Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
[1] [2] In countries where dual SIM phones are the norm, people who require only one SIM leave the second SIM slot empty. Dual SIM phones usually have two unique IMEI numbers, one for each SIM slot. Devices that use more than two SIM cards have also been developed and released, notably the LG A290 triple SIM phone, [ 3 ] and even handsets that ...
Second Life also has its own virtual currency, the Linden Dollar (L$), which is exchangeable with real world currency. [14] [15] Second Life is intended for people ages 16 and over, with the exception of 13–15-year-old users, who are restricted to the Second Life region of a sponsoring institution (e.g., a school). [16] [17]
Anshe Chung is an avatar (online personality) of Ailin Graef in the online game Second Life. Referred to as the "Rockefeller of Second Life" by CNN, [1] Graef has built an online business that engages in development, brokerage, and arbitrage of virtual land, items, and currencies. Her work has been discussed in Business Week, [2] Fortune [3 ...
A typical SIM card (mini-SIM with micro-SIM cutout) A SIM card or SIM (Subscriber Identity Module) is an integrated circuit (IC) intended to securely store an international mobile subscriber identity (IMSI) number and its related key, which are used to identify and authenticate subscribers on mobile telephone devices (such as mobile phones and laptops).
The card also contains SIM (GSM) application, so it can work on both networks. It is physically compatible with GSM SIMs and can fit into existing GSM phones as it is an extension of the GSM 11.11 standard. [1] This interface brings one of the main advantages of GSM to CDMA network phones. By having a removable identity card, CDMA users can ...
A selection of mobile phones that can be cloned. Code-Division Multiple Access (CDMA) mobile telephone cloning involves gaining access to the device's embedded file system /nvm/num directory via specialized software or placing a modified EEPROM into the target mobile telephone, allowing the Electronic Serial Number (ESN) and/or Mobile Equipment Identifier (MEID) of the mobile phone to be changed.
Linden Lab reported that the Second Life economy generated US$3,596,674 in economic activity during the month of September 2005, [2] and in September 2006 Second Life was reported to have a GDP of US$64,000,000. [3] In 2009, the total size of the Second Life economy grew 65% to US$567 million, about 25% of the entire U.S. virtual goods market ...
Two decades of evolution of mobile phones, from a 1992 Motorola DynaTAC 8000X to the 2014 iPhone 6 Plus. A mobile phone, or cell phone, [a] is a portable telephone that allows users to make and receive calls over a radio frequency link while moving within a designated telephone service area, unlike fixed-location phones (landline phones).