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Super Phones

Not long ago it became known that cell phone manufacturers were experimenting with several different designs for the handheld devices that would be linked to the advanced wireless networks of the future. If these machines really are to become digital compan­ions, they will have to be versatile, adaptable and fashionable (мод­ный). Companies such as Nokia, Ericsson and Motorola are working on the third-generation «super phone» that will look quite different from existing cell phones. In fact, calling them phones seems absurd (неразумный). They will have built-in colour screens several inches square for presentation of high resolution graphics and video. Some may have a keyboard and a miniature mouse for data input, but most of them will use touch-sensitive (сенсорный) screens and styluses (перо, пишущий узел) like those employed now by the handheld computers.

In addition to carrying voice communication, the super phone will also be able to play music files that are circulating on the Web in the most popular MP3 format (or in whatever format may re­place it).

Exercise 1. Find the words cell, network, area, set in the text and choose right meaning.

A cellular phone (cellphone) is a lightweight, portable radio transceiver, which can transmit and receive telephone calls any­where in cellular network area. It is a mobile telephone, which communicates through base stations situated in areas called cells. Cell is a subdivision of communication area in a cellphone net­work. In the network, the same frequencies can be used for many different telephone calls at the same time. Each cell has its own small electronic base station and set of transmission frequencies. The sizes of the cell vary between 1 km to about 30 km across, de­pending on the output power of the cellphone transmitter.

1. cell

a)a small room for one person

b)apparatus for producing electricity by chemical action

c)a compartment in a larger structure (e.g., in a honeycomb)

2. network

a)a system of lines that cross

b)a complex system of interconnected radio and TV devices

c)a connected system

3. area

a)a zone, region, district

b)surface measure

c)range of activity

4. set

a)a number of smth. of the same kind

b)radio, TV, phone apparatus

c)direction

Exercise 2. Translate the italicized words and remember them.

1. In the past «Engineer» meant a designer of engines? 2. The word «a means» means «средство». 3. The meaning of «telemetry» is «measuring at a distance» and is a combination of Greek and Latin words. 4. By means of satellites we can communicate with any country of the world. 5. There were no means of direct commu­nication before the telephone was invented. 6. By communication we mean various ways to send information. 7. Scientists reported that we had technical means to use more channels on a TV set. 8. The importance of space means of communication is increasing every year. 9. By what means is speech transmitted over a distance? 10. By means of telephone people communicate with each other at great distances. 11. The mean distance between these two objects is not known yet.

  • Speak about: ‘The next generation of mobile phones.’

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