INDEX

Access technologies, 33, 77–78, 90

ADSL, 17–18

Advanced data services, 23, 28

Advanced mobile data usage, 27

Advanced Mobile Phone System (AMPS), 25

Advertisements/advertising:

mobile TV, 103–105

services, 14–15, 33, 64–66

revenue, 45

sponsor sites, 117

Africa, 46–47

Air interface technologies, 77–78, 81

Amazon, xvii, 76, 109. See also Kindle

Analog cellular service, 25

Analog (1G) mobile phones, 24, 60

Analog networks, 25

Android (Google), 39–41, 44–46, 48, 51–52, 54–57, 157, 175

APIs, 52–53, 55, 131

Apple:

AppStore, 75, 187

ecosystem, 157

iPhone, see iPhone

technologies, 44–45, 123, 166, 183

Application development, 32, 175

Arabic countries, potential users in, 46

ARM 3G handsets, 163

AT&T, 18, 32

au One:

ecosystem, 121

GREE, 107, 110–113, 126, 154

services, 113, 119

Auctions, 13–14, 153–154

Australia, 3–6, 24

Austria, 26

Automotive technologies, 140, 187. See also Car navigation systems

Back-end complexity, 137–138, 143, 152, 161

Back-end databases, 32

Bandai, 122

Bandwidth, as scarce resource, 33

Banking, mobile services, 13, 46–47

Barcode reading software, 64

Barcodes, 64–67

Base stations, 19, 32, 80–82

Batteries, charging/recharging, 80, 186

BlackBerryTM, 3, 8, 44, 181–182

Blended content, 98–99, 101

Blogs/blogging, 13–14, 63, 96, 98, 110, 123

Bluetooth technology, 81, 185

Body language, 60

Boredom buster content, 92

Braille applications, 67

Bridging kits, 135

Broadband:

connection, 165

market statistics, 22–23, 72

revolution, 16–17

Browsers, 49, 164

Bundled services, ...

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