Mobile Phones
Mobile phones, and smartphones in particular are a common communications device. In fact, the U.N. News Center reports that 6 billion people worldwide have access to mobile phones.
From mobile phone operating systems — like Android and Apple OS, to understanding how mobile cellular services work, our mobile phone dictionary offers a glossary of important terms you need to know.
Terms
- 1xRTT
- 3G
- 3GP
- 3GPP
- 4G
- 802.11e
- 802.16
- accelerometer
- adb - Android Debug Bridge
- airtime
- analog roaming
- Android platform
- Android Versions (Codenames)
- Apple iOS
- AUC
- auto correct fail
- bandit mobile
- base station
- base station controller
- BlackBerry
- bluebugging
- bluejacking
- bluesnarfing
- Bluetooth
- bricking
- calibrate
- calling card
- candy bar
- CDMA - Code-Division Multiple Access
- CDMA2000
- CDPD
- cell
- Cell on Wheels
- cellphone
- cellphone novel
- cellular
- clamshell
- communications
- concatenated SMS
- coverage area
- crackberries
- crosstalk
- CSTN - color super-twist nematic
- Cupcake
- Dalvik
- DDMS
- DECT
- Digital AMPS
- digital phone
- Donut - Android Codename
- DroidDream
- E911
- Eclair - Android Codename
- EDGE - Enhanced Data GSM Environment
- emoji
- Enhanced Message Service
- Evolution Data Only
- Evolution-Data Optimized
- faceplate
- femtocell
- flick
- flight mode
- Frankenpine
- Froyo
- G1
- Gingerbread - Android Codename
- GSM - Global System for Mobile Communications
- handoff
- hands-free kit
- Home Location Register
- Honeycomb - Android Codename
- hotspot
- ICE - In Case of Emergency
- Ice Cream Sandwich - Android Codename
- iCloud
- iDEN
- iMessage
- iOS 5
- iPhone
- iPhone 4S
- iPhone Hacks
- iPhone Killer
- IS-95
- J2ME
- jailbreak
- jailbreak apps
- jammer
- Jelly Bean - Android Codename
- LTE network - 4G LTE
- Mango
- MDN
- MIN
- mobile instant messaging
- mobile operating system (OS)
- mobile phone
- mobile phone forensics
- Mobile Switching Center
- moblog
- monophonic ringtone
- Multimedia Message Service
- neglexting
- Nexus One
- nomadic wireless
- OBEX
- Pay-As-You-Go
- PCS
- PDA - personal digital assistant
- pocket dial
- polyphonic ringtone
- ringtone
- SDMA - patial division multiple access
- Siri
- Siri Eyes Free
- slide
- smartphone
- SMS - Systems Management Server
- SMS gateway
- SMSC - Short Message Service Center
- store and forward
- subscriber identity module
- Symbian
- TDMA
- telemedicine
- tethering
- text from computer
- textual harassment
- Ubuntu phone
- unlocked cellphone
- visitor location register
- visual voicemail
- voice mail
- Walkman phone
- webOS
- Wi-Fi phone
- WIM
- Windows Mobile
- Windows Phone
- wireless Internet
- wireless number portability
- world roaming
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