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SMS
– (Short Message Services) The variety of messaging
services available on the Samsung PCS Phone, including
voicemail, numeric paging and text messaging.
Standby Time
- The amount of time a fully charged wireless
portable or transportable phone can be on and idle
without being in use. (See Talk Time.)
Talk Time
- The length of time a person can talk on a portable
or transportable wireless phone without recharging the
battery.
Vocoder
- Voice Coder. A device used to convert speech into
digital signals.
Voice Mail
- A computerized answering service that answers a
call, plays a greeting and records a message. Depending on
the sophistication of the service, it can notify the
subscriber, via a pager, of an incoming call or message.
(Also called voice messaging.)
Wireless
- Radio-based systems that allow transmission of
telephone or data signals through the air without a
physical connection, such as a metal wire (copper) or fiber
optic cable.