First Lesson

Features of Mobile Phones

 

Bluetooth: An open wireless technology for exchanging data over short distances

MMS: Multimedia Messaging Service. A system that enables cellular phones to send and receive pictures and sound clips.

Loudspeaker:  Equipment that converts electrical impulses into sound.

Games: Playable activities that one can access from their mobile. Most phones come with default games. E.g. Nokia is usually assigned with Snake.

Wi-Fi: Wireless local area network. A local area network that uses high frequency radio signals to transmit and receive data.

3G: (of telephone technology) Third-generation.

Hands-Free-Device: A hands-free phone or other device can be used without being held in your hand.

Touchscreen: touch screen: a computer display that enables the user to interact with the computer by touching the screen.

Video Calling: Technology that allows you to have a video-conversation with someone. Your phone receives a live-feed of your caller; as does their phone receive one of you.

GPS: Global Positioning System.

Internal Memory: Computer data storage, often called storage or memory, refers to computer components and recording media that retain digital data used.

Voice Recorder:  Sound recording and reproduction is an electrical or mechanical inscription and re-creation of sound waves.

Internet:  A global computer network providing a variety of information and communication facilities, consisting of interconnected networks using standardized communication protocols.

Memo: A written message, esp. in business.

MP3 Player:  A device for playing MP3 files (eg iPod)

Memory Card:  A memory card or flash card is an electronic flash memory data storage device used for storing digital information.

Alarm: An alarm clock

USB: Universal Serial Bus (USB) is a specification to establish communication between devices and a host controller (usually personal computers), developed and invented by Ajay Bhatt while working for Intel.

 

Roaming:  The use of or ability to use a cellular phone outside of its local area.

Predictive text: Predictive text is an input technology most commonly used on mobile phones, and for accessibility.

E-Mail: A system of world-wide electronic communication in which a computer user can compose a message at one terminal that can be regenerated at the recipient's terminal.

Camcorder:  A portable combined video camera and video recorder.

Network Band:  Bandwidth in computer networking refers to the data rate supported between the highest and lowest signals on the communication channel.

SMS:  A system that allows cellular phone users to send and receive text messages.

Camera: A device for recording visual images in the form of photographs, movie film or video signals.

Personal Organiser: A personal organiser, day planner, personal analogy assistant or personal planner.

Radio: The transmission and reception of electromagnetic waves of radio frequency, esp. those carrying sound messages.

Calculator: Something used for making mathematical calculations, esp. a small electronic device with a keyboard and a visual display.