Mobile terms glossary
A2DP (Advanced Audio Distribution Profile)
AAC (Advanced Audio Coding)
Accelerometer
Airplane mode
Alarm Clock
Alphanumeric
AMOLED display (Active-matrix organic light-emitting diode)
Analog
Android
ANT+
Antenna
APN (Access Point Name)
Apple iOS
aptX
Audio jack
Auto-focus
AVRCP (Audio/Video Remote Control Profile)
Band
Bandwidth
Bar
Base Station
Benchmarking
Bit
BlackBerry OS
BlackBerry Playbook OS
Bluetooth
bps (Bits per Second)
Brand
Broadband
Browser
Byte
Calendar
Call alerts
Calling Plan
Camera
Capacitive Touchscreen
Car Kit
Carrier
CDMA (Code-Division Multiple Access)
CDMA2000
Cell
Chipset
cHTML (Compact HyperText Markup Language)
CIF (Common Intermediate Format)
Clamshell
CMOS (Complementary metal-oxidesemiconductor)
Color depth
Concatenated SMS
Corning Gorillla Glass
CPU (Central Processing Unit)
Crosstalk
CSTN (Color Super Twisted Nematic)
CTIA
Custom ringtones
CyanogenMod
DC-HSDPA (Dual Carrier or Dual Cell High-Speed Downlink Packet Access)
Digital Zoom
Display type
DLNA (Digital Living Network Alliance)
DNSe (Digital Natural Sound engine)
Downlink
DRM (Digital Rights Management)
Dual-band
Dual-Mode
Dual-SIM
DVB-H (Digital Video Broadcasting - Handheld)
Dynamic Memory
EDR (Enhanced Data Rate)
EGPRS
EGSM (Extended GSM)
Email client
EMS (Enhanced Message Service)
EV-DO
EV-DV
Exchangeable covers
External Antenna Jack
External Display
Feature Phone
Femtocell
Firefox OS
Firmware
Fixed-focus
Flash Memory
Flight mode
Flip-down phone
FM Radio
FM Transmitter
Form factor
FOTA (Firmware Over-The-Air)
FPS (Frames Per Second)
Frame Error Rate
Frequency
FTP (File Transfer Protocol)
Gbps (Gigabits per second)
Geo-tag
GPRS
GPS (Global Positioning System)
gpsONE
gpsOneXTRA Assistance technology
GPU (Graphics Processing Unit)
Half-QWERTY keyboard layout
Handwriting recognition
Haptics
Hot Spot
Hot Swap
HSCSD (High-Speed Circuit Switched Data)
HSDPA (High-Speed Downlink Packet Access)
HSDPA+ (High-Speed Downlink Packet Access Plus)
HSP (Headset Profile)
HSUPA (High-Speed Uplink Packet Access)
HTML (Hypertext Markup Language)
Hz (Hertz)
IMAP (Internet Message Access Protocol)
IMEI (International Mobile Equipment Identity)
IP (Internet Protocol)
IrDA (Infrared Data Association)
Kbps (Kilobits per second)
Key Guard
Key Lock Switch
LCD (Liquid Crystal Display)
LED (Light-Emitting Diode)
Li-Ion (Lithium Ion)
Li-Polymer (Lithium Polymer)
LiMo OS
Linux
Location-Based Services (LBS)
Lock code
Long SMS
Long term evolution (LTE)
Loudspeaker
Maemo OS
mAh
Mass Storage mode
MB (Megabyte)
Mbps (Megabit per second)
MeeGo OS
Megapixel
Memory card slot
Memory effect
Messaging
MHz (Megahertz)
Micro USB
microSD
microSDHC
Microsoft Exchange (Server)
MIDI (Musical Instrument Digital Interface)
MIDP (Mobile Information Device Profile)
Mil-Spec (MIL-STD)
MIMO
Mini-USB
miniSD
MMC
MMCmobile
MMS (Multimedia Messaging Service)
Mobile games
Mobile High-Definition Link (MHL)
Mobile IM (Instant Messaging)
Mobile WiMAX
Mobility DisplayPort (MyDP)
Modem
Monochrome
MP3 (MPEG Layer 3)
MPEG (Motion Picture Experts Group)
MPEG-4 video
Multitouch input method
Music playback time (battery life)
Music Player
Network capacity
Network coverage
NFC (Near Field Communication)
NiCd (Nickel Cadmium)
NiMH (Nickel Metal Hydride)
NOR Memory
Numeric keypad
OLED (Organic Light-Emitting Diode)
Optical Zoom
OS (Operating System)
OTA (Over-The-Air)
Pager
PC Sync
PCS (Personal Communications Service)
PDA (Personal Digital Assistant)
Phone Book Access (PBA)
Phonebook
PIM (Personal Information Manager/Management)
PIN code (Personal Identification Number)
Pixel
Pixel density (PPI)
Polyphonic ringtones
POP3 (Post Office Protocol)
Port
Predictive text input
PTT (Push-To-Talk)
PUK Code (PIN UnlocK Code)
Push
Quad-band
QVGA (Quarter Video Graphics Array)
QWERTY keyboard layout
RBDS (Radio Broadcast Data System)
RDS (Radio Data System)
Resistive touchscreen
Resolution
Ringer ID
Ringing profiles
Ringtone
Roaming
ROM (Read-Only Memory)
RS-MMC (Reduced-Size Multi Media Card)
RSA (Rural Service Area)
RSS (Rich Site Summary)
Ruggedized (Rugged)
SAP (SIM Access Profile)
SAR (Specific absorption rate)
Screen protection
SD (Secure Digital)
Secondary camera
Sensors
Side Keys
SIM
SIM lock
Single-Band
Skin
Slimport
Smartphone
SMIL
SMS (Short Messaging Service)
SNS (Social network service)
Soft keys
Soft Reset
Speed Dial
Stand-by time (battery life)
Stereo Speakers
Streaming Video
Stylus
Sub-QCIF
SVGA
Symbian
SyncML
TCP/IP
TD-SCDMA (Time Division-Synchronous Code Division Multiple Access)
TEST
Tethering
Text messaging (texting)
TFD (Thin Film Diode)
TFT (Thin Film Transistor)
Theme
To-Do list
Touchscreen
Trackball
Transflash
Transflective
Tri-band
UIQ
UMA
UMTS
Unlocked phone
Upload
UPnP (Universal Plug and Play)
USB (Universal Serial Bus)
USIM
Video call
Video Codec
Voice dialing
Voice mail
Voice memo
VoIP (Voice over Internet Protocol)
VPN (Virtual Private Network)
WCDMA(Wideband Code Division Multiple Access)
webOS
Wi-Fi
Windows Mobile
Windows Phone OS
Wireless email
WLAN
WMV (Windows Media Video)
