Chapter 18
It’s a Wireless Life
IN THIS CHAPTER
Using the mobile-data network
Enabling Wi-Fi
Accessing a Wi-Fi network
Finding hidden networks
Sharing the mobile-data network
Pairing with a Bluetooth peripheral
Transferring information with NFC
Portable implies that something can be moved, but not how far or how easily. The first commercially successful portable computer, the Osborne 1, weighted a hair under 25 pounds. The suitcase-size beast required a power cord to operate, so it wasn’t exactly wireless. This technology from the early 1980s is handily eclipsed by your Android device, many times over.
All Android phones and tablets are portable. Further, these devices are truly wireless, more so if you can charge the thing wirelessly. Even when you need that wire to charge the battery, ...
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