Mobile definitions beginning with W

A kernel mechanism for Android power management. When a thread holds a wakelock, the kernel will refrain from entering a low-power state.

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Loosely defined as a shortcut to an app on your home screen(s). Real widgets give you a quick look at the application without having to open the app, e.g. scrolling RSS Feed and CPU usage, etc...
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A slice or certain view of an application that can be placed on one of your homescreens, for quick and easy access. [ YouTube link ]
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One of a set of fully implemented View subclasses that render form elements and other UI components, such as a text box or popup menu. Because a widget is fully implemented, it handles measuring and drawing itself and responding to screen events. Widgets are all in the android.widget package.
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An updated version of the Wildfire from HTC with a 3.2 inch HVGA display and a 5 MP camera.
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World Interoperability For Microwave Access. Originally not considered 4G by the International Telecommunications Union it is now considered 4G and is the 4G that Sprint utilizes in their 4G network which is a partnership with Clearwire
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In an Android application, an object derived from the abstract class Window that specifies the elements of a generic window, such as the look and feel (title bar text, location and content of menus, and so on). Dialog and Activity use an implementation of this class to render a window. You do not need to implement this class or use windows in your application.
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