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Description |
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Java Application |
Application such as utilities or games created using Java
programming language, which could be used to install into a Java
supported mobile handset, letting the users have their own
choice of software's to be used with their phone. |
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J2ME |
J2ME (Java 2 Platform, Micro Edition) is a technology that
allows programmers to use the Java programming language and
related tools to develop programs for mobile wireless
information devices such as cellular phones and personal digital
assistants (PDAs). J2ME consists of programming specifications
and a special virtual machine, the K Virtual Machine, which
allows a J2ME-encoded program to run in the mobile device. |
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Java |
Industry standard object-oriented language and
virtual machine, invented by Sun Microsystems and formally
released in 1996. Java is an ideal language for network
applications and applets. Sun's Java specifications include many
Java APIs and platforms, including the Java Phone API and
Personal Java platform, which are included in Symbian OS. |
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JavaPhone |
A Java API specification controlling contacts,
power management, call control, and phonebook management,
intended specifically for the programmability requirements of
mobile phones. |
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JTAPI |
The Java Telephony API is an extensible API that
offers an interface to all call control services (from those
needed in a consumer device up to those of call centers). JTAPI
is part of the Java Phone API. |
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Kernel |
Core of an operating system, a kernel manages the
machine’s hardware resources (including the processor and the
memory), and provides and controls the way any other software
component can access these resources. The kernel runs with a
higher privilege than other programs (so-called user-mode
programs). The power and robustness of an OS's kernel play a
major role in shaping overall system design and reliability. |
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KHz |
Kilohertz (1000 Hz). |
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Lithium-ion |
A battery technology used in personal mobile phones. Lithium-ion
batteries generally provide more energy capacity than Nickel
Metal Hydride batteries of the same weight. |
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Leather Case |
Protective pouch that shields phone from damage and the
elements. |
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Languages |
The number of different languages in which the phone can display
its text. |
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Modem |
A device which converts digital signals to analogue signals and
vice versa |
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MMS |
Multi Media Messaging. Allows users to be able to do everything
from inserting their own video clips and pictures into text
messages before customising them with rich colours and sound
clips. |
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Mb |
As a measure of computer processor storage and real and virtual
memory, a megabyte (abbreviated MB) is 2 to the 20th power
bytes, or 1,048,576 bytes in decimal notation. Most mobile
phones require storage of data now, due to being Java enabled,
and also having the function of a camera. They usually come with
at least one megabyte of storage space. |
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MHz |
The megahertz, abbreviated MHz, is a unit of electromagnetic (EM)
wave frequency equal to one million hertz (1,000,000 Hz). An EM
signal having a frequency of 1 MHz is near the centre of the
standard amplitude-modulation (AM) radio broadcast band, and has
a wavelength of 300 meters, or about 980 feet. An EM signal of
100 MHz is near the middle of the standard frequency-modulation
(FM) radio broadcast band, and has a wavelength of 3 meters,
which is a little less than 10 feet. Some radio transmissions
are made at frequencies up to many thousands of megahertz. |
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MIDI |
MIDI (Musical Instrument Digital Interface) is a protocol
designed for recording and playing back music on digital
synthesizers that is supported by many makes of personal
computer sound cards. Originally intended to control one
keyboard from another, it was quickly adopted for the personal
computer and now the mobile phones. Rather than representing
musical sound directly, it transmits information about how music
is produced. The command set includes note-ons, note-offs, key
velocity, pitch bend and other methods of controlling a
synthesizer. The sound waves produced are those already stored
in a wavetable in the receiving instrument or sound card. Since
a MIDI file only represents player information, it is far more
concise than formats that the sound directly. An advantage is
very small file size. A disadvantage is the lack of specific
sound control. |
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mAh |
Mili amps. The term of measurement used in batteries for power
capacity. |
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Model |
A name or number designated to aparticular handset in a product
range. |
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MExE |
Mobile Station Application Execution Environment
(GSM 02.57): a framework to ensure a predictable environment for
third-party applications in GSM or UMTS handsets (ie the Mobile
Station). MExE does this by defining different technology
requirements called "classmarks". MExE classmark 1 is based on
WAP, classmark 2 on PersonalJava and JavaPhone, and classmark 3
on J2ME CLDC and MIDP. Other classmarks may be defined in the
future. MExE specifies additional requirements for all
classmarks, for instance a security environment, capability and
content negotiation, a user profile, user interface
personalization, management of services and virtual home
environment. A handset can support any number of classmarks. |
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MIDP |
Mobile Information Device Profile. Set of Java
APIs that is generally implemented on the Connected Limited
Device Configuration (CLDC). It provides a basic J2ME
application runtime environment targeted at mobile information
devices, such as mobile phones and two-way pagers. The MIDP
specification addresses issues such as user interface,
persistent storage, networking, and application model. |
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MMDS |
Multi-channel Multi-point
Distribution Service, a fixed wireless service for data, voice
and video which operates in the 2.5 GHz band in North America
and in the 3.5 GHz bandwidth
internationally. |
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MNO |
Mobile Network Operator. An
operator of a wireless network for mobile phones. |
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MTSO |
Mobile Telephone Switching Office.
The central switch that controls the entire operation of a
cellular system. |
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M-Wallet |
M-Wallets, or mobile wallets, are
software applications that hold a user’s sensitive personal and
financial information, such as credit card numbers, expiration
dates, bank account information, passwords and Personal
Identification Numbers (PIN). Most m-wallets are server-based,
which theoretically is more secure and avoids placing data onto
mobile devices, which are often processor- and
memory-constrained. |
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MVNO |
Mobile Virtual Network Operator. A
company that, to end-users, appears to be a wireless network
operator. Unlike a standard wireless carrier, however, an MVNO
does not own the Base Station Subsystem (BSS) that Mobile
Network Operators (MNO) do. MVNOs also may not necessarily own
other infrastructure one normally associates with an MNO, such
as MSCs,
and Home Location Registers (HLRs). More importantly, MVNOs do
not hold licenses to radio
spectrum; instead they purchase network capacity from wireless
carriers that do hold licenses and which do operate the network
infrastructure necessary for wireless phone communication. |
