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JARGON BUSTER
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MP3
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MP3 Allows you to listen to CD quality tracks on your phone, or set your favourite song as your ring-tone.
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WAP – Wireless application protocol
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WAP is a standard for applications that use wireless communication or , more simply, it’s the wireless internet for mobiles. It allows you to browse the mobile internet and download content such as wallpapers and tones. The world’s mobile internet sites are known as WAP-sites.
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GPRS – General packet radio service
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GPRS refers to a technology that allows for internet data to be transmitted and received in packets. With GPRS you can be connected to the internet at all times – but you only pay for the data sent.
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EDGE – Enhance data rates for global evolution
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EDGE is an enhancement of GPRS that allows you to download data packets at even higher speeds. In places where an EDGE network is not available, GPRS will automatically be used instead.
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Java
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Java is a programming language that enables you to load mobile games and other interesting applications onto your mobile.
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Tri-band/ Quad-band
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Different countries use different cellular frequency bands. So the more frequency bands you have, the more options you have when using your mobile abroad.
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SMS – Short message service
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SMS allows you to send and receive text messages up to 160 characters.
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MMS – Multimedia message service
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MMS allows you to communicate with graphics, video clips, sound files and long text.
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