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The ability to block a number from calling a mobile device varies by service provider. For example, both Verizon and AT&T offer services that temporarily block certain callers from calling a specific mobile number. Some cell phones also offer settings to block individual callers.
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Q: What Are Some Advantages of Telephone Communication?
A: Telephone communication is advantageous because it allows for immediate personal response, is interactive, facilitates long distance communication and can be used to convey confidential information. Telephone communication also promotes businesses through telemarketing and market research. -
Q: What Are SMS Gateways?
A: SMS, or Short Message Service, gateways allow computers to send and receive SMS messages, also known as text messages, over a telecommunications network. These messages are often routed to mobile devices and/or sent via email. -
Q: How Do You Restore an IPhone From ICloud?
A: To restore your iPhone from an iCloud backup, first update your device to the latest version of the iOS operating system. Ensure you have a backup in your iCloud. If you have a backup, reset your device, and restore the device from the iCloud backup. -
Q: Can I Swap SIM Cards Between Mobile Phones?
A: Yes, in general, SIM cards can be exchanged among mobile phones from the same carrier. This subscriber identity module (SIM) is read by the device and contains data unique to the registered user, such as their identification number and data. -
Q: How Do You Unlock SIM Lock on a Samsung?
A: The SIM lock on a Samsung mobile phone may be unlocked by providing its IMEI number, a unique code for a particular phone, to an online service provider. The service provider computes a numerical unlock code for your mobile device and sends it via email. Upon receipt, the number is entered on the device to unlock it. -
Q: What Does "FTW" Mean When Texting?
A: "FTW" is an abbreviation that means "for the win." It is used as a type of shorthand on the Internet and when texting as a way of expressing enthusiasm. Normally used at the end of a comment, FTW is sometimes meant to be sarcastic although it is also often genuine in nature. -
Q: How Do You Send Text Messages to a Mobile From Facebook?
A: In order to send messages to a mobile from Facebook, a user's mobile carrier must support this feature. After signing in to Facebook, locate Settings at the top right of the page, click Mobile, add the phone number and select the country and mobile carrier. -
Q: How Do Communication Satellites Work?
A: Communication satellites work by sending signals and transmissions down to Earth stronger than the signals received by the satellites. These Earth-orbiting devices convert transmissions from one frequency to another, so signals are not confused between transmission and reception. Communications satellites contain antennas, transponders, power sources and propulsion systems. -
Q: Where Can I Access My T-Mobile Account?
A: T-Mobile accounts can be accessed at the t-mobile.com login page. New users will have to create an account. Otherwise, users need a T-Mobile phone number and password. -
Q: How Have Cell Phones Changed Communication?
A: Cell phones have changed communication by allowing people to connect with friends, family members and coworkers quickly, and allowing them to interact with others virtually, without requiring a physical presence to interact. Mobile phones enable people to call and catch up with others virtually anywhere. With cell phones, people can connect quickly to others close by, across the nation and even in different parts of the world. -
Q: How Do You Make Japanese Text Faces?
A: Using a computer or mobile device, a person can make Japanese text faces, or emoticons, with the symbol, letter and number keys on a standard Western keyboard. For example, (^_^') contains six symbol characters and means nervous or embarrassed. -
Q: Why Is the Telephone so Important?
A: The telephone is an important invention that expanded and simplified communication. This invention sped and increased global communication, increasing the capacity for real-time interaction at a distance. The telephone also changed how people communicate with each other on a daily basis. -
Q: What Are the Advantages and Disadvantages of Text Messages?
A: The advantages of using text messages include the ability to have a discreet conversation in public without the possibility of being overheard. Disadvantages of using this form of electronic communication include a high potential for distraction in situations that require focus. Some detractors also argue that text messages allow people to relax their grammatical standards, using acronyms and abbreviations instead of complete sentences. -
Q: How Do Cell Phone Towers Work?
A: Cell phone towers are constructed using steel shaped in a pole or a lattice. These towers house radio transmitters and receivers that allow communications to transfer between phones and towers. The radios are connected to the tower antennae using sets of thick grounded cables. -
Q: How Do You Tap a Mobile Phone?
A: A cell phone can be illegally tapped by downloading a specific piece of software that can be created by a variety of foreign "spyware" companies. This software is not a physical piece of equipment, but is a program that can be downloaded onto a phone against the will of the person who uses the phone. -
Q: How Did the BlackBerry Get Its Name?
A: Research in Motion's marketing firm chose the name BlackBerry for the company's phone/email/Internet device because it was a pleasant-sounding word and the device, at the time, was only available in black. Canada.com reports that the marketing company avoided the word "e-mail," which it said raises many people's blood pressure. -
Q: How Can I View My Text Message History?
A: Viewing your text message history typically requires access to your service provider's website with a valid user name or cell phone number and a password. The specific procedures vary depending on the carrier, but for a large provider, such as Verizon, the process is simple as long as you have the required account information. Viewing your Verizon text message history should take five minutes. -
Q: How Do I Forward House Calls to My Cell Phone?
A: Transferring calls to your cell phone from a landline is an easy task, but in order to do it, you must have the call forwarding feature enabled on your phone. Check with your phone company to make sure you have this feature. If you do, forward landline phone calls to your cell phone by simply dialing *72, entering your cell phone number and pressing the pound button on your landline phone. -
Q: What Is the Average Monthly Cellphone Bill?
A: The average monthly cellphone bill is $73, according a 2014 J.D. Power report. Verizon Wireless customers paid an average $148 per month in the last quarter of 2013 while Sprint, AT&T and T-Mobile customers shelled out an average of $144, $141, and $120, respectively, including taxes and fees. -
Q: What Does the "i" in IPhone Stand For?
A: The "i" in iPhone refers to a number of concepts, from Internet to inspire, instruct, individual and inform, according to the late Steve Jobs, Apple co-founder and former CEO. LiveScience.com reports that the first Apple product to use the letter was the iMac. -
Q: What Does "texting" Mean?
A: "Texting" is short for text messaging, which is the act of sending a text message through mobile-to-mobile technology. As technology has advanced, the act of texting includes picture, video and audio messaging.