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MBU - Streamlined Billing (Wireless Plan Feature)
Streamlined Billing

Memory locations (Wireless Phone Feature)
Each model has a specified allotment of numbers or two-digit sequences that can be used for speed-dialing.

Memory scrolling (Wireless Phone Feature)
Allows the phone user to view the numbers in memory, displayed alphabetically.

Message Waiting Indicator (Wireless Plan Feature)
If you have new messages waiting in your Voice Mail, Message Waiting Indicator gives you a stutter tone when you turn your phone on.

Midrange Type (Product Attribute)
A loudspeaker specifically designed to reproduce the frequencies in the middle of the audible bandwidth. Usually between three and eight inches in diameter. Commonly referred to as the low frequency driver in a set of separates.

Mobile to Mobile Minutes (Wireless Plan Feature)
Call Friends and Family that have the same carrier without using your included plan minutes.

Mobile Web (Included Feature) (Wireless Plan Feature)
Get the latest news, sports, and weather. Play fantasy football. Bid with eBay®. Enjoy Mobile Banking for Bank of America Online Banking customers, and more.

Mobile Web is included in all Nationwide Calling Plans. Megabyte charges apply on Basic and Select Plans. Unless you subscribe to a Data Package, Connect or Premium Calling Plans, megabytes sent or received using Mobile Web (including advertising) will be aggregated each month, rounded up to the next megabyte, and billed at $1.99/MB.†

†Rates are rounded to the nearest whole megabyte. One megabyte is equal to 1024 kilobytes. Applicationcharges apply in addition to charges for data sent/received.

Modem function (Wireless Phone Feature)
The phone can be used with a personal computer to send or receive data through functionality built into the phone. Requires a compatible data cable or infrared connection, with data service from a provider. May also require a cellular-compatible PCMCIA card (PC Card) accessory for use with laptop computers.

Mounting Depth (inches) (Product Attribute)
Mounting Depth determines the size necessary to have the product flush with any dash, and or mounting medium. You will want to make sure that you have enough mounting depth available for the product you are looking in to, or else custom installation may be required.

Multiband (Wireless Phone Feature)
A wireless phone that can roam internationally. In addition to working on North American networks, the phone employs GSM, CDMA or other Euro-Asian technology. Sometimes called world phone (not to be confused with satellite phones).

Multifunction call timers (Wireless Phone Feature)
Phones that provide several methods of tracking airtime use, including resettable (length of each call), individual (stores in memory amount of airtime incurred by each user), audible (alert sounds on minute increments), cumulative (tracks total airtime in a billing cycle) and data timer (time spent accessing the wireless Internet).

Multiline/large LCD display (Wireless Phone Feature)
Cell phones with a larger display and more text lines present more information to the user at a time.

Multiparty calling (Wireless Phone Feature)
Several parties can be brought into the conversation. With some service plans, the others disconnect as well when you hang up. Also known as conference calling.

Mute control (Wireless Phone Feature)
You can temporarily mute a call and carry on another conversation.


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