prank v.— «Most people born after about 1977 will know that “pranking” is when you call someone up on their mobile phone but hang up immediately afterwards. It’s entered the vernacular as a verb, for example, “I’ll prank...
one-thumbing n.— «In the stop and go traffic, I counted 14 people, nine men and five women, clearly checking their e-mail or trying to communicate via their mobile phones. It’s become so common among the wired work set that there’s even a...
m-banking n.— «In many countries, mobile phones are already used on a small scale for deposits and remittances. This could be scaled up to become the new bank architecture of the 21st century. The biggest potential for m-banking, as it is...
Costanza wallet n.— «Eliminating the need for a George Costanza wallet bursting with credit cards, the Boca Raton, Fla.-based vendor’s virtual payment system instead consolidates all that plastic into users’ Bluetooth-enabled mobile...
phone screwing n.— «Press Gazette has been told the practice of “phone screwing”—illegally hacking into mobile phone voicemail messages—has been widespread throughout Fleet Street.…“The process is known as screwing a phone. Most...
off-deck adj. (said of software or digital media) coming from a remote server or system. Editorial Note: A deck is the software and information that ships with or is installed on a mobile phone, personal digital assistant, or other small wireless...