WOW.com Web Search

Search results

  1. Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
  2. History of mobile phones - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_mobile_phones

    History of mobile phones. A man talks on his mobile phone while standing near a conventional telephone box, which stands empty. Enabling technology for mobile phones was first developed in the 1940s but it was not until the mid-1980s that they became widely available. By 2011, it was estimated in Britain that more calls were made using mobile ...

  3. Communication during the September 11 attacks - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Communication_during_the...

    In 2001, U.S. cell phones did not yet have the photography capabilities that became widespread by the mid-2000s. General public. After the attack, the cell phone network of New York City was rapidly overloaded (a mass call event) as traffic doubled over normal levels. Cell phone traffic also overloaded across the East Coast, leading to crashes ...

  4. The Reckoners - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Reckoners

    Steelheart. The Reckoners is a series of young adult [a] superhero novels written by American author Brandon Sanderson. The series consists of Steelheart (2013), Firefight (2015), Calamity (2016) and Lux (2021). The series depicts a post-apocalyptic world in which the appearance of an orbiting cosmic phenomenon known as Calamity has given ...

  5. Emergency telephone number - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emergency_telephone_number

    911. 112 and 911. Other number, no redirection or redirection for mobile phones only. An emergency telephone number is a number that allows a caller to contact local emergency services for assistance. The emergency number differs from country to country; it is typically a three-digit number so that it can be easily remembered and dialed quickly.

  6. Wireless device radiation and health - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wireless_device_radiation...

    Since at least the 1990s, scientists have researched whether the now-ubiquitous radiation associated with mobile phone antennas or cell phone towers is affecting human health. [1] Mobile phone networks use various bands of RF radiation, some of which overlap with the microwave range. Other digital wireless systems, such as data communication ...

  7. Hyrule Warriors: Age of Calamity - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hyrule_Warriors:_Age_of...

    Genre (s) Hack and slash. Mode (s) Single-player, multiplayer. Hyrule Warriors: Age of Calamity, [a] released in Japan as Zelda Musou: Apocalyptic Record of The Calamity, [b] is a 2020 hack-and-slash game developed by Omega Force and published by Koei Tecmo in Japan and by Nintendo internationally for the Nintendo Switch.

  8. Mobile phone - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mobile_phone

    Two decades of evolution of mobile phones, from a 1992 Motorola 8900X-2 to the 2014 iPhone 6 Plus. A mobile phone (or cellphone) is a portable telephone that can make and receive calls over a radio frequency link while the user is moving within a telephone service area, as opposed to a fixed-location phone (landline phone).

  9. Calamity, a Childhood of Martha Jane Cannary - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calamity,_a_Childhood_of...

    Danish. Calamity, a Childhood of Martha Jane Cannary ( French: Calamity, une enfance de Martha Jane Cannary) is a 2020 French-Danish animated family feature film directed by Rémi Chayé. The film is loosely based on the life of the American frontierswoman Calamity Jane .