Another advantage of ISDN was the possibility of multiple simultaneous calls ( one call per B channel ), e. g. for big families, but with the increased popularity and reduced prices of mobile telephony this has become less interesting as well, making ISDN unappealing to the private customer.

Landline is available in most settlements, however mobile phone popularity has vastly increased in recent years.

The popularity of mobile phones and text messaging surged in the 2000s in the Western world.

* The popularity of mobile phones and text messaging surged in the 2000s in the Western world.

It preceded the use of other markup languages now used with WAP, such as HTML itself, and XHTML ( which are gaining in popularity as processing power in mobile devices increases ).

A related development has been the popularity of mobile phone ringtones based on pop singles ( on some modern phones, the actual single can be used as a ringtone ).

Perpetuum mobile as a genre of separate musical compositions, was at the height of its popularity by the end of the 19th century.

Domains within the. am ccTLD enjoy popularity due to the connection to AM radio ( similar to the. fm and. tv ccTLDs ), and the ability to form English words ending in " am " — e. g. the mobile photo sharing service Instagram uses the Armenian domain name Instagr. am.

With the proliferation of mobile devices, Connect Four has regained popularity as a game that can be played quickly and against another person over an Internet connection.

: Due to the popularity of the series M * A * S * H, colloquial use might refer to any mobile military field hospital.

The popularity of the internet and mobile phones has greatly helped carpooling to expand, enabling people to offer and find rides thanks to easy-to-use and reliable online transport marketplaces.

HomeLink grew out of popularity with the rise in mobile phones.

The introduction of digital mobile networks such as GSM has reduced the popularity of NMT and the Nordic countries have suspended their NMT networks.

The popularity of the first batch of the models spawned the Mobile Suit Variations where the mecha designer Kunio Okawara started designing variant mobile suits that could perform different tasks or adapt to different combat zones ( for example a Zaku specialized for underwater operations ).

The continuing popularity in Japan of this mobile suit has led Bandai to create a 1. 5m tall model version, which went on sale in Japan in 2007.

With the explosion in popularity of Nextel phones with a push to talk feature, the marketplace has seen a flood of newer 800 and 900 MHz commercial mobile radios that are designed to the following specifications:

Also, the rapid growth in popularity of mobile phones, in addition to regular land line growth, has increased demand for new phone numbers even more.

The rise in popularity of mobile phones has added to the pressure against split plans, as an area code change affecting the exchange in which a cell phone is based not only forces customers to reprogram their phones, but requires the wireless carrier to reassign the number of every device based in those areas.

In the early 2000s, mobile games gained popularity in Japan's mobile phone culture, years before the United States or Europe.

The popularity of mobile games has increased in the 2000s, as over $ 3 billion USD worth of games were sold in 2007 internationally, and projected annual growth of over 40 %.

The launch of system 2 saw the beginning of the ever increasing rise in popularity of the mobile phone.

This field of study is gaining popularity as mobile cryptography.

Though, a late entrant in the Indian mobile telephony market, the brand ' Orange ' gained huge popularity in Mumbai as a telecom brand-evident in the way people in Mumbai still refer Vodafone ( in 2011 ) as Orange.

File: Ericsson T66. JPG | Mobile phones gained massive popularity worldwide during the decade.

IrDA popularity is making a comeback with its highly efficient IrSimple protocols by providing sub 1 second transfers of pictures between cell phones, printers, and display devices.

The Route 55 freeway, like many other highways in New Jersey, once had solar-powered emergency call boxes every mile ( about 1. 6 km ); the use of the call boxes became limited due to the increasing popularity of cell phones.

Its phones were easily available at various retailers, and its marketing was fresh and innovative at the time, emphasizing bold, uncluttered simplicity ( a concept gaining popularity today ), and a bright future outlook through its nature and animals motifs.

Flip chips have recently gained popularity among manufacturers of cell phones, pagers and other small electronics where the size savings are valuable.

The popularity of car chargers for cell phones is what later lead to this movement, and later on newer models of automobiles were equipped with both ( sometimes USB right on the car radio faceplate ).

In response to the bridge's popularity as a method of demise for the depressed, the state of Florida installed six crisis hotline phones along the center span in 1999, and began 24-hour patrols.

Due to the growing popularity and commercialization of cell phones and internet dial-up connections, 914 was split on June 5, 2000.

With growing the popularity of smart phones and tablet computers, particularly Apple's iPhone and iPad, many major publishers have begun releasing titles in digital form.

Although this was intended to be a long-term solution, within two years the reconfigured 305 was already close to exhaustion due to explosive growth in South Florida, as well as the increasing popularity of cell phones and pagers.

Also due to its exceeding popularity, it was released for Symbian-enabled mobile devices, such as cellular phones.

* Because digital clocks can be very small and inexpensive devices that enhance the popularity of product designs, they are often incorporated into all kinds of devices such as cars, radios, televisions, microwave ovens, standard ovens, computers and cell phones.

It lost out to competitors in the fields of music and mobile phones to competitors such as The Link, The Carphone Warehouse, HMV and MVC, while the increasing popularity of online shopping rendered the in-store ordering terminals redundant.

The translative approach of the Shlaer-Mellor method lends itself to automated test and simulation environments ( by switching the target platform during code generation ), and this may partly explain the popularity of Shlaer-Mellor and other MDA-based methods when developing embedded systems, where testing on target systems e. g. mobile phones or engine management systems, is particularly difficult.

Trivia games are growing in popularity, especially on mobile phones where people may only have a few minutes to play the game.

Rail fins evolved into being and surged into popularity as riders ( Simon Anderson, most famously ) sought a solution to two major performance issues of a central " single " fin-both related to engagement of the foil: For one, a centrally-mounted fin is tilted up out of the water as the board is leaned over, and thus it loses more and more of its lift as the lean angle increases-if the lean angle is acute enough, the fin's tip can be the only area left in the water ; the tip may then rapidly stall and, having lost its lift, become disengaged from the water, leaving the board's bottom as the only control surface still operating.

By 2003, while the popularity of Linux ( and hence the installed base of X ) surged, X. Org remained inactive, and active development took place largely within XFree86.

By 2002, while Linux's popularity, and hence the installed base of X, surged, X. Org was all but inactive ; active development was largely carried out by XFree86.

In the United Kingdom, environmentally friendly domestic products surged in popularity.

During the bop era, more highly-developed vocal improvisation surged in popularity.

Texas Hold ' em's popularity surged in the 2000s due to exposure on television, the Internet and popular literature.

As with many other heavy metal and hard rock acts, Queensrÿche's commercial fortunes waned as grunge ( which coincidentally got its start in Seattle, of which Bellevue — where the band was formed — is a suburb ) and alternative rock surged in popularity.

Mutual funds are now the preferred investment option in certain types of fast-growing retirement plans, specifically in 401 ( k ) and other defined contribution plans and in individual retirement accounts ( IRAs ), all of which surged in popularity in the 1980s.

The popularity of Urban Terror surged as Quake III Arena was no longer required in order to play.

Labour had surged ahead in the opinion polls during 1989 and widened their lead in 1990, but the resignation of Margaret Thatcher as prime minister on 22 November that year and the election of John Major as her successor had sparked a turnaround in Tory popularity, with the Tories and Labour regularly displacing and then replacing each other at the top of the opinion polls over the next 17 months.

Doraemon was created in 1970 and immediately surged in popularity with children in Japan.

His popularity surged again when he become the first presenter of the BBC's inaugural breakfast television programme, Breakfast Time along with Selina Scott and Nick Ross.

Though they won the election with a slight deficit in the popular vote, upon taking office, the Liberals surged in popularity.

His resignation caused the eventual withdrawal of the legislation and break-up of the " ruling alliance " of the Chief Executive, while his popularity and that of LP surged.

The popularity of the Pernod Fils brand surged in the decades that followed, its impressive market share spawning a string of knock-offs and imitators with deceptive brand names such as " Pernot ", " Parrot " and " Pierrot ", among others.

Following the First World War, it surged in popularity and was associated with Hollywood stars and members of the British Royal Family.

The Sealyham surged in popularity after the First World War in the UK and the United States.

The patron liked it, and the dish surged in popularity shortly after its invention.

Developed shortly after 1900 in Europe and the United States, motorized utility bicycles surged in popularity in Western Europe after the Second World War.

Despite the general Anglophone taboo, horse and donkey meat was eaten in Britain, especially in Yorkshire, until the 1930s, and in times of post-war food shortage surged in popularity in the United States and was considered for use in hospitals.

Its popularity surged greatly in Hong Kong because it is used as a background music in the comedy, To Catch the Uncatchable, made by TVB.

His popularity surged during the 2008 campaign, leading The Daily Beast to call him " America's satire king ".