Mobile Devices Flashcards
What type of devices are considered mobile devices?
Laptops
Tablets
Mobile Phones
E-readers
What is the most commonly used type of battery in modern laptops that are lightweight and long life?
Lithium Ion
What’s an older battery that suffered from memory effect?
Nickel Cadmium
What are three power management options in laptops?
Suspend - notebook enters a low powered state in which most power but which is required to retain running applications is shutdown; this typically occurs when lid is shut.
Hibernate - notebook enter slow power state and contents of ram are save to hard disk
Standby - user-configurable power-saving mode we’re certain components such as hard drive and monitor are configured to slow or to completely turn off
What has become the standard in most laptop computers with memory?
(SODIMM) Small Outline DIMM
What is the usual form factor size of laptop hardrives?
2.5 inches
What type of hard drive will you find in higher-end laptops?
(SSD) Solid State Drive
What do you need to do to add a SSD to laptop?
Migrate Drive
What are 4 Inputs on laptops?
Trackpad
Trackpoint
Input buttons (left-right click on trackpad)
Touchscreen / Digitizer
What are three main types of screens?
LCD
LED
OLED
What LCD type has high contrast but narrow viewing angle. (If your not directly in front then it decreases picture quality)
Vertical alignment (VA)
What type of LCD has low contrast but higher viewing angle?
In-plane switching (IPS)
What type of LCD has a nematic liquid crystal that’s confined between two plates of glass?
Twisted nematic (TN)
What are three additional components that displays can have?
WI-FI Antenna
Camera
Microphone
What is typically the most expensive component on a laptop?
Display
