Exam 25: Understanding Mobile Devices

The _______________ is a priority-ordered list of the other carrier networks and frequencies it should search for when it cannot locate its home carrier's network.

What is the subscriber identity module (SIM)?

Infrared Data Association (IrDA) requires _______________, meaning that devices have to be directly facing each other, requires very short distances (sometimes inches) between devices, and has very slow data rates.

What is a mobile hotspot?

By default, mobile devices that use cellular networks for Internet connectivity use _______________, meaning they will jump from cell tower to cell tower and from your provider to another provider without obvious notice.

What was one of the big issues with Google Glass?

POP3 uses TCP port _______________.

List three features of wearable devices that distinguish them from other mobile devices.

What is the typical range for NFC communications?

What is the name of Microsoft's virtual assistant?

What type of screen technology do the less expensive portable devices and desktop monitors use?

_______________ mode is simply a switch (either an actual hardware switch located on the mobile device or a software switch that can be located in the device's configuration settings) that turns off all cellular and wireless services, including Bluetooth

You can think of a product as _______________ source if its maker releases the instructions for making it.

Briefly explain what challenge each mobile operating system poses to application developers.

Apple's closed-source mobile operating system, _______________, runs on the iPhone, iPad, and iPod Touch.

After you connect to a network successfully, all mobile devices store that network access information automatically, creating a(n) _______________ for the network based on its SSID.

IMEI numbers are unique to devices using the _______________ family of technologies, including its present-day descendants: 4G LTE and LTE-Advanced.

Describe Apple's closed-source mobile operating system, iOS, and its model of development.

What type of screen technology does the Apple iPad use?

What is the screen size for most phablets today?