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- SIM card - A SIM card is a small card that contains a mobile network subscriber's account information. This allows the phone using the card to attach to a mobile network. About half the size of a typical stamp...

- SMS - SMS stands for Short Message Service and is a standard used on mobile phones that allows for brief text based messages to be sent from one mobile phone to another. The basic SMS is 160 characters in...

- SMTP - SMTP is short for Simple Mail Transfer Protocol, an application protocol used to send mail from one user to another. it is the standard for email transmission used on the Internet. SMTP does not pro...

- Sony Ericsson - Sony Ericsson, the London, UK based joint venture formed in 2001 by Japan's Sony Corporation and Sweden's LM Ericsson, is a manufacturer of mobile phones and Bluetooth devices.br/br/ Also known ...

- standards body - A group of people or organizations that define technology standards. Examples include the International Telecommunications Union and the IEEE.br/br/ br/br/ ...

- Standby time - The length of time a battery can power a mobile phone when it is switched on but not making or receiving calls...

- Stylus - A penlike device for navigation and data input. Most handhelds have a slot for storing a stylus. ...

- subscriber - Subscriber is the term used to refer to a person that has an account with a mobile network carrier. They are called such because they subscribe to the carrier's mobile phone services.br/br/ b...

- Symbian - Symbian Ltd is the software firm that develops and licenses the Symbian OS. Originally spun off from Psion, a maker of PDA devices, the company now focuses on its operating system products. The comp...

- Symbian OS - The Symbian OS is the operating system developed and sold by Symbian Ltd. The OS is used primarily by Nokia with its S60 user interface and by Sony Ericsson with its UIQ user interface, but the Symbi...


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