Mobile Phone Dictionary
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PUK – (Personal Unblocking Key) If the PIN number has been entered incorrectly 3 times the phone will become blocked. To unblock the phone you need to obtain your 8 digit PUK number from your service provider
Polyphonic ringtones - Higher quality than the standard ringtones (known as monophonic ringtones) available because they have several tone series, which allows you to give your phone a ringtone that sounds something close to 'CD quality'. While older phones usually do not support Polyphonic ringtones.
Predictive Text Input - For typing messages, Predictive Text Input, also known as T9 Text Input, is twice as fast as multi-tapping, and it is the easiest way to type text using the limited keypad on a mobile phone. By using the letters grouped on each phone key and a 'fast access' database, T9 software requires just one key press per letter to quickly recognize the most commonly used word for a specific key sequence.
For example, you can enter the word 'how' with only three keys: 4-6-9. You'd have to use twice as many keys using multi-tap. T9 knows that the most commonly used word with that key sequence in 'how'. If more than one word has the same sequence, T9 displays the most commonly used word first. If that's not the word you want, you can view the next word matching that key sequence by pressing the NEXT key (usually the down arrow or 0 key, but check your manufacturers user guide for your phone).
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.
PCMCIA / PC Card - PC Cards are removable, credit-card sized devices that may be plugged into slots in PCs and wireless communication devices to provide fax or modem functions or network cards. The acronym PCMCIA represents the Personal Computer Memory Card International Association which is a group of hardware manufacturers and vendors responsible for developing standards for PC Cards (also called PCMCIA cards.)
PIN - Personal Identification Number. In the context of wireless devices, the PIN is a code used in conjunction with a SIM card to complete a call or data transmission.
Peak Hours - Typically during the business day when the demand for access to wireless networks is high. Service providers typically charge full-service per-minute rates during peak hours.
Q - Described as razor-thin at 11.5mm (a direct reference to Motorola's popular Razr V3), the Motorola Q will be one of the first smartphones to ship with Microsoft's Windows Mobile 5.0 operating system. Since Windows Mobile 5 comes with support for Exchange 2003, Outlook information can be pushed to mobile products, which means the device is poised to take the smartphone world by storm. In addition, the Motorola Q promises to ship with a host of high-end features: a 1.3-megapixel camera, Bluetooth, compatibility with Razrwire Bluetooth eyewear, a large, 320-by-240-pixel screen and a TFT display that supports 65,536 colours (16-bit colour).
Quiet Mode - A mobile phone setting that turns of all sounds that is useful in meetings and any other place where a ringing phone is no longer acceptable. Users usually set the phone to vibrate when in quiet mode to alert them of calls. Also known as silent mode.
Remote interrogation - Answering machine facility that allows messages to be retrieved from another phone.
Ring tone - A ring tone is a sequence of sounds and tones alerting you of an incoming call. They can be in the form of simple beeps (monophonic), or polyphonic tones. Also known as ringtones.
Roaming - The ability for a mobile phone network customer to make voice calls, send and receive data or access other services when travelling outside the geographical coverage area of the home network, using a visited network. Usage abroad depends upon the number of roaming agreements held by the network and the specification of the phone.
RS232 - Connection socket commonly found on computers. Some cellphones have the ability to be connected to a PC through this socket to facilitate the updating of personal directories, or for writing SMS text messages.
SIM Card - A Subscriber Identity Module is a card commonly used in a GSM phone. The card holds a microchip that stores information and encrypts voice and data transmissions, making it close to impossible to listen in on calls. The SIM card also stores data that identifies the caller to the network service provider.
SIM lock - Software protection that sometimes stops you swapping your SIM card into a different handset
SMS - Short Message Service is a two-way text messaging service is offered on all four digital networks. Messages of up to 160 characters can be sent at low cost. Some older handsets only allow incoming messages (mobile-terminated SMS - or SMS-MT); all new phones also allow you to write and send text from your handset (mobile-originated SMS, or SMS-MO). Can be sent between phones on any network.
Softkey - A button on a mobile which changes function depending on what you are doing with the phone. Its current function highlighted using a keyword immediately above the button on the phone's LCD screen, helps greatly in simplifying the use of cellphones.
Smartphone - A combination of a mobile phone and a pocket computer such as the Sony Ericsson P910i.
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