Sony Ericsson Announces the Sony Ericsson P990 Smartphone
Sony Ericsson announced their next generation smartphone, the Sony Ericsson P990, which succeeds their hugely popular P800, P900 and P910 smartphones. Slated to use the latest Symbian OS version 9.1 and UIQ 3, this UMTS smartphone is Wi-Fi enabled as well. UIQ 3 has been one of the most anticipated upgrades in the growing smartphone world. Offering a range of productivity features, the new P990 will also be sporting a 2 megapixel camera with autofocus and full-fledged keyboard.
Of course, you will have to wait until Q1 of 2006 to get your hands on this baby.
The usual 2.8" QVGA touch screen provides for quick input, and the underlying Symbian OS allows the user to seamlessly switch between multiple applications. The added bonus of a full keyboard simplifies typing out e-mails. Interesting new features like automatic time zone change to the included Calendar app are definitely appreciated.
The P990 will now have 80MB of user memory, and will support Memory Stick PRO Duo up to 4GB in capacity, although the phone itself will ship with a paltry 64MB mem stick (it will, however, be pre-loaded with a VPN client and yet-to-be-named anti-virus software). UMTS and WLAN capabilities ensure that users can be in touch with their e-mail constantly. My only worry would be how fast the battery would lose power.
The Sony Ericsson P990 will be available in the following variants:
Extra
If you are at The Smartphone Show 2005 in the ExCel Center in London, you can catch a demo of the Sony Ericsson P990.
Technical specifications
- Operating system - Symbian OS v9.1
- Software platform - UIQ v3.0
- Size - 114 x 57 x 25
- Weight - 155g with battery and flip keyboard
- Screen - Large 2.8 inch QVGA (240 x 320) touch screen with 262 k colours that supports landscape view for camera, video imaging and browsing
- Interaction - Using touch screen, 3 way Jog Dial and dedicated buttons
- WLAN - 802.11b compliant
- Bluetooth - Includes car handsfree profile
- Infrared - Yes
- USB - Yes and charging via USB
- UMTS - E-GSM 900, GSM 1800, GSM 1900 and UMTS 2100
- Application memory - Up to 80 MB user free memory
- Camera - Integrated 2 megapixel CommuniCorder 24 bit colour depth, autofocus for still pictures, video clip recording and video calls
- Video telephony - Application included which allows video calls and video conferencing via the built-in dual cameras
- Media player - Supports playback, streaming and playlists
- Activity menu - Customizable top level menu
- Upgradeable - Via Sony Ericsson Update Service
- FM/RDS radio - Yes
- Browser - Opera browser (version 8) supporting frames and javascript
- Push email - Prepared for all major e-mail solutions including Research in Motion (Blackberry)
- Messaging - SMS, MMS and email
- PIM applications - Contacts, Calendar, To Do, Jotter for notes and sketches, Voice memo and Calculator, Converter, Stop Watch and Timer
- Viewers - Microsoft Excel. Word, Powerpoint and Adobe PDF
- Editors - Microsoft Word and Excel
- Themes - Easy personalisation of animated icons, screensavers, wallpapers and skins
- Speaker phone - Yes
- Memory Stick - Memory Stick PRO Duo slot for up to 4 GB removable memory. 64 MB supplied
- Flight mode - Includes option to turn Wi-Fi on
- Local and remote synchronisation - via SyncML
- Business telephony - Yes
- Java™ ME platform support - Both CDC and CLDC environments supported:
- JTWI 1.0 (JSR-185) consisting of Connected Limited Device Configuration (CLDC) 1.1 HI (JSR-139), MIDP 2.0 (JSR-118), WMA 1.1 (JSR-120). - PDA Optional Packages (JSR-75), Bluetooth (JSR-82), Wireless Messaging API 2.0 (JSR-205), Web Services (JSR-172), Mobile Media API (JSR-135), Mobile 3D Graphics (JSR-184), Nokia UI API 1.1
- Connected Device Configuration (CDC) 1.0 (JSR-36) - Foundation Profile 1.0 (JSR-46), Personal Profile 1.0 (JSR-62),PDA Optional Packages (JSR-75)
Stumble It! | Posted by Paul on October 10, 2005 12:23 PM
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