Uses of mobile phone

A mobile phone is a device that can make and receive telephone calls over a radio link whilst moving around a wide geographic area. 

It does so by connecting to a cellular network provided by a mobile phone operator, allowing access to the public telephone network.

 By contrast, a cordless telephone is used only within the short range of a single, private base station.

Below are some of the more advanced features mobile phones:

Bar-code readers: Phones will also be able to read bar codes and that can have very interesting applications in commerce.     

               

Wallet: The phone can also be used to pay for purchases like a credit or debit card. There is already a billing relationship that exists between the subscriber and the operator, and that can be used to make payments to merchants.

Digital camera: Point-and-click! Phones capture pictures and let us save them for posterity or transfer them to others and to computers.

Audio recorder: Mobile phones can be used to record conversations or even brief notes to oneself.

Email client: The phone can be used to connect to any POP or IMAP server and allow receiving and sending email. While most phones may not have the ease of use that a Blackberry has with email, contacts and calendar, the fact that it is on the phone itself and that there is no need for a separate device can be a big help (along with the lower total cost of ownership).

Video recorder: Phones are becoming video cameras also -- some of the newest cell phones can record an hour or more of video.

Multimedia messaging: Everything recorded can be shared with others by using MMS.

Web client: Phones can also browse websites, via a WAP and/or HTML browser. Most web sites may not look great on the small screen, but it is still possible to connect to any web site.

Gaming platform: Mobile games have become big business in the past couple years as people seek entertainment in the free time that they have on the device that they always carry with them.

Documents viewer: It is increasingly possible to view documents on the cellphone, in the popular MS-Office file formats.

Computer adjunct: For many, the cellphone has replaced the PDA as the complement to the computer. With a remote desktop application, it also becomes possible to make the mobile phone a window to one's computer.

Music player: The next big thing in 2005 is reckoned to be the combining of music capabilities on the mobile phone. While phones can play MP3s, it will soon also be possible to have music streamed from the Internet. Motorola is expected to introduce a phone this year that marries the mobile with Apple's iPod.

 TV: In India , some operators have been promoting many TV channels on the cellphone over next-generation networks like EDGE.