| Bluetooth |
| Bluetooth is a technology for wireless communication between devices. It's based on a low-cost short-range radio link.
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| Data Synchronization |
| Keep your calendar, contacts, tasks and email up-to-date, and make backups of your phone info. Losing your phone can be a disaster if you lose all your contacts, too. Backing up your data is a smart thing to do, period.
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| EDGE |
| Enhanced Data rates for Global Evolution (EDGE) enables data connections three times faster than GPRS within the same multislot class. Like GPRS, you're billed for the data you transfer, not for the time you spend connected.
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| GPRS |
| General Packet Radio Service is a technology that allows your phone to transfer data at moderate speeds.
GPRS lets you send data faster than over a GSM data network, and it's also a lot more efficient.
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| HTML |
| Today many handsets come with a browser that is not only able to read WAP and XHTML pages, but also standard Web pages written in HTML. You've probably at least heard of HTML (Hypertext Markup Language) - it's what traditional web pages are written in.
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| Instant Messaging |
| To use instant messaging, you'll need a username and password from an online IM service, and the rest depends on your phone and operator. Some operators support specific software. Some phones have an application built-in, and with others you can download an independent Java™ application.
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| JAVA |
| Java is both a programming language and a software platform, and it's used to create and run applications for mobile phones.
With Java applications, your phone can do more of the things you'd like it to do. Downloading and installing applications is a relatively simple process (as is uninstalling them), and there is a wide range of applications available.
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| MMS |
| MMS stands for Multimedia Messaging Service, a technology that allows you to create, send, and receive text messages that also include an image, audio, and/or video clip. MMS messages are sent from one mobile phone to another, or to an email address.
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| Mobile Email |
| Connect directly to your existing email - be it a web-based service, a PC email client such as Outlook Express®, a corporate email account, or all of the above - using your mobile phone.
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| Mobile Imaging |
| Mobile imaging is the ability to take a picture using a digital camera built in to a mobile phone. As the technology has advanced rapidly, this definition has broadened to include not only print-quality still images but also video capture with mobile phones.
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| Mobile Music |
| Many mobile phones have integrated technologies to play music, either from a digital music player or an FM stereo radio.
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| Mobile Video |
| Mobile video means both creating your own video clips and watching content created by others. There are two types of mobile video content services: downloadable and streaming. You can download, store, and play back videos on your mobile device. Or, you can stream video content, which is a better option for viewing longer clips because data isn't stored on your phone. You can also tune in to live video feeds using streaming.
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| Presence |
| Avoid calling someone when they're in the middle of something! Presence information could include just about anything, but some of the common elements may be availability, location, call and connection status, current activity, and the capabilities of your device (useful if you're about to send an MMS to a phone that doesn't support it!).
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| Push to Talk |
| Often described as a "walkie-talkie" service using mobile phones, Push to talk over Cellular (PoC) is a service that makes one-on-one and group conversations possible over a cellular network. Press the button once and everyone can hear you talk - release the button and hear others talking back to you.
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| Symbian Software |
| S60 software is what makes your S60 device more like a small computer than a conventional mobile phone. It provides both the basic phone functionality, and the advanced applications expected in today's phones. Just as importantly, it provides the intuitive, full-color user interface that makes using your handheld device as simple and as enjoyable as possible.
S60 software enables you to download additional applications to your device, access email and Internet, play games, and listen to music. It also allows you to run several applications at the same time without closing them. S60 software lets you personalize the display and alter the appearance of your phone's user interface (UI) by using UI themes to change the background, icons, colors, and graphics or by re-arranging the menu to match your priorities. In addition, S60 devices can be easily connected to your PC via USB, Bluetooth or IrDA to transfer pictures, music, videos, documents and applications, and to synchronize your calendar, contacts, and email.
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| UMA |
| UMA (Unlicensed Mobile Access) lets you use your wireless broadband Internet connection for mobile phone services. This includes voice calls, mobile browsing, email, MMS, SMS, and basically any mobile service you use a network connection for.
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| WAP |
| WML (Wireless Markup Language) is what WAP pages are written in. It's based on XML (Extensible Markup Language) but, as the name suggests, it's designed with basic mobile devices in mind. Smaller screens, more limited colors, and slower connection speeds were all taken into account. All WAP pages are written in WML, and they look, well, pretty spartan. But that doesn't mean they're not useful, as millions of people prove every day by using WAP services.
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| WCDMA (3G) |
| Third-generation mobile telephony or 3G networks such as WCDMA (Wideband Code-Division Multiple Access) and UMTS (Universal Mobile Telephone System) allow for video telephony, faster data transfer than GPRS and EDGE, and also let you talk while you transfer data.
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| WiFi (WLAN) |
| Wireless and fast: Wi-Fi is available on some mobile phones and gives you a connection to the Internet at 11 Mbps or faster.
To use WLAN, you need a handset that supports the technology and you need to be in an area with an active Wi-Fi network (called a "hotspot"). Depending on the security settings for the network, you might need to enter a passcode to connect.
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| XHTML |
| There are many reasons why XHTML (Extensible Hypertext Markup Language) is gaining ground: it incorporates HTML but is actually based on XML, so it's more flexible and it's still relatively easy to learn. But the most important thing is that it helps make pages look consistent on a maximum number of browsers and devices - like a PC and mobile phone. This is why standards bodies such as W3C (World Wide Web Consortium) and OMA (Open Mobile Alliance) have chosen XHTML as the next standard markup language for both fixed Internet development as well as for mobile service pages.
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