You Know What is the Difference Between 4G and LTE?

You Know What is the Difference Between 4G and LTE?

When you’re looking at buying a new phone, you might find that there are way too many acronyms to choose from, between CDMA, GSM, LTE, and WiMax, and the list goes on. Instead, it can be easier to focus simply on the differences in these networks as they apply to you directly. The simplest explanation is that the “G” in 4G stands for generation, because 4G is the fourth generation of mobile data technology, as…

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A Brief History of SMS (Short Messaging Service)

A Brief History of SMS (Short Messaging Service)

The first SMS text was sent by Neil Papworth, then a 22-year-old communications engineer working in the United Kingdom. Papworth’s SMS — Short Messaging Service — text was sent from a PC (phones didn’t yet have keyboards) to a friend at a holiday party across town and read simply, “Merry Christmas.” Here, a brief history of the humble beginnings and ensuing explosion of texting: 1984: An Idea is Born Sitting at a typewriter at his…

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