| A cell phone or mobile phone is a portable, long-range, | | | | single-mode phones. This is especially important if you |
| electronic gadget used for transportable | | | | need to use your cell phone in rural areas and not just |
| communication. Apart from the standardized voice | | | | the main city. |
| function of a cell phone, the mobile phones that we | | | | Design: there are lots of styles to chose from, like |
| have in market today support many additional features | | | | flip-open or non-flips, clamshell-style phones; candy |
| like SMS or short messaging service for sending and | | | | bar-design phones or slider style, or swivel phones that |
| receiving text messages, sending or receiving email, | | | | will twist open. Flip phones look chic but tend to break |
| storing contact information, make reminders or to-do | | | | easily and are not suitable for rough handling. |
| lists, using the inbuilt calculator for performing simple | | | | Size and weight: the most important feature of a cell |
| arithmetic calculations, get all kinds of information about | | | | phone is its portability. Today all the leading cell |
| entertainment, sports, news or stock quotes through | | | | companies are in competition to make the lightest and |
| packet switching through the Internet, playing games, | | | | the slimmest phone. You can choose one according to |
| watching TV, sending or receiving MMS for | | | | your budget. |
| photographs and videos and incorporate other devices | | | | Battery life: choose a cell phone that gives you |
| like camera, MP3 player, GPS receiver etc. | | | | maximum battery life with a minimum of four hours talk |
| You can not do without it or loathe it but you just can | | | | time and 2 to 6 days on standby. Keep in mind that |
| ignore the humble cell phone that has made its way to | | | | battery usage will depend upon your phone usage and |
| almost every person`s pockets. With the increase in | | | | the network signal. Do not forget accessories like car |
| use of cell phones the question about its health and | | | | battery charger and adapter. |
| environmental hazards has also risen. There has been | | | | Screen: you should go for a PDA phone if you are |
| a lot of debate regarding the issue whether cell | | | | planning to send lists of messages or frequently go |
| phones are indeed responsible for cancer or any other | | | | online. |
| type of health risk. There are some researches that | | | | With the increase in number of cell phones in one |
| firmly say that using cell phones can indeed cause | | | | person`s hands itself; cell phone etiquette has become |
| brain damage. Linking the cell phone with causes of | | | | an equally important issue. You can find the irritating |
| cancer has also been a favorite topic of argument. | | | | noise of cell phone ringers in the most inappropriate |
| Though it remains a controversial topic till date but the | | | | places like funerals, cinema halls and concerts, hospitals |
| fact is that there is no solid research that can prove | | | | and plays. Some people have the irritating habit of |
| that cell phone usage has any link to cancer. The only | | | | speaking in public with an unusually loud voice at all |
| exception is the case of driving and talking | | | | places which has led to many places like libraries, book |
| simultaneously that can indeed caused lots of | | | | shops, theaters, houses of worship and doctors` |
| accidents. | | | | chambers to prohibit cell phone use. You should learn |
| Today you are spoilt for choices when it comes to | | | | the basics of cell phone etiquettes and then attempt to |
| buying a cell phone. You have all kinds of phones like | | | | use it in public. |
| camera phones, video phones, FM phones and what | | | | This article is under GNU FDL license and can be |
| not. In case you are floored by the various options | | | | distributed without any previous authorization from the |
| then here are some guidelines that you must consider | | | | author. However the author's name and all the URLs |
| before buying a handset. | | | | (links) mentioned in the article and biography must be |
| Wireless mode: it is preferable to use dual-mode | | | | kept. |
| phones that support both analog and digital than | | | | |