A mobile phone is a small portable radio telephone. You can carry it anywhere. It is also referred to as a wireless phone or cell phone or cellular phone. It does not use any wires to communicate over long distances. It normally communicates with nearby base station called cell which further connects your mobile to the main telephone network. Today these phones have gone so cheap that they have almost taken over payphones and phone booths.

The mobile phone has combined telephone and radio technologies into one. It uses wireless communication in order to send electromagnetic waves from one base station to another. Earlier it used analog networks while the modern phones now a days uses digital networks. Digital network is also called second generation technology (2G). Mostly used digital network is GSM but CDMA is also gaining popularity. GSM stands for Global System for Mobile communication and CDMA stands for Code-Division Multiple Access.

Mobile phones allow you to be anywhere. You can move around while calling. In today’s fast changing world they have became very much popular especially with business people. Since usage is more therefore prices are dropping drastically. Smart phone is a phone which offers advanced capabilities. It will give you a PC-like functionality.

Using mobile phones you not only can make voice calls but also use it for other things. You can send and receive emails, write text messages (popularly known as SMS) and multimedia messages (MMS). You can also register all your contacts using phone book. You can also use various functions like calculator, currency converter, alarm, etc. functions. It can also be used as digital camera to take photos and videos of your loved ones. Using your mobile you can also play games. Internet can also be accessed using your mobile device.