPUs), which is now a billion-dollar industry. Machine learning applications, such as convolutional neural networks (CNNs) run more efficiently on GPUs and are being applied to analyze visual imagery and sounds in real time. Rapid advances in CNNs that use both supervised and unsupervised learning to train the models is improving accuracy. By taking a Deep Learning approach where the base layers of the model are built upon datasets of known images and sounds (supervised learning) and later layers relying on unclassified images or sounds (unsupervised learning), dramatically improve the flexibility of CNNs in perceiving novel stimuli. The potential to have autonomous sensors gathering biodiversity data in the same way personal weather stations gather atmospheric information is close at hand. Mobile Phones: The phone is the most widely used information appliance in the world. No device is on the near horizon to challenge this platform, for several key reasons. First, network access is ubiquitous in many parts of the world. Second, batteries are improving by about 20% annually, allowing for more functionality. Third, app development is a growing industry with significant investment in specializing apps for machine-learning. While GPUs are already running on phones for video streaming, there is much optimism that reduced or approximate Deep Learning models will operate on phones. These models are already working in the lab, with the biggest hurdle being power consumption and developing energy efficient applications and algorithms to run complicated AI processes will be important. It is just a matter of time before industry will have AI functionality on phones. These rapid improvements in computing and mobile phone technologies have huge implications for biodiversity monitoring, conservation science, and understanding ecological systems. Computing: AI processing of video imagery or acoustic streams create the potential to deploy autonomous sensors in the environment that will be able to detect and classify organisms to species. Further, AI processing of Earth spectral imagery has the potential to provide finer grade classification of habitats, which is essential in developing fine scale models of species distributions over broad spatial and temporal extents. Mobile Phones: increased computing functionality and more efficient batteries will allow applications to be developed that will improve an individual’s perception of the world. Already AI functionality of Merlin improves a birder’s ability to accurately identify a bird. Linking this functionality to sensor devices like specialized glasses, binoculars, or listening devises will help an individual detect and classify objects in the environment. In conclusion, computing technology is advancing at a rapid rate and soon autonomous sensors placed strategically in the environment will augment the species occurrence data gathered by humans. The mobile phone in everyone’s pocket should be thought of strategically, in how to connect people to the environment and improve their ability to gather meaningful biodiversity information.

Unleashing the Potential of Mobile Learning through SMS Text for Open and Distance Learners

2011 ◽  
pp. 154-174
Author(s):  
Zoraini Wati Abas ◽  
Tina Lim ◽  
Ruzita Ramli
Keyword(s):  
Learning Environment ◽  
Blended Learning ◽  
Mobile Phone ◽  
Mobile Learning ◽  
Mobile Phones ◽  
Distance Learners ◽  
Short Message ◽  
The World ◽  
Message Service ◽  
Mobile Learning Environment

Malaysia has a population of about 28 million people but there are, incredibly, more than 30 million mobile phone subscriptions. Sixth in the world in terms of SMS (Short Message Service) volume, Malaysians appear to be addictive SMS texters. With over 98 percent of its students having mobile phones and 82 percent of the students ready for learning through mobile phones, Open University Malaysia initiated a project that first experimented with podcasts and SMS texts later. This chapter describes how the institution conceptualized, planned, and created a mobile learning environment using SMS to enhance its current blended learning model in general, and in particular, one of its courses with over 1,000 students enrolled. The chapter also describes the categories used for formulating the SMS content, use of Twitter and Facebook to support the SMS sent and discusses the feedback received on the initiative as well as the issues and challenges.

Behavioural Data Collection Using Mobile Phones

2014 ◽  
pp. 17-35 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yasuo Asakura ◽  
Eiji Hato ◽  
Takuya Maruyama
Keyword(s):  
Data Collection ◽  
Mobile Phone ◽  
Mobile Phones ◽  
Communication Technologies ◽  
Travel Survey ◽  
Data Collection And Analysis ◽  
The World ◽  
Survey System ◽  
Survey Instruments

This chapter reviews the development of mobile phone-based travel survey instruments and systems over the last 15 years and discusses the issues and challenges that they will likely face in the future. The essential ideas were proposed in earlier mobile phone surveys in the 1990s but have since become more sophisticated. Probe Person (PP) survey systems were developed in the 2000s using GPS-assisted mobile phones connected to Internet Web diaries, and were implemented in several cities in Japan. This chapter presents the characteristics of PP systems and survey examples. Smartphone-based travel survey systems have recently been developed and implemented all over the world. This chapter includes a case study of a smartphone-based PP survey system in Kumamoto, Japan. Advantages and remaining issues are discussed with the goal of improving information use and enhancing communication technologies in the field of travel data collection and analysis.

scholarly journals Engaging the disengaged: Examining the domestication of mobile telephony among older adults in Trans-Nzoia and Bungoma Counties in Western Kenya

2020 ◽  
Vol 7 (1-2) ◽  
pp. 23-33
Author(s):  
Leah Jerop Komen
Keyword(s):  
Older Adults ◽  
Older People ◽  
Mobile Phone ◽  
Mobile Phones ◽  
Extended Family ◽  
Technology Design ◽  
Western Kenya ◽  
Phone Calls ◽  
The World ◽  
The Government

The world is growing older. Considering the increasing number of older adults, it is imperative to consider how technology design can meet the needs and wants of these important user groups. Mobile phones offer great potential in improving quality of life for older adults in areas of, healthcare, independent living, communication and reduced isolation. There have been numerous studies on technology design for older adults (Fisk, Rogers, Charness, Czaja, & Sharit, 2004), but much of the work has focused on indoor and stationary applications such as desktop computers (Zajicek & Brewster, 2004). Although older people need support beyond stationary situations inside and outside their homes (Goodman, Brewster, & Gray, 2004), limited number of mobile functions are used by older adults due to high cost associated with mobile phones (Lee: 2007). Conversely, Nimrod (2015), argues older people use mobile phones extensively but little is known about relevant domestication processes involved and the extent to which older adults adopt and use mobile phones. This study interviewed 40 older retired civil servants aged 60 years and above in Western Kenya. Using domestication theory, this study examined the appropriation (Possession and ownership), Objectification (meaning and symbols), incorporation of mobile phones in older people’s everyday life and conversion (unintended uses) process of the domestication of mobile technology by the said group. Findings showed that mobile phones both enhanced closeness with their children and isolated them from them too. Majority felt mobile phones had become their ‘extended family members’ bringing the news of the world to them via mobile phone calls and texts. However, the small font size of texts and the fact that phones were getting smaller in size made it difficult to use. Their favourite mobile phone application was the mobile money locally dubbed Mpesa as they could now receive cash transfers from the government. Key words: older adults, mpesa, isolation, connection, e-inclusion, domestication, Kenya

scholarly journals Effects of Aging and Display Contrast on the Legibility of Characters on Mobile Phone Screens

2008 ◽  
Vol 2 (4) ◽  
pp. 7
Author(s):  
Satoshi Hasegawa ◽  
Masaru Miyao ◽  
Shohei Matsunuma ◽  
Kazuhiro Fujikake ◽  
Masako Omori
Keyword(s):  
Liquid Crystal ◽  
Mobile Phone ◽  
Mobile Phones ◽  
Short Message Service ◽  
Liquid Crystal Displays ◽  
Viewing Distance ◽  
Short Message ◽  
The World ◽  
Message Service ◽  
Effects Of Aging

Nowadays, mobile phones are very popular in the world. The use of text email with short message service (SMS) is spreading. In this study, we evaluated the legibility of characters on the liquid crystal displays of mobile phones. When characters are small, younger people assure readability by shortening the viewing distance. However, elderly people find it far more difficult to see small characters. Moreover, legibility deteriorates as the contrast of display becomes lower.

scholarly journals Children Tracking Classification Control Using Android

2019 ◽  
pp. 292-295
Keyword(s):  
Mobile Phone ◽  
Mobile Phones ◽  
Global Positioning System ◽  
Mobile Communication ◽  
Tracking System ◽  
Positioning System ◽  
Global System ◽  
Global Positioning ◽  
The World ◽  
Two Sides

Children tracking system based on android terminals is proposed. Recently, all over the world crime against the children in the age of 14 to 17 years is more popular. Parent’s always worry about their children whenever they are outside from the home. In this paper, the proposed system consists of two sides out of them one is parent module and another is the child module. The child module consists of ARM7 Microcontroller (LPC 2148), GPS (Global Positioning System), GSM (Global System for Mobile Communication) and voice chip where the parent module consists of android mobile phone. This paper gives the information about missing child from school campus. There are two android mobile phones for the safety of the both modules. The system tracking the child from source to destination i.e. from home to school or anywhere.

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