How Mobile Phones Work

Introduction to How Mobile Phones Work :

Millions of people in the United States and around the world use Mobile phones. They are such great gadgets -- with a Mobile phone, you can talk to anyone on the planet from just about anywhere!

These days, Mobile phones provide an incredible array of functions, and new ones are being added at a breakneck pace. Depending on the Mobile-phone model, you can:

* Store contact information
* Make task or to-do lists
* Keep track of appointments and set reminders
* Use the built-in calculator for simple math
* Send or receive e-mail
* Get information (news, entertainment, stock quotes) from the Internet
* Play games
* Watch TV
* Send text messages
* Integrate other devices such as PDAs, MP3 players and GPS receivers

But have you ever wondered how a Mobile phone works? What makes it different from a regular phone? What do all those terms like PCS, GSM, CDMA and TDMA mean? In this article, we will discuss the technology behind Mobile phones so that you can see how amazing they really are. If you are thinking about buying a Mobile phone, be sure to check out How Buying a Mobile Phone Works to learn what you should know before making a purchase.

To start with, one of the most interesting things about a Mobile phone is that it is actually a radio an extremely sophisticated radio, but a radio nonetheless. The telephone was invented by Alexander Graham Bell in 1876, and wireless communication can trace its roots to the invention of the radio by Nikolai Tesla in the 1880s (formally presented in 1894 by a young Italian named Guglielmo Marconi). It was only natural that these two great technologies would eventually be combined.