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By: Is your message mobile? at neoLeader

Is your message mobile? at neoLeader — Tue, 10 Mar 2009 07:02:49 +0000

[...] is passionate about this and wants to give you a quick mobile education, reasons why the church must go mobile, and a headstart in making your church website [...]

By: The iPhone Church - Is This the Year? - ChurchCrunch

The iPhone Church - Is This the Year? - ChurchCrunch — Thu, 15 Jan 2009 06:07:06 +0000

[...] A Quick Education about Mobile Technology from LifeChurch.tv. [...]

By: Nathan Gagne

Nathan Gagne — Wed, 14 Jan 2009 20:19:39 +0000

When do we get the rest of the mobile series?

By: Technology « studentministry101

Technology « studentministry101 — Sat, 10 Jan 2009 16:31:16 +0000

[...] Swerve - Bobby Gruenewald (lifechurch.tv) - Mobile Ministry — Since I plan to spend several posts discussing mobile, I figured it would be good for us to start with a quick 101 to cover some the basic terms and concepts surrounding mobile. Warning to you tech-savvy readers: this post will probably be very basic. (more to follow) [...]

By: Kicking at the Darkness » Blog Archive » Friday Thoughts

Kicking at the Darkness » Blog Archive » Friday Thoughts — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 20:19:49 +0000

[...] Technology: I’ve been asked to teach a Youth Ministry seminar in February. One of the sessions will be on “Using Technology in Ministry” I am looking forward to Bobby’s posts on Swerve on using mobile devices for ministry. Check out his quick Mobile Primer. [...]

By: Greg Simmons

Greg Simmons — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 13:36:29 +0000

Having been in the mobile industry, here are a few other terms that might help people understand other acronyms being thrown around:

Mobile networks in the US operate largely on two network technologies (how the phones talk to the network): GSM and CDMA. GSM is used by ATT and TMobile and is a global standard adopted throughout most of Europe, South America and Asia. CDMA is used by Verizon and Sprint and is used in a few places elsewhere in the world, mainly the Asian rim. These two different communication protocols affect the services offered by each carrier and explain why there are service differences (SMS wise, data speeds, etc) between carriers such as ATT and Verizon.

The G’s: Carriers tout 2.5G, 3G and 4G. These terms refer to a “generation” of network functionality. Primarily, data is the driving factor behind the different “G” designations. 2.5G is early data transmission at lower speeds. 3G is the current generation of higher speed data networks which enable video calling, higher speed cellular based laptop cards and a more graphically intense mobile web. 4G is the pending network evolution which will bring even greater data throughput (think cable modem/DSL speeds) to mobile devices, as well as other functions.

By: JC Riley

JC Riley — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 00:48:59 +0000

I’m really excited about this series of posts coming from you. I know you have a niche for staying up to date with the latest technology and am pumped to learn more things to toy with that will help me become more effective a what I do.

By: Bobby Gruenewald

Bobby Gruenewald — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 22:29:19 +0000

OK.. So I tried to say the list was basic :) Sorry if it was too basic for some of you. Based on emails I get from swerve readers, I think several people are not completely familiar with it all

Thanks for the feedback.

By: Brandon Duff

Brandon Duff — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 21:37:30 +0000

By: Mark

Mark — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 20:26:37 +0000

Bobby,

I suggest that you expand your “cell phone” definition to include smartphones (Treos, Blackberries, iPhones, etc.). As a long-time PDA/cell phone/gadget user and early adopter of a smartphone, I see so many people today using smartphone type devices, in which they also keep their calendar, personal notes and memos, files from their PC/Macs, and so much more.

My two cents…

By: Pam Worcester

Pam Worcester — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 18:00:34 +0000

Okay - so I’m the old woman today! I do have a cell phone - not a smart phone, just a simple cell phone. And just recently I learned how to send text messages. My boys (all over the age of 15) have a goal of getting their mom to join the twitter crowd in 2009! LOL!

By: Kenyon

Kenyon — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 17:52:57 +0000

My favorite term left off the list is Dropped Call. It could mean one of two things. 1. The signal your phone uses to send and recieve information is lost during the call thereby ending aburptly your conversation. 2. The person you were talking to was in the bathroom while talking to you and literally dropped their phone in a ceramic basin full of cold (hopefully) water. (Which I know somene firsthand who has confessed to this.)

By: Dave

Dave — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 17:08:18 +0000

Bobby,
I am glad you mentioned the global terms for a mobile device. This lets me know that you are aware that different levels of infrastructure are available. I am located in a rural area between Chicago and Milwaukee. The National Carriers provide PITIFUL service to our area so most of our congregation use the dominant regional carrier (US Cellular)as of this date they do not subscribe to the service that allows a user to text a word to a 5-digit number (such as used by Twitter to subscribe). Just as many of our congregation literally cannot get broadband internet in their home (other than satellite which has horrendous upload speeds), many of the mobile services you may plan on recommending are impractical even in the heart of the USA.

By: Joe Hohman

Joe Hohman — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 16:59:14 +0000

Derek, you’re hilarious! That’s just what I needed to read today :)

By: Derek

Derek — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 16:17:06 +0000

Perhaps in my context, I take it for granted…but would a blog reader not know these things about mobile phones? Anyone out there reading this weblog not know about cell phone basic functionality?

As a side note, in case you don’t, you may want to know that in addition to basic voice calling, there is what is called voicemail available on many cell phones. Think of it like an answering machine that you take with you. In case someone calls your mobile phone and you’re unreachable, they may be able to leave a short message (time duration depends on carrier) with you, that you can retrieve later. Newer phones allow “visual” voicemail, which allows you to retrieve the messages much like email: in a clean, easy to read format so you know who called, and how long the message is.

By: Mobile Jargon Explained « Outreach2Go

Mobile Jargon Explained « Outreach2Go — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 16:11:45 +0000

[...] Mobile: A Quick Education A quick look at mobile technology jargon provided by Bobby Gruenewald of LifeChurch.tv. Posted by Chuck Warnock Filed in articles, resources Tags: mobile jargon [...]