Where a mid-range smart-phone would consume about 100 megabytes of data a month, more advanced models like the Apple iPhone or Motorola Droid, with fully fledged browsers and access to thousands of downloadable applications, tend to consume over 500 megabytes a month.

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Users of Apple's mobile devices access many internet services through small downloadable software applications, or apps, rather than a web browser.

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The Mogul doesn't look quite as futuristic or elegant as the iPhone, but it has some features Apple's phone lacks, like a removable battery, a slide-out QWERTY keyboard for thumbing messages, access to a "third-generation" (3G) Internet connection for fast mobile Web access and downloadable software applications that let you turn your smart phone into a mini computer.

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" John D'Ambrosia, chair of the IEEE HSSG, has admitted that the need for quicker (and larger) pipes is imminent, especially considering the growing trend in downloadable media and Web 2.0 applications, but anticipates the forming of 100G to "not be too great a challenge.

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If a shopper plunked a Samsung BlackJack II down on Surface, she would see four screens, each one detailing the most popular types of applications on the phone--downloadable music, GPS navigation service, e-mail and photos.

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We've been given reason to believe that the company will start by decoupling many of Android's standard applications and components from the platform's core and making them downloadable and updatable through the Market, much the same as they've already done with Maps.

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Every manual is available online, as downloadable PDFs, through dedicated mobile apps like iFixit's iOS app-or through custom API applications.

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