Vodafone live!Vodafone live! was the brand name for the multimedia portal service of mobile phone operator Vodafone, offering news content, picture messaging, instant messaging, email, and downloadable ringtones and games. The service officially launched on 24 October 2002, originally in eight countries. The first compatible phones were the Japanese Sharp GX10 and Panasonic GD87, and the Nokia 7650.
NTT DocomoNTT Docomo, Inc. (株式会社NTTドコモ), stylized as NTT DOCOMO, is a Japanese mobile telecommunications carrier and a subsidiary of NTT, one of the world's leading telecommunications operators. Structured as a joint-stock corporation under the Companies Act of Japan, the company is headquartered in the Sanno Park Tower in Nagatachō, Chiyoda, Tokyo.
Mobile gameA mobile game is a video game played on a mobile device. The term may also refer to any game played on a portable device, such as a mobile phone, tablet, PDA, handheld game console, portable media player, or graphing calculator, with or without network availability. The earliest mobile phone game was a Tetris variant released on the Hagenuk MT-2000 in 1994. In 1997, Nokia launched Snake, which came pre-installed on Nokia devices for a number of years.
Wireless Application ProtocolDeprecated technical standard for data access over a cellular network Travel news content shown on the WAP browser on a Nokia 3650 Wireless Application Protocol (WAP) is an obsolete technical standard for accessing information over a mobile cellular network.Wireless Markup LanguageWireless Markup Language (WML), based on XML, is an obsolete markup language intended for devices that implement the Wireless Application Protocol (WAP) specification, such as mobile phones. It provides navigational support, data input, hyperlinks, text and image presentation, and forms, much like HTML (Hypertext Markup Language).
Transmission Control ProtocolPrincipal protocol used to stream data across an IP networkThe Transmission Control Protocol (TCP) is one of the main protocols of the Internet protocol suite, providing reliable, ordered, and error-checked delivery of a stream of octets (bytes) between applications running on hosts communicating via an IP network. It originated in the initial network implementation in which it complemented the Internet Protocol (IP).
Mobile webThe mobile web comprises mobile browser-based World Wide Web services accessed from mobile devices, such as laptops, tablets, mobile phones, smartwatches, smartglasses, handheld devices like fitness trackers, PDAs and so on through a mobile or other wireless network. History and developmentPrior to 2014, the World Wide Web was primarily accessed via fixed-line services by laptops and desktop computers.
Japanese languageJaponic languageJapanese (日本語, Nihongo; ) is the principal language of the Japonic language family spoken by the Japanese people. It has around 123 million speakers, primarily in Japan, the only country where it is the national language, and within the Japanese diaspora worldwide.The Japonic family also includes the Ryukyuan languages and the variously classified Hachijō language.Mobile network operatorA mobile network operator (MNO), also known as a mobile network provider, mobile network carrier, mobile, wireless service provider, wireless carrier, wireless operator, wireless telco, or cellular company, is a telecommunications service provider that sells, delivers and maintains mobile number services to customers.
WirelessWireless communication (or just wireless, when the context allows) is the transfer of information (telecommunication) between two or more points without the use of an electrical conductor, optical fiber or other continuous guided medium for the transfer. The most common wireless technologies use radio waves. With radio waves, intended distances can be short, such as a few meters for Bluetooth, or as far as millions of kilometers for deep-space radio communications.
EmailMail sent using electronic meansThis screenshot shows the "Inbox" page of an email client; users can see new emails and take actions, such as reading, deleting, saving, or responding to these messages.When a "robot" on Wikipedia makes changes to image files, the uploader receives an email about the changes made.Electronic mail (usually shortened to email; alternatively hyphenated e-mail) is a method of transmitting and receiving digital messages using electronic devices over a computer network.
HTTPHTTP (Hypertext Transfer Protocol) is an application layer protocol in the Internet protocol suite for distributed, collaborative, hypermedia information systems. HTTP is the foundation of data communication for the World Wide Web, where hypertext documents include hyperlinks to other resources that the user can easily access, for example by a mouse click or by tapping the screen in a web browser. HTTP is a request–response protocol in the client–server model.
Packet switchingMethod for transmitting data over a computer networkIn telecommunications, packet switching is a method of grouping data into short messages in fixed format, i.e., packets, that are transmitted over a telecommunications network. Packets consist of a header and a payload. The header directs the packet to its destination, where the payload is extracted and used by an operating system, application software, or higher-layer protocols.*As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases.