Also known as: Federal Communications Commission Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is a United States government agency located in Washington, D.C., which is responsible for regulating telecommunications in the USA. The FCC was established by the Communications…
Also known as: Frequency Correction Channel Frequency Correction Channel (FCCH) is a downlink GSM Broadcast Channel (BCH). The FCCH is transmitted by a Base Transceiver Station (BTS) to provide the signalling information required by…
Also known as: Frequency Division Multiplexing Frequency Division Multiplexing (FDM) is a common method of multiplexing for analogue signals. The carrier bandwidth is divided into a number of sub channels of smaller frequency width, each of…
Also known as: Frequency Division Multiple Access Frequency Division Multiple Access (FDMA) is an analogue transmission technique used for mobile phone communications, in which the frequency band allocated to a network is divided into sub-bands or…
A mobile phone that is not smartphone It has operating system firmware but third party software support is limited to only Java or BREW applications Recently feature phones have begun to offer...
Also known as: FCC Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is a United States government agency located in Washington, D.C., which is responsible for regulating telecommunications in the USA. The FCC was established by the Communications Act of…
A small cellular base station typically designed for use in residential or small business environments The benefits of these portable base stations are similar to the ones of using for example...
Firefox OS codenamed Boot to Gecko is an open-source mobile operating system for smartphones and tablets developed by Mozilla It's unusual with the fact that it is designed to run HTML5...
Fixed software programs that internally control various electronic devices or individual hardware parts of these devices such as mobile phones They involved very basic low-level operations of the...
Also known as: 1G 1G (First Generation) is the name given to the first generation of mobile telephone networks. These systems used analogue circuit-switched technology, with FDMA (Frequency Division Multiple Access), and worked mainly in the…
The camera focus is set to a specific distance by the manufacturer and cant be adjusted Fixed focus digital cameras limit the photo quality and the minimum shooting distance no close-ups are...
A flash is a device used in photography that produces an instantaneous flash of artificial light (typically around 1 / 1000 to 1 / 200 of a second)[citation needed] at a color temperature of about 5500…
Flash Memory is a type of EEPROM (Electrically Erasable Programmable Read-Only Memory) used in PC Cards and Memory Cards. This type of memory is non-volatile and is often used to store data in devices such as…
Known also as Airplane mode this mode disables all radio parts of a mobile phone but leaves other functions available These include music player organizer and everything that doesn't require the...
This type of form factor is usually a combination of a monoblock and a clamshell. The flip itself usually contains of a small plastic part that offers protection for the keyboard and / or the display…
Its a mobile phone form factor thats a cross-over between the Bar and Clamshell form factors In this case the device is mainly a bar but a thin flip part covers the keypad and or display when not...
Also known as: Frequency Modulation Frequency Modulation (FM) is a technique used to mix (encode) an information-carrying signal onto a much higher sine wave carrier frequency, so that the signal can be transmitted over long…
The built-in FM radio tuner is now considered a basic feature It allows the user to listen to most of the live-broadcasted FM radio stations Almost all phones with FM radio tuner require a wired...
An FM transmitter allows a phone to broadcast music stored in its memory on FM frequencies so that it can be tuned into a nearby FM receiver such as a a car radio FM transmitters are not a common...
The general look or size and shape of a mobile device All mobile phones are similar at the physical style level Most devices fall into one of the following categories Bar Clamshell Flip down...
Also known as: Downlink Downlink (Forward Link) is the term used to describe the direction of data transmissions from the network BS (Base Station) to the subscriber's MS (Mobile Station). Uplink (Reverse Link) is the return…
This is a special feature supported by some phones, where users can update their handset firmware over the carrier network. It removes the need of special cables, computers or third-party programs.
This measurement is the video resolution measured in time 24-30 fps is the normal level for good picture quality A video with lower framerates appear as choppy on screen and fail to capture fast...
Ratio of data received with errors to total data received. Used to determine the quality of a signal connection. If the FER is too high (too many errors), the connection may be dropped.
Frequency is a measure of the number of times a vibration or other cyclic process repeats itself in a specified time. Frequency can also be thought of as the number of waves that pass a given…
Also known as: Band Band (Frequency Band) is a term used in telecommunications to refer to a range of frequencies authorised for specific purposes. Each band will be a continuous spectrum of frequencies, with upper and…
Also known as: FCCH Frequency Correction Channel (FCCH) is a downlink GSM Broadcast Channel (BCH). The FCCH is transmitted by a Base Transceiver Station (BTS) to provide the signalling information required by the MS…
Also known as: FDMA Frequency Division Multiple Access (FDMA) is an analogue transmission technique used for mobile phone communications, in which the frequency band allocated to a network is divided into sub-bands or channels. Each frequency…
Also known as: FDM Frequency Division Multiplexing (FDM) is a common method of multiplexing for analogue signals. The carrier bandwidth is divided into a number of sub channels of smaller frequency width, each of which can…
Also known as: FM Frequency Modulation (FM) is a technique used to mix (encode) an information-carrying signal onto a much higher sine wave carrier frequency, so that the signal can be transmitted over long distances…
A standard for transferring files over the Internet. Not commonly used on phones, although there is FTP software available for most smartphone platforms.
