emergencies and numbers and phones :D

[GravityMX]

Yay!  

Google is your our friend  

[Drunken Chinchilla]

Their called "Mobile Phones" here in Australia  

Here too!

I'm a proper mobile geek although I still don't have a 3G phone yet with video calling and all that I'll give it a few more months untill they release a contract that's less than £30/month...

[Yonkey]

They're called "Cell Phones" by the majority of people here, but I've heard them being called "Mobile Phones" in commercials and by sales people before.

[copycat]

They're called "Cell Phones" by the majority of people here, but I've heard them being called "Mobile Phones" in commercials and by sales people before.

Mobile phones, in my book, are phones that aren't fixed, therefor also fixed phones with a wireless mic/speaker. To me it doesn't matter it's got a limited range, it's very mobile within that range. In essence, that kind of phone just has one cell, whereas the cell phone has many more.

[GravityMX]

Their called "Mobile Phones" here in Australia  

I still don't have a 3G phone yet with video calling and all that I'll give it a few more months untill they release a contract that's less than £30/month...

You can get them as prepaid over here. GRPS too, and can still access when u have no credit.  

[copycat]

You can get them as prepaid over here. GRPS too, and can still access when u have no credit.  

Access to what without credit?

[GravityMX]

GPRS, as in the internet, for your phone  . Also known as Wap (Wireless Application Protocol)  

[copycat]

GPRS, as in the internet, for your phone  . Also known as Wap (Wireless Application Protocol)  

AFAIK, Wap is not necessarily GPRS, the 2nd generation phones also have Wap.
I was wondering what you could access with GPRS without any credit.

[GravityMX]

AFAIK, Wap is not necessarily GPRS, the 2nd generation phones also have Wap.

I always thought Wap was slow internet (dialup) while GPRS was fast (broadband) internet for phones....

I was wondering what you could access with GPRS without any credit.

My friend says you can access everything, and download everything    

[copycat]

I always thought Wap was slow internet (dialup) while GPRS was fast (broadband) internet for phones....

Wap is carrier independant:
first you had CSD (Circuit Switched date': 9.6 kbps
Then you've got GPRS (General Packet Radio Service): 177.2 kbps theoretical, 35 kbps actual.
And the next generation is UMTS (Universal Mobile Telephony System): up to 2 Mbps.
WAP itself remains, but the version changes to accomodate for the new carrier-speeds.
 

[Oldbushie]

*WAPs his phone*

[copycat]

*WAPs his phone*

* copycat wonders how to use his WAP-pable phone.

[Raforever]

*wonders how to get enough money to use WAP*  

[copycat]

*wonders how much WAPping will affect his 'charged' PIN-card*