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What is Cell phone

Chapter 65
Encyclopedia of Mobile Phone Behavior
A portable phone that can make and receive telephone calls while moving.
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Healthcare Applications for Smartphones
Abu Saleh Mohammad Mosa (University of Missouri, USA), Illhoi Yoo (University of Missouri, USA), and Lincoln Sheets (University of Missouri, USA)
Copyright: © 2015 |Pages: 15
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-4666-8239-9.ch065
Abstract
Smartphones provide both advanced mobile communications and portable computing in a single handheld device. The number of smartphone users is growing rapidly, including among healthcare professionals. Many medical applications for smartphones have been developed and are widely used by health professionals and patients. The use of smartphones is getting more attention in healthcare day by day. Medical applications make smartphones useful tools in the practice of evidence-based medicine at the point of care, in addition to their use in mobile clinical communication. Also, smartphones can play a very important role in patient education, disease self-management, and remote monitoring of patients. In this article, the authors present healthcare applications for smartphones in three user groups: healthcare professionals, medical or nursing students, and patients.
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Chapter 10
Intervention of Smartphone Addiction
Cellular phone; a portable cordless phone.
Published in Chapter: Intervention of Smartphone Addiction; From: Multifaceted Approach to Digital Addiction and Its Treatment
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Chapter 43
Mobile Phone Use and Children's Literacy Learning
Communication and computing device.
Published in Chapter: Mobile Phone Use and Children's Literacy Learning; From: Encyclopedia of Mobile Phone Behavior
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Chapter 52
Long-Term Mobile Phone Use Leads to Brain Tumors
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Chapter 36
Digital Communication in Indigenous Languages
A small handheld telephone operated through a cellular radio network. Also known as cellular phone, mobile phone, and in Nigerian usage, ‘handset’.
Published in Chapter: Digital Communication in Indigenous Languages; From: Handbook of Research on Discourse Behavior and Digital Communication: Language Structures and Social Interaction
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Chapter 548
Technological Innovation and Use in the Early Days of Camera Phone Photo Messaging
A popular term used in many countries for mobile phones, arising out of the longer-term ‘cellular phone,’ indicating the devices’ uses of cellular radio systems for voice communication.
Published in Chapter: Technological Innovation and Use in the Early Days of Camera Phone Photo Messaging; From: Encyclopedia of Information Science and Technology, Fourth Edition
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Chapter 94
A Critical-Cultural Look at the Early Days of Camera Phone Use and MMS Picture Messaging
A popular term used in many countries for mobile phones, arising out of the longer-term ‘cellular phone,’ indicating the devices’ uses of cellular radio systems for voice communication.
Published in Chapter: A Critical-Cultural Look at the Early Days of Camera Phone Use and MMS Picture Messaging; From: Encyclopedia of Mobile Phone Behavior
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