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A wide variety of additional pieces of equipment to enhance
the productivity of wireless phones including extra batteries
and rapid, travel or desktop battery chargers, headset kits,
car kits, carrying cases and belt clips.
There are up to six different access codes in your phone:
Security code (5 digits): The security
code protects your phone against unauthorised
use, and is supplied with the phone. The preset
code is 12345. Keep the code secret and in a safe place separate
from your phone.
PIN code (4 to 8 digits): The PIN (Personal
Identification Number) code protects your SIM
card against unauthorised use. The PIN code is
usually supplied with the SIM card.
PIN2 code (4 to 8 digits): The PIN2 code
may be supplied with the SIM card and is required
to access some functions, such as charging unit
counters.
PUK and PUK2 codes (8 digits): The PUK
(Personal Unblocking Key) code is required to
change a blocked PIN code. The PUK2 code is required
to change a blocked PIN2 code.
Barring password: The barring password
is needed when using the Call barring service.
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The power source for a wireless phone. Rechargeable batteries
such as nickel cadmium, nickel metal hydride and lithium ion
are used in wireless phones and communication devices.
Blue Tooth is an exciting new technology that allows devices
such as mobile phones, Lap Top computers, digital cameras,
personal digital assistants (PDAs), and other portable devices
to communicate with each other without using cables to connect
them. Blue Tooth is a technology that allows these devices
to communicate with each other using short-range radio waves.
Bluetooth Neighbourhood allows you to establish wireless links
between your computer and other Bluetooth enabled devices.
A Class 1 laser is considered safe based upon current medical
knowledge. This class includes all lasers or laser systems
which cannot emit levels of optical radiation above the exposure
limits for the eye under any exposure conditions inherent
in the design of the laser product.
The ability to access services such as e-mail, faxes and SMS
messages using a wireless phone or communicator.
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Global System for Mobile Communications or GSM is the digital
transmission technique widely adopted in Europe and supported
in North America for PCS. GSM uses the 1900 MHz. GSM uses
900 MHz and 1800 MHz in Europe.
General Packet Radio Service. With GPRS you can be online
all the time. You can be continuously connected to data networks
and use your favourite information and entertainment services.
It also provides immediate connectivity and higher data throughput
than before, so information retrieval is more accessible and
convenient. The main initial use for GPRS is to have it as
a bearer for WAP services. In GPRS technology the data is
sent in 'packets'; this is well suited to the sporadic nature
of data applications. GPRS can also be used as a bearer for
PC applications in a similar way as CSD and HSCSD are used.
High Speed Circuit Switched Data. The most important feature
of this technology is the increased speed. This makes connection
times shorter and the use of current applications more convenient
and faster. Data connections can be up to four times faster
than earlier which means that applications such as mobile
navigation services using maps and graphics become more attractive.
As HSCSD is 'circuit switched', it is more suited to applications
such as video conferencing and multimedia than applications
which send data in bursts such as email. HSCSD allows wireless
data to be transmitted at 43.2 kilobits per second over GSM
networks. This is comparable to the transmission rates of
usual modems via fixed telephone networks today.
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The infrared eye built into your Nokia 8910 can be used to
transmit data to another device with an infrared eye, without
needing to link the two with a cable. If you want to use your
mobile for sending computer data, or to synchronise the contacts
in your phone or to swap ringing tones with another infrared
user, it's a big plus.
Liquid Crystal Display screens have low energy requirements
and are generally easy to read. LCD screens are made by sealing
a liquid compound between two pieces of glass and/or a filter.
The screen has hundreds or thousands of dots that are charged
or not charged which make them reflect or not reflect light
to form letters, characters and numbers. Some LCD screens
have an electroluminescent panel behind them and are termed
"backlit."
Refers to a type of battery, a Lithium-Ion battery, used to
power wireless communication devices. Li-Ion batteries are
lighter weight than earlier battery types, have a relatively
long cycle life and generally do not suffer from memory effect.
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Using various products, services and technologies to transfer
messages from one person to another, or from one device to
another such as traditional numeric or alphanumeric paging,
e-mail or short messages (SMS) delivered to wireless devices.
A term often used interchangeably with cellular phone or wireless
phone. Initially, a mobile phone referred to a phone attached
to a vehicle, the vehicle's battery and had an external antenna.
Mobile phones were distinguished from transportable, portable,
cordless and personal phones.
In the wireless industry, a network refers to the infrastructure
enabling the transmission of wireless signals. A network ties
things together and enables resource sharing.
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The Nokia PC Suite is a synchronisation application that allows
you to synchronise calendar items and contacts between you
phone and your PC Personal Information Manager (PIM), thus
keeping both your phone and PC PIM up-to-date.
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.
A pager is a pocket-sized one-way or two-way radio receiver
that sounds a tone or vibrates when it receives a transmission.
Some pagers that are currently offered are capable of receiving
numeric and alphanumeric messages. Some pagers are also capable
of sending messages.
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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.
Stands for Subscriber identity module. A small flat electronic
chip on a plastic card. A module, which is inserted into a
mobile equipment for subscriber identification and other security-related
information. SIM is considered as part of the mobile station.
It contains security related information, other subscriber
related information and algorithms.
Short Message Service is a feature available with some wireless
phones that allow users to send and/or receive short alphanumeric
messages.
A number used to prevent unauthorized or accidental alteration
of data programmed into wireless phones. The security code
can be used by the owner of a phone to change the lock code.
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A business contract or agreement that outlines the services
provided, and the costs for the services, by a wireless service
provider. Service agreements typically include a monthly base
rate (with included minutes) and per-minute charges for minutes
over the monthly maximum. (Sometimes referred to as a Rate
Plan).
Telecommunications company that offers its users telecommunication
services. May or may not be the same company that provides
the radio masts.
The length of time a wireless phone or communicator is fully
charged, turned on and ready to send and receive calls or
data transmissions. Standby time, once stated in only hours
and minutes, can now be extended to many days with current
phone models. Standby time is affected by the amount of time
the phone is used for talking because talking on a phone draws
more energy from a battery than standby time does. Wireless
devices depend on batteries for power; batteries slowly discharge
their power and must be recharged and eventually replaced.
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The length of time a wireless device may be engaged in transmission
(phone conversations, sending or receiving data) before it
runs out of battery power. Talk time, expressed in hours and
minutes, is much shorter than standby time because transmission
requires more power. Therefore, standby time is effected by
the amount of time the phone is used for talking. Wireless
devices depend on batteries for power; batteries slowly discharge
their power and must be recharged and eventually replaced.
Wireless Application Protocol is a protocol developed to allow
intelligent transmission of optimized Internet content to
wireless phones.
Without wires. Communication without any physical connections
between the sender and the receiver. Using the radio frequency
spectrum (airways) and hardware, software and technologies
to transmit information.
Wireless Markup Language, Markup language (like HTML), however
optimised for wireless use.
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