TDMA/CDMA - Time Division/Code Division Multiple Access-1st generation digital data

GPRS-General Packet Radio Service-2nd generation data technology

EDGE-Enhance Data rate for GSM Evolution-2.5 generation data technology(Most of Cingulars data coverage)

UMTS-Universal Mobile Telecommunications System-3g (this is where cingular is headed atm with UMTS available in small districts in major cities)

HSDPA-High Speed Data Packet Access-3.5g..the future..flying cars and all that...

Whoah geeked out there...gotta watch that....

here we go:

think like...GPRS = dialup... EDGE = DSL