Technology Questions

- The maximum data rate supported by a GSM system is 9.6 kbps.
- However there are extensions to GSM standard to improve throughput.
- GPRS is one of the extended GSM service.
- The extended standards of GSM allows theoretical data rates on the order of 114 Kbit/s, but with throughput closer to 40Kbit/s in practice.

Ribbon is the term used as a replacement to the menu bar and toolbars in the older Microsoft Office versions. Under the ribbon, file menu items and toolbar buttons were grouped according to their functionality. It made these functions much accessible on the main interface, with the most commonly used buttons being shown instantly.

Yes, it is possible to nest functions in javascript.

TelephonyManager class can be used to get the IMEI number. It provides access to information about the telephony services on the device.

Code

        TelephonyManager mTelephonyMgr = (TelephonyManager)

        getSystemService(Context.TELEPHONY_SERVICE);

        String imei = mTelephonyMgr.getDeviceId();

It can either be Final or Abstract

Currency is the location within the database during run-unit execution.

There are four levels of currency:

- Current of run-unit is the record occurrence of the last successful find or obtain;

- Current of record type is for the most recent of each record type;

- Current of record set is the most recent within each set 

- Current of area is within each area.

Once can use the Shell function to call any Aplication in VB 6.0. For Outlook Express one can use, Shell (msimn.exe)