Telephone (disambiguation)

A Telephone, also called a 'phone', is a telecommunication device which is used to transmit and receive sound simultaneously. Telephone or phone may also refer to:

Telecommunications:

• Camera phone, a mobile phone that is also able to capture either still photographs or video
• Cordless telephone, a telephone with a wireless handset that communicates via radio waves to its base station
• Mobile phone, (a.k.a. a 'cell', 'cellphone' or 'mobile') is a wireless telecommunications device used for phone and data calls over a cellular network
• Radiotelephone, (a.k.a. a 'radiophone') a telephone that allows two or more people to talk via radio, often referring to an older radio telephone system that predated modern mobile (cellular) phones
• Softphone, a software program for making telephone calls over the Internet using computers
• Telephone (application), a softphone telecommunication app for Mac OS X, by Alexei Kuznetsov
• Tin can telephone, a type of voice-transmitting device usually made from two tin cans and string or wire
• Videophone, telephones with video displays, which enable their users to see each other as well in real time

Social and cultural:

• Chinese whispers (a.k.a. Telephone, Broken Telephone, Le téléphone arabe, Wisper Down The Lane, or the Telephone Game), a children's game often played at parties or at a playground

In music, film and the arts:

• Téléphone, a French rock band formed in 1976
• Telephone (song), a 2009 song by Lady Gaga and Beyoncé
• Telefone (Long Distance Love Affair), a 1983 song by Sheena Easton
• Telephone, a 1984 song by Diana Ross
• The Telephone Album, a 1998 album by the band Lotion
• Telefon (film), a 1977 spy film directed by Don Siegel
• Telephonic Conversation, an 1880 short story by Mark Twain

Similar:

• Speaking tube, a non-electrical communication device using two cones connected by an air pipe. Users alternately speak to and then listen to the other person they're talking with.