Did you know?

- That up to 60% of the

radiation emitted by a
typical cell phone,
(enough to cause
heating), will be
absorbed by the users
head?

1.What are your

associations when you
hear the word cell
phone? Fill in the
word web with your
ideas:

ringto
ne

text
messages

- The first text message

was sent in 1992.
- Text messages
contribute to 20% of
operator revenues.
-Americans spend, on
average, about seven
hours a month talking
on their cell phones.
-There are 3.3 billion
active mobiles in
circulation, or one
mobile phone for every
two human beings on
the planet. Over 47m
British adults have a
mobile phone, about
70% of the population.
In America, only 40%
have one.
-According to a recent
study, people who talk
on cell phones while
driving are as impaired
as drunk drivers, even
when they use handsfree devices.
-The first practical cell
phone in a non-vehicle
setting, and which could
be handheld, was
invented by Martin
Cooper, the General
Manager of Motorola,
who made the world`s
first handheld cell phone
call on April 3, 1973.

Mobile phones:

Mobile Phone Glossary of Terms

Mobile Phone Glossary of Terms

2.Match these mobile phone terms with their definitions:

2.Match these mobile phone terms with their definitions:

1.airtime
2.bluetooth
1.airtime
2.bluetooth
5.GPS
6.GPRS
5.GPS
6.GPRS

3.coverage
3.coverage

4.EMS
4.EMS

7. GSM
8.one touch dialing
9.phone
7. GSM
8.one touch dialing
9.phone
book
10.roaming
11. SIM
book
10.roaming
11. SIM
CARD
12.SMS
13.voicemail
14. WAP
15.
a)A wireless
that enables
devices to exchange14.
information.
CARD connection
12.SMS
13.voicemail
WAP
15.
WMFb) Enhanced Messaging Service. Allows simple graphics and tunes to be
WMFin addition to SMS text messages.
exchanged
c) General Packet Radio Service. Allows continuous connection to
data networks at a high rate.
d) The list of names and telephone numbers you've
stored in your phone internal memory or on its SIM card.
e) Global System for
Mobile Communication. A communication standard in three frequency bands, 900MHz,
1800MHz and 1900MHz.
f)
Dial frequently called numbers by hitting just one key that you've programmed for that
number.
g)The time spent talking on a cellular or mobile telephone. The total
airtime usage is both the outgoing and incoming calls you receive.
h)Denotes the area in which a mobile phone can make and receive calls.
i )Global Positioning System. A worldwide radio-navigation system
formed from a constellation of satellites, which enables users with suitable equipment to
identify their geographic location.
j) Subscriber Identity Module. A small card fitted inside a
3.Read
mobile phone. It has a processor and memory for storage of users identity
(PIN), user
3.Read
added information and text messages.
this article
this outside
articleof your
k) The ability to use a cellular phone
and think
and think
cellular or PCS company's service area.
of an e.g. if you
l)The ability to take messages from
ofcallers
an
appropriat
are unavailable or the phone is switched off.
appropriat
m) Short Message Service.
Two way text
e headline
e headline n)
messaging service.
for each
each
Wireless Message Format Sends data through wireless means to for
mobile
computers.
paragraph.
o)
Wireless
Application
Protocol.
An
paragraph.
general information.
Fill
in
the
application communication protocol that compatible mobile phones
can
use
to
access
Fill in the
services and information.
gaps with

gaps with
your ideas.

1.

4.Read this
4.Read this
article and
article and
do some
do some
afterafterreading
reading
activities
activities
on page 3.
on page 3.

The mobile phone, also known as cellular phone, has become one of the most successful inventions
in the 20th century. In the late 90s, mobile phones became one of the major communication devices.
The first commercial mobile phone system started in 1979 in Japan. In about 20 years' time, this
technology conquered the global and became a demand for the majority of people in the world. It
provided communication for people no matter anywhere and anytime.

2.
Besides the standard voice function of a telephone, latest mobile phones have features such as
SMS for text messages, MMS for multimedia messages, radio, games, internet connectivity for
email, browsing, blogging, music (MP3) playback, memo recording, built-in cameras and
camcorders, ringtones, personal organizers, Push-to-Talk (PTT), Bluetooth and infrared connectivity,
call registers, streaming video, downloading video, video call, and also serve as wireless modems
for PCs that can be connected to the Internet.

3.
Mobile phones came into existence because of the invention of hexagonal cells in 1947, for the base
stations by Bell Labs engineers at AT&T. This was further developed during the 1960s by Bell Labs.
During a call, the channel frequency could not be changed automatically from one cell (base station
coverage area) to another cell (base station coverage area) as the person traveled from the area of
one cell to the area of another cell. Amos Joel of Bell Labs invented a breakthrough invention and
called it as the `call handoff` by which the channel frequency could be changed automatically from
one cell to another cell, during the same call, as the mobile user traveled from one cell to another
cell. Due to their heavy construction, these phones were used mainly in automobiles. The first
practical mobile phone in a non-vehicle setting, and which could be handheld, was invented by
Martin Cooper, the General Manager (Communications Division) of Motorola, who made the world`s
first handheld mobile phone call on April 3, 1973.

4.
The wireless telephone technologies are grouped under heads known as generations, starting from
zero generation or 0G. The current generation going on is 4G; however, there are old mobile phones
that still operate on 1G, 2G, and 3G technologies.

5.

Mobile phones were meant to be a device which enables users to have the ease on
telecommunication freely wherever they want. But in the late 90s, SMS (Short Message Service), a
new technology was brought out. SMS is a transmission of short text message from mobile phones
to mobile phones. This became a revolution making mobile phones to develop into a device that not
only allows simple voice to voice telecommunication.

6.

Since mobile phone was developed and used by a large population of people, it changed the lifestyle
of many people. On positive views, mobile phone provided a fast and immediate communication for
people, which built up a much closer relationship within each another. Though, the negative views of
mobile phone became a popular discussion now. Symptoms such as radiation which causes cancer
from the mobile phones and mobile phone addiction are now argued to be the disadvantages of the
technology. The danger brought by using mobile phones such as the unsafe of using mobile phone
during driving or radiation of mobile phone causing danger to certain places such as the gas station
are also problems for mobile phone users.

After-reading activities
After-reading activities

5.What do these figures

from the article refer to?
Make true sentences
using them:

4.What features do modern

mobile phones have?
Complete this table with them
and give your own definition
for each feature:

90
1979
1947
1973
1,2,3

20

Latest mobile phone features:

built-in cameras

6.There are 10 mobile phone

related words from the
article in this wordsearch.
Can you find them?

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relesslpbyqvzhyvqluyiyfiradiojlzly
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7.Are these
statements true or
false?
1.The first commercial mobile phone
system started in 1979 in the USA.
2. Mobile phones came into existence
because of the invention of hexagonal
cells in 1947
3. Due to their heavy construction,
first phones were used mainly in
automobiles.
4. SMS (Short Message Service), a new
technology was brought out in the
middle of the 20th century.
5. The wireless telephone technologies
are grouped under heads known as
generations, starting from zero
generation or 0G.
6. The first practical mobile phone in a
non-vehicle setting, and which could
be handheld, was invented by Amos
Joel.

Can you imagine a time before cell phones? Before texting your
friends all the latest news or sending pictures of your cat? Well, just
because you use cell phones every day doesn't mean you know
everything about them...or does it? Take this quiz and find out how
much you know about cell phones.

1.When was the first call on a

handheld mobile phone made?
a)1820

b)April 1973

7. There is a Guinness World Record

for text messaging.

c)1981

a)True b) False

2.In Japan, cell phones can be used as 8. In New Zealand, students are
credit and/or debit cards...true or
allowed to use text messaging
false?
abbreviations on their end-of-theyear exam papers.
a)true b)false
a)True b)False
3. Those Japanese have all the luck!
What other features do Japanese
9. What CAN'T Apple's brand new
Smartphones have?
iPhone DO?
a)Manga on your phone
b)Mobile movie ticket
c)Fingerprint and face recognition
d)All of the above

a)Take pictures and videos

b)Browse the internet
c)Play the latest episode of One Tree Hill
d)Walk your dog and feed your cat

4. What did the first text message

say?

10. South Korea's SK Telecom has

developed an unusual add-on for its
mobile phones. What does it do?

a)Cul8tr alligator
b)We're over
c)Merry Christmas
d)I love you
5. In Malaysia, a man may divorce his
wife through text message.
a)True

b) False

6. In April 2005, an Australian

museum staged a race to transmit a
message. Who won?

a)Detects how many single people are in a

50 yard radius
b)Alerts you if your clothes don't match
c)Gauges the density of fish in close
waters
Cleans up old pedicures automatically
From http://quizzes.gurl.com/cgibin/gurl/tests/cell_phone_trivia_quiz.cgi

a)The 13-year-old using a mobile phone

and text messaging
b)The 93-year-old using Morse Code

Answer keys

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6-c

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