call a mobile phone a "cell" phone?
2006-11-26 05:43:41 · 23 answers · asked by captain jack 4 in Society & Culture ➔ Cultures & Groups ➔ Other - Cultures & Groups
i think its called a "mobile" coz we can move around with it, what has "cell" got to do with it!!!!
2006-11-26 05:51:52 · update #1
ok,ok i get the picture!!!!
2006-11-26 05:53:07 · update #2
Cell phone is short for CELLULAR PHONE
2006-11-26 05:46:00 · answer #1 · answered by Laila 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Because the phones call are handled by radio towers whose coverage area in known by the industry as a cell. As the user moves about the handline of the call is passed from cell to cell. Therefore cellular or "cell phone"
2006-11-26 05:49:14 · answer #2 · answered by hernandoguy 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
"Cell" refers to the full word "cellular". A mobile phone works in areas within a certain distance of a signal tower. These areas are referred to in the US as "cells". The "cell" phone works when you are within a cell area.
I guess we just liked the name and it caught on.
2006-11-26 05:47:07 · answer #3 · answered by stevejensen 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Because the cell towers are called cell towers, and the mobile phones interact with these towers, so it's safe to say it could be called either one technically.
2006-11-26 05:47:17 · answer #4 · answered by RoboTron5.0 3 · 2⤊ 1⤋
cell is short for cellular. why do europeans call a cellular phone a mobile phone?
2006-11-26 05:46:24 · answer #5 · answered by Spyder 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Because it is short for cellular which is what a mobile phone is.
2006-11-26 05:46:21 · answer #6 · answered by kcdude 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
because another name for it is a cellular device. So we call it a CELL phone. speaking in abreviations
2006-11-26 05:46:07 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Cell is small so I'm guessing they're trying to say small phone.
2006-11-26 06:30:24 · answer #8 · answered by Dinasor76 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Americans change everything to make themselves feel independent. Football= A sport where you can't use your feet. And the way the school system set up. Man every other country is ahead academically. They think they are smarter but are not. I'm American but I've traveled and man if America could see all the things they do wrong they would shut up.
2006-11-26 05:48:47 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 3⤋
It's shortened from Cellular.
2006-11-26 05:48:37 · answer #10 · answered by FaerieWhings 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋