Tuesday, January 22, 2008

Mobile phone

The mobile phone or mobile, also called a cellular phone, or cell phone is a long-range, portable electronic device used for mobile communication that uses a network of specialized base stations known as cell sites. In addition to the standard voice function of a telephone, current mobile phones can support many additional services such as SMS for text messaging, email, packet switching for access to the Internet, and MMS for sending and receiving photos and video. Most current mobile phones connect to a cellular network of base stations (cell sites), which is in turn interconnected to the public switched telephone network (PSTN) (the exception is satellite phones).

Places

Mobile, Alabama, a U.S. port City
Mobile Bay, near Mobile, Alabama
Mobile County, Alabama
The Mobile River in Alabama
University of Mobile, a private university located in Mobile County, Alabama
Mobile, Arizona, a small town near Phoenix, U.S.
Mobile, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada
[Mobile, Columbia

Entertainment

Mobile Entertainment Forum, the global voice of mobile entertainment companies
Mobile (band), a group of Canadian rock musicians
Mobile (song), a song by Avril Lavigne from her album Let Go (Avril Lavigne album)
Mobile (TV series), a British ITV drama
A Mob (computer gaming), a type of non-player character
Mobile (GunBound), constructs in the turn-based Internet game
Mobile weapons, fictional weapon systems from the Gundam anime metaseries

Technology

Mobile computing, a generic term describing one's ability to use technology in mobile environments
Mobile game, a video game played on a mobile phone, smartphone, PDA or handheld computer
Mobile Magazine, a publication on portable electronics
Mobile radio, wireless communications systems and devices which are based on radio frequencies
Mobile rig
Mobile station, user equipment and software needed for communication with a wireless telephone network
Mobile Web, the World Wide Web as accessed from mobile devices using Mobile Web Browser
Mobile TV, TV services viewed via a mobile device.