A vibrating alert is a feature of communications devices to notify the user of an incoming connection. It is particularly common on mobile phones A mobile phone is an electronic device used for full duplex two-way radio telecommunications over a cellular network of base stations known as cell sites. Mobile phones differ from cordless telephones, which only offer telephone service within limited range through a single base station attached to a fixed land line, for example within a home or and pagers A pager is a simple personal telecommunications device for short messages. A one-way numeric pager can only receive a message consisting of a few digits, typically a phone number that the user is then expected to call. Alphanumeric pagers are available, as well as two-way pagers that have the ability to send and receive email, numeric pages, and and usually supplements the ring tone A ringtone or ring tone is the sound made by a telephone to indicate an incoming call or text message. Not literally a tone, the term is most often used today to refer to customizable sounds used on mobile phones.
Vibrating alerts are primarily used when a user cannot hear the ring tone (a noisy environment or through hearing loss Hearing impairment or deafness refers to conditions in which individuals are fully or partially unable to detect or perceive at least some frequencies of sound which can typically be heard by members of their species. Use of the term impaired implies that deafness presents an inherent disadvantage to an animal, a view that is rejected within the) or wants a more discreet notification. However when the device is placed on a hard surface it can often be as loud or louder than a ringtone.
Most 21st century mobile phones A mobile phone is an electronic device used for full duplex two-way radio telecommunications over a cellular network of base stations known as cell sites. Mobile phones differ from cordless telephones, which only offer telephone service within limited range through a single base station attached to a fixed land line, for example within a home or are fitted with a vibrating alert, one of the exceptions being the Nokia 9500: due to the large size of this phone a larger motor would be required to make the phone vibrate. The phone itself would absorb too much of the vibration and therefore the motor required to make it vibrate was too big and could damage the phone.
Vibrating alert motorThe vibrating alert is produced by a small electric motor connected to an eccentric In mechanical engineering, an eccentric is a circular disk solidly fixed to a rotating axle with its centre offset from that of the axle (hence the word "eccentric", out of the centre) (unbalanced) weight.
Influence of modern culture
The song Vibrate, on the 2003 Want One Want One is the third studio album by the Canadian-American singer-songwriter Rufus Wainwright, released through DreamWorks Records on September 23, 2003. The album was produced by Marius de Vries and mixed by Andy Bradfield, with Lenny Waronker as the executive in charge of production. Want One spawned two singles: "I Don't Know What It Is& album by Rufus Wainwright Rufus McGarrigle Wainwright is a Canadian-American singer-songwriter. He has recorded six albums of original music, EPs, and tracks on compilations and film soundtracks, is centred around vibrating alerts, including the repeated line "My phone's on vibrate for you".
See also
- Phantom mobile device vibration
- Vibrator (mechanical)
Categories: Mobile phones This category is for articles about end user devices that are phones and articles about common phone features only. Generic mobile telecommunications features should be put in the appropriate subcategory of Category:Mobile telecommunications | Mechanical vibrations Categories: Dynamics | Mechanics | Structural engineering
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