Difference between revisions of "Mobile phone"

From Wiki @ Karl Jones dot com
Jump to: navigation, search
(External Links)
Line 1: Line 1:
A '''mobile phone''' (also known as a '''cellular phone''', '''cell phone''', '''hand phone''', or simply a '''phone''') is a phone that can make and receive telephone calls over a radio link while moving around a wide geographic area.
+
A '''mobile phone''' (also known as a '''cellular phone''', '''cell phone''', '''hand phone''', or simply a '''phone''') is a phone that can make and receive telephone calls over a [[radio]] link while moving around a wide geographic area.
  
 
== Description ==
 
== Description ==
Line 34: Line 34:
 
[[Category:Mobile phones]]
 
[[Category:Mobile phones]]
 
[[Category:Telecommunications]]
 
[[Category:Telecommunications]]
 +
[[Category:Wireless]]

Revision as of 18:00, 25 April 2016

A mobile phone (also known as a cellular phone, cell phone, hand phone, or simply a phone) is a phone that can make and receive telephone calls over a radio link while moving around a wide geographic area.

Description

It does so by connecting to a cellular network provided by a mobile phone operator, allowing access to the public telephone network.

By contrast, a cordless telephone is used only within the short range of a single, private base station.

In addition to telephony, modern mobile phones also support a wide variety of other services such as:

Mobile phones that offer these and more general computing capabilities are referred to as smartphones.

See also

External Links