Glossary
Airtime
The amount of time you spend using a mobile phone between the time you
successfully place a call and the termination of that call.
Battery
status/ Battery charge display
Displays battery charge remaining.
Battery
A chargeable device used to provide phones with power. Nickel Metal
Hydride batteries (NiMH) provide very high capacity at a low weight,
and are also faster to charge.
Call
Barring
Allows you to set your phone to prohibit certain incoming or outgoing
phone calls.
Call
timer
Keep track of the time you accrue each month toward an allotment of
airtime minutes.
Call
divert
Enables you to divert incoming calls to another phone or answering service.
Call
hold
Enables you to put a caller on hold while a second call is answered
or made.
Caller
Identification (or CLI)
Shows the number of the person calling you in your mobile phone's display.
You can then make an informed choice as to whether or not to take the
call. Bear in mind that not all numbers can be displayed.
Data capability
Data-capable phones enable transmission of data from a laptop, portable
fax machine or personal digital assistant equipped with a modem and
an auxiliary jack.
Data/fax
capability
Your mobile phone can be used to send and receive fax and data files,
access the Internet and send e-mail when connected to mobile office
equipment.
Dual
band technology
enables a network operator with spectrum at both 900MHz and 1800MHz
to support the seamless use of dual band handsets across both frequencies.
By supporting seamless handovers between 900MHz and 1800MHz, dual band
networks can provide major benefits in terms of capacity enhancement.
EFR
(Enhanced Full Rate Codec)
An enhanced version of ’Standard full rate codec’ currently supported
by all phones. It is a new dictionary of sounds that produces a better
speech quality without transmitting more data over the mobile phone
network Fax Fax-enabled phones can receive, store and download fax messages.
GSM
(Global System for Mobile Communication)
GSM is the pan-European standard for digital cellular telephone service.
GSM was designed for European markets (however is now also available
in the U.S.A.) to provide the advantage of automatic, international
roaming in multiple countries.
Infrared
Data Port
A data port that uses infrared data association (irDA®) as the standard
for wireless communications between computer and mobile phone devices.
For example, to update the phone list on your irDA®-enabled PC, you
would line up the infrared ports on each device and then transfer the
phone information to your PC.
Nickel
Metal Hydride (NiMH)
A rechargeable battery technology used in personal cellular telephones.
Less prone to memory effect than NiCd.
One-touch
dialing
Dial frequently called numbers by hitting just one key that you've programmed
for that number.
Phone
Book
The list of names and telephone numbers you’ve stored in your phone
internal memory or on its SIM card. The maximum number of entries you
can store in the phone is fixed; the number of entries you can store
on your SIM depends on your network provider. In either case, you can
dial stored numbers by accessing the list you want, highlighting the
number and pressing the connect button.
Roaming
A service
offered that allows subscribers to use the mobile phone and its services
while travelling outside the UK.
SIM
card
The Subscriber Identification Module card is a removable memory card
that fits into the back of a mobile phone and contains the user’s identity
code and relevant personal data. The card can be plugged into any GSM
compatible handset, instantly personalising it to the user.
SMS
(Short Message Service)
The short message service (SMS) enables you to send and receive text
messages using your mobile phone.
Standby
Time
The time a battery can power a phone in the standby mode, switched on
and ready to make or receive a call, without being used for an actual
call. The longer a phone is in standby mode, the less standby time remains
in the battery.
Talk-time
The total time a battery can power a phone for mobile calls. As the
phone drains the battery during a call, the talk time left in the battery
is diminished until the phone is turned off or the battery recharged.
The longer the talk time the less frequently you will need to recharge.
Voicemail
Voicemail gives you the ability to take
messages from callers e.g. if you are unavailable or the phone is switched
off. Voicemail is free to activate and free to leave messages on.
WAP
(Wireless Application Protocol)
Wireless application protocol (WAP) is the first global standard for
Internet services over mobile phone networks. It is capable of displaying
"mini websites", which look simple when compared with normal websites
but which already provide a variety of powerful services, including
banking, ticket purchase, news updates and more.
WML
(Wireless Markup language)
WML is used to produce WAP content. It makes optimum use of the limited
size of the displays on handheld devices
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