Sony Ericsson T290c, T290i manual Micro browser

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Micro browser

Accesses and displays Internet content in a mobile phone, using small file sizes and the bandwidth of the wireless-handheld network.

MMI

Man-Machine Interface.

SIM card

Subscriber Identity Module card – a card that must be inserted in any GSM-based mobile phone. It contains subscriber details, security information and memory for a personal directory of numbers. The card can be a small plug-in type or credit card- sized, but both types have the same functions. The T290i/T290c uses the small plug-in card.

MS

Mobile Station.

MT

Mobile Termination.

OTA

Over-the Air Configuration. To provide settings for the phone by way of sending an SMS message over the network to the phone. This reduces the need for the user to configure the phone manually.

PDA

Personal Digital Assistant.

PDP

Packet Data Protocol.

Phonebook

A memory in the mobile phone or SIM card where phone numbers can be stored and accessed by name or position.

PIM

Personal Information Management.

SMS-C

Service Center (for SMS).

Service provider

A company that provides services and subscrip- tions to mobile phone users.

SI

Service Indication.

SL

Service Loading.

SMS

Short Messaging Service. Allows messages of up to 160 characters to be sent and received via the network operator's message center to a mobile phone.

SS

Supplementary Services.

TCP/IP

Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol.

TTY

Text Telephony

UMTS

Universal Mobile Telecommunications System. The telecommunications system, incorporating mobile cellular and other functionality, that is the subject of standards produced by 3GPP.

URL

Uniform Resource Locator.

USSD

Unstructured Supplementary Services Data.

VAS

Value Added Service.

vCard

vCard automates the exchange of personal infor- mation typically found on a traditional business card, for use in applications such as Internet mail, voice mail, Web browsers, telephony applications, call centers, video conferences, PIMs /PDAs, pag- ers, fax, office equipment, and smart cards. vCard is specified by IETF.

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