Cell Phone Glossary
There are so many things that you must know before buying
a cell phone that you may be confused by all the big words that only pertain
to cell phones. Here is a list of some of the more confusing terms.
Cell Phone Airtime - This is the amount of time you use or
in some instances have left on your calling plan. Your airtime might be a
300 or 400 minutes plan.
Roaming Charges - Charges that are billed to your phone
bill when you use your cell phone outside of your coverage area. These
charges are usually expensive.
Hands free device - This is a headset like device that
allows you to use your cell phone hands free while driving your car.
Hybrid phone - These are cell phones that can also be used
as a PDA.
PDA - Personal digital assistant stores your phone numbers
and other notepad like functions.
RFID Tag - These are being phased in to the newer cell
phones as a way of tracking your location. These are helpful when calling
911 on your cell phone as they can track where you are calling from.
Ring tone - Just a simple way to say ringer you can
download these on to your phone to change the ring style.
Face plates - Change the outside look and design of your
cell phone. Acts as a cell phone cover also.
Cellular - The long version of the word cell I bet you
knew that one already.
SMS - Text message functions are called SMS also it is the
same thing.
Camera phone- A cell phone that also allows you to take
pictures and email them to your friends or save as wall paper
Wall Paper - The background screen that is on your lcd
phone when not in use.
Video Cell Phone - Cell phone that also lets you
record around 15 seconds of video that you can send to other phones.
Flip Phone - Just a phone that has a cover that you
flip open when you make calls.
Antenna Topper - A cute little device mostly
cosmetic that displays your favorite things like sports teams or pet.
Strictly cosmetic for fashion.
Battery - Power source for your cell phone. They
come in rechargeable forms most new ones are made of lithium.
Vcast - The service from Verizon that allows you to watch
television clips on your phone.
Power Vision - Sprints version of V-Cast where you can watch live
television on your cell phone.
Games - Downloaded applications that you can purchase for your
phone that make your phone more fun.
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