PAGER LIKE VOICE MAIL WORN ON YOUR BELT.Byline: Yusuf Davis Cox News Service In the world of wireless communications wireless communications System using radio-frequency, infrared, microwave, or other types of electromagnetic or acoustic waves in place of wires, cables, or fibre optics to transmit signals or data. , first there were numeric numeric see numerical. numeric cluster see ten-key pad. pagers, then alphanumeric alphanumeric (ăl'fən  mĕr`ĭk) or alphameric (ăl'fəmĕr`ĭk), the set of letters and numbers. pagers. Then came Tenor tenor, highest natural male voice. In medieval polyphony, tenor was the name given to the voice that had the cantus firmus, a preexisting melody, often a fragment of plainsong, to which other voices in counterpoint were added. , a groundbreaking voice pager from Motorola. Tenor delivers page messages in the caller's own voice, complete with telephone-quality tone and inflection inflection, in grammar. In many languages, words or parts of words are arranged in formally similar sets consisting of a root, or base, and various affixes. Thus walking, walks, walker have in common the root walk and the affixes -ing, -s, and . Better than a pager, the Tenor works like a portable answering machine or portable voice mail. With functions similar to those of an answering machine, messages can be replayed, fast-forwarded, paused, locked or deleted Deleted A security that is no longer included on a specified market. Sometimes referred to as "delisted". Notes: Reasons for delisting include violating regulations, failing to meet financial specifications set out by the stock exchange and going bankrupt. . Some users even tie their home telephones to the pager, so when they're away from home, calls are forwarded to the Tenor. Using Motorola's high-speed FLEX paging technology, Tenor brings the benefits of voice communication to paging. Unless you have an elaborate priority code system, it's difficult to determine the urgency of a call, when only a number is entered into a pager. Even then, a code system only works with friends and families. With Tenor, the caller's own voice and words deliver a complete message and let you know how to respond. Pages - up to four minutes - can be listened to immediately or stored and listened to later. Because no operator is required, users have additional privacy and can be assured of receiving a complete message. Even if the pager is turned off or out of range, messages can be stored in the network's virtual memory until users retrieve them. With a 10-setting volume control, pages can be listened to in private or shared with others. Four selectable alert modes - beep, vibrate, no alert or autoplay - add to the Tenor's versatility. The palm-size device, which won the Innovations Award at the 1996 Consumer Electronics Show, will be available soon through PageNet. The suggested retail price is $264. |
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