待機中

17:28 Mar 5, 2007 

My Sony Ericsson instruction booklet says: "Standby: After you have turned the phone on and entered your PIN, the name of the network operator will appear on the display. This is called standby mode."

15:35 Mar 5, 2007 

If the phone is being used for other operations but waiting for incoming calls. I would not use "idle" or "standby". I would say the phone is in a "ready state". For your 着信を待機する, I would say "waiting for incoming calls" - I think you may need to adjust the term you use slightly depending on context.

15:18 Mar 5, 2007 

I must learn to be less vague. Yes, it is the state when the screen is on and operations like changing settings can be performed. The Japanese also has it as a verb 着信を待機する. Could we translate this as 'idly waiting'!?

15:06 Mar 5, 2007 

I am going to rock everyone's world by suggesting that the correct term is "standby" (single word) if you are referring to the state where the phone's screen is dimmed or off, but is "idle" or "ready state" if you are referring to the phone just sitting there with the screen active. (one is a low power state and the other is not)