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How Mobile Phones Work Behind the Scenes

Posted by timothy on from the they-all-suck-to-different-degrees dept.

adamengst writes "We seldom think about how our mobile phones actually work, but in this TidBITS article, Rich Mogull pulls back the covers and peels away the jargon to explain why text messages work when voice calls are dropped, why your battery lasts longer in some places than in others, why you're not allowed to use phones on airplanes, why you can be notified of a voicemail message when your phone never rang, and more."

2 of 220 comments (clear)

  1. Re:Next up, by legoman666 · · Score: 0, Troll

    The same reason your asshole bleeds when you stick a large object in it.

  2. Re:wrong audience, buddy by BobMcD · · Score: 0, Troll

    But they worked SO WELL on the September 11th flights...