How do people not know these simple things?

[melly]

What are cell phones?


*runs*

 

[Hyperblaze]

Originally posted by: caramel
What are cell phones?


*runs*

I believe this explains it....

cellular telephone also cellular phone
n.
A mobile radiotelephone, often in an automobile, that uses a network of short-range transmitters located in overlapping cells throughout a region, with a central station making connections to regular telephone lines. Also called mobile telephone.

Source: The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2000 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.


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cellular phone

n : a hand-held mobile radiotelephone for use in an area divided into small sections (cells), each with its own short-range transmitter/receiver [syn: cellular telephone]
Source: WordNet ® 1.6, © 1997 Princeton University

 

[Antoneo]

Just curious but do you think that people who use cell phones know how they work?

I have to ask all my friends this and see if they say "the satellite" or something like that.

 

[sandorski]

Notfred: Well I talked to my bro about them and they are more interesting then I first thought:

1 they are made by ECS and called "DeskNote". ECS, as in the mobo manufacturer.
2 they *do not* use mobile versions of processors(except the VIA cpu), meaning the cpu is upgradeable.
3 they use standard DDR ram sticks, the same as in a desktop. So the ram is also upgradeable.
4 they come with Celeron, P4, Athlon XP, or VIA Mobile cpus

Here's a link to a place I found that sells them(I have no connection or experience with this site ).

My bro mentioned that they can even be bought without a cpu, so one could get your their own cpu and pop it in.

 

[mattyrug]

I'm really a firm believer that the world is getting stupider.... or people are just using less and less common sense....
One of many examples - a friend of my neice is a US history major in college, and she had no idea what watergate was.....