Cell Phones Help Shape Broadband Data Networks 2
Facebook is probably the most popular social networking site on the internet. It allows users to connect with their friends and stay informed about what people are doing. On the iPhone, there are two ways to access facebook. The user can open the phone’s internet browser and manually access a compressed facebook website, or the user can install the facebook application for the iPhone. With the application installed, the user will have access at the touch of a button to their facebook account, and access to all the facebook features they would find when using their personal computer.
Before the iPhone existed, the iTunes store was already a massive revenue generator for the computer giant. On iTunes, people can purchase movies, music, and television shows. Now that the iPhone exists, it is the only place where people can purchase applications for their iPhones. With the millions of iPhones that exist worldwide, Apple has access to millions of more customers who want to add applications to their Smartphone.
Although many of the iPhone Applications cost money, there are many of them, like the facebook application, that are free for the users to download. Users can download the application on their computer and transfer it to their phone or they can download it directly to their phone using the broadband data network available from their cellular provider.
Apple factory installs an application that provides access to the popular video website YouTube so users can watch videos on their phone. There are millions of videos and music clips that users can stream directly to their phone using the YouTube application. There are also other radio applications such as Pandora that allow the user to stream radio stations and music directly to their phone. All these applications depend on broadband internet access so the user can access them without interruption. Previously only the edge network was available, but was to slow to stream video. The new 4G network is the most reliable way to access all the features of your Smartphone. skorea.