| What is a cell phone? I am sure most all of us | | | | comes down to which features you are looking |
| have been exposed to a cell phone by now. In | | | | for that determines which cell phone you |
| fact, it is safe to bet that most of us own one or | | | | purchase. |
| more cell phones already. After all, there are | | | | Sprint, T-Mobile, Verizon, Cingular, US Cellular, |
| around 1.7 billion cell phone subscribers around the | | | | Cellular One and many other companies offer cell |
| globe today. So getting back to the question; a | | | | phone service in the United States. Cell phone |
| cell phone is basically a telephone that connects to | | | | service plans typically have a certain number of |
| a telephone network wirelessly using radio | | | | anytime minutes, unlimited nights and weekends, |
| transmission technology. As Wikipedia points out, | | | | unlimited long distance, call waiting, caller ID, and |
| the cell phone communicates via a network of | | | | several other features. These additional features |
| base stations which are in turn linked to the | | | | may include text messaging capability, internet |
| conventional telephone network. | | | | browsing, walkie-talkie capability, paging and |
| There are several different features to consider | | | | conference calling. |
| when buying a cell phone. You will want to | | | | Ringtones are currently a feature of cell phones |
| consider weight, size, color, battery life, dual-mode | | | | that very popular. People customize the ring on |
| capability (analog and digital), camera capability, | | | | their cell phone with a song, tune, melody, etc. |
| video capability, color of display, walkie talkie | | | | Ringtones can be free or they may cost up to $5 |
| capability, etc. There are also several different | | | | each. There are several websites where you can |
| types of cell phones. There are flip phones, | | | | find ringtones for your phone. I will post a more |
| single-piece phones, PDA phones, Blackberry | | | | informative article in the near future regarding |
| phones, and others. You have plenty of features | | | | ringtones. In the meantime you can find more |
| to choose from, so your cell phone selection may | | | | information by typing "ringtone" into Google and |
| take a little time. | | | | running a search. |
| Cell phones are manufactured by many | | | | For more information on cell phones and the |
| companies around the world. You can find cell | | | | companies that provide cell phone service simply |
| phones made by Nokia, Sanyo, Samsung, LG, | | | | run a search for "cell phone" on Google and you |
| palmOne, and BlackBerry. All of these | | | | will get plenty of addtional information. |
| manufacturers make a nice cell phone, so it really | | | | |