Mobile+Phones

== =//**Mobile Phones **//=

A **Mobile Phone** technically speaking is a long-range, electronic device used for mobile voice or data communication over a network of specialized base stations known as cell sites. Simply, it is a way to talk, text and communicate with people, wireless. Mobile Phones support a variety of special options to suit each users needs. For example, some common features include:
 * Text Messaging
 * Voice Mail
 * Internet Browsing
 * Bluetooth
 * Instant Messaging
 * Photo & Video Camera
 * MP3 Player
 * Radio
 * TV
 * Gaming

__History of the Mobile Phone__
The first idea for a way of wireless communication came during World War II where the military used //Radio Technology// to communicate with ships at sea and soldiers on land. 1908 was the year that the U.S. Patent for a wireless telephone was issued by a man named Nathan B. Stubblefield. In 1945 the 0G (Zero Generation) of mobile phones was introduced. The concepts behind this creation were the building blocks for the next major step in mobile phone technology.

1983 was the year, the year the first mobile phone would be introduced to the world. The Motorola DynaTAC was the first phone approved by the Federal Communications Commission. Even though this was a very large "handhold" mobile phone, it was a major step in the field of mobile phone creation. As the system expanded and neared capacity, the ability to reduce transmission power allowed new cells to be added, resulting in more, smaller cells and thus more capacity. Shortly after, companies were making phones smaller and smaller, with more power and memory for the user.

The first modern mobile phone network, 2G (2nd Generation) was launch by Radiolinja in Finland. This sparked the major way to communicate today, SMS text messaging was introduced in Finland in 1993. The first content that was able to be bought on a mobile phone was the //Ringtone//, launched in Finland in 1998. A year later, a Japanese company, NTT DoCoMo, introduced full internet service on mobile phones.

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In 2003, NTT DoCoMo, of Japan, launched the network used today, 3G (3rd Generation).

__Parts of the Mobile Phone__

 * **The Battery** - __The battery__ is the heart and power source of the Mobile Phone. The most common phone battery, a //nickel metal-hydride battery//, was used for years because of its low size and weight. Nowadays, cell phone manufacturers use lithium-Polymer batteries due to their low weight and the ability to make them into different shapes.
 * **SIM Card** - __The SIM__ (Subscriber Identify Module) __Card__ is a feature in most mobile phones today. It allows the owner to transfer phone data between compatible phones. Usually located under the battery, the SIM Card stores memory information regarding phone numbers, dates and entries on a card the size of a small postage stamp.
 * **Display Screen** - __The Display Screen__ of a phone, usually an LCD screen, displays all information stored inside the phone.[[image:cell-phone-parts.jpg width="240" height="185" align="right" caption="Cell Phone Speaker, Microphone"]]
 * **Speaker and Microphone** - Cell phones today have such tiny __speakers__ and __microphones__ that it is incredible how well most of them reproduce sound. As you can see in the picture above, the speaker is about the size of a dime and the microphone is no larger than the watch battery beside it. Without these parts, the cell phone would be useless, as the primary purpose is to talk to and hear the other person.
 * = Mobile Phone Manufacturers ||= Mobile Phone Service Providers ||
 * = * Apple
 * Blackberry
 * LG
 * Motorola
 * Nokia
 * Panasonic
 * Phillips
 * Siemens
 * Samsung
 * Sanyo
 * Sony ||= * Bell Mobility
 * Fido
 * Koodo Mobile
 * Mike
 * NorthernTel Mobility
 * Primus Canada
 * Rogers Wireless
 * Solo Mobile
 * Telus Mobility
 * uWho Wireless
 * Virgin Mobile ||