Sony Ericsson Announces the P910 Smartphone.LONDON & RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK Research Triangle Park, research, business, medical, and educational complex situated in central North Carolina. It has an area of 6,900 acres (2,795 hectares) and is 8 × 2 mi (13 × 3 km) in size. Named for the triangle formed by Duke Univ. , N.C. -- Widest Choice of Input Methods, Added Memory and Ideal E-Mail Platform Make the New P910 a Must for Mobile Business Professionals Sony Ericsson For an arrangement of Sony Ericsson products, see list of Sony Ericsson products Sony Ericsson is a joint venture established in 2001 by the Japanese consumer electronics company Sony Corporation and the Swedish telecommunications company Ericsson to make mobile phones. today launches the P910 smartphone, offering consumers a top combination of phone, PDA (Personal Digital Assistant) A handheld computer for managing contacts, appointments and tasks. It typically includes a name and address database, calendar, to-do list and note taker, which are the functions in a personal information manager (see PIM). , e-mail and web browsing while on-the-go. The P910 has the widest variety of input methods including a QWERTY keyboard The standard English language typewriter keyboard. Q, W, E, R, T and Y are the letters on the top left, alphabetic row. Designed by Christopher Sholes, who invented the typewriter, the keyboard layout was organized to prevent people from typing too fast and jamming the keys. , handwriting recognition Handwriting recognition is the ability of a computer to receive intelligible handwritten input. The image of the written text may be sensed "off line" from a piece of paper by optical scanning (optical character recognition). and T9 predictive text, so that users can choose the most convenient way to access the phone's many functions. Triple band GSM/GPRS coverage gives a global level of freedom to use one of the smartest mobile communications tools around. The P910 makes handling e-mails and web browsing easy with a wide choice of input methods. For example, the new thumb keyboard on the inside of the flip is particularly useful for writing longer e-mails and the five-way Jog Dial is ideal for navigating the phone's functions or browsing the web. Additionally handwriting recognition using the stylus on the large color touch screen and virtual keyboard are valuable tools for SMS messages, taking notes, or adding a new contact or meeting. Gaining access to e-mail services and handling messages is hassle-free, enabling users to make the most of the extensive e-mail services the P910 supports. The P910 can just as easily be part of a secure corporate IT network, or used by individuals to receive their private e-mail. Sony Ericsson is collaborating with a wide range of e-mail providers, which makes the P910 the perfect e-mail platform. In addition to Smartner Duality Always-on Mail(R), it also supports IBM (International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY, www.ibm.com) The world's largest computer company. IBM's product lines include the S/390 mainframes (zSeries), AS/400 midrange business systems (iSeries), RS/6000 workstations and servers (pSeries), Intel-based servers (xSeries) , Extended Systems One Bridge Mobile(TM), Visto Mobile(TM), SEVEN(R) and Intellisync Mobile Suite(TM). Given the increased capabilities of the P910 such as web browsing, e-mailing, PDA and a range of entertainment options, Sony Ericsson has expanded the internal memory from 16MB to 64MB and included a 32MB Memory Stick Duo See Memory Stick. . The P910 supports up to 1GB Memory Stick Duo Pro, creating almost endless possibilities to store and share images, video, music and business data. The P910 is based on Symbian OS v7.0, the world's most popular operating system for smartphones, and the successful UIQ UIQ User Interface IQ (smartphones) user interface which is based on Symbian OS. As a result, the P910 offers the widest possible selection of applications on any smartphone available today. New free or trial applications bundled with the P910 include AvantGo(R) (offline browsing), Media Viewer (direct access to news such as the Financial Times) and Promyzer (real-time market quotes and stock trading). HP Mobile Printing Application allows messages, pictures, calendars and contacts to be printed directly to a Bluetooth-enabled HP printer. Wayfinder Mobile Navigator(TM) is a navigation tool included on the Software Suite that ships with the phone, which works as a turn-by-turn in-car navigation system when connected to a Bluetooth GPS receiver. The P910 also comes with the Opera browser, offering a superior Internet experience that reformats and perfectly presents the full Internet within the P910's screen width. Developing new applications for smartphones is the fastest growing area in the developer community and the P900 is the number one product for adding new applications. There are currently over 600 applications that are compatible with the P800/P900/P910, a figure which makes these devices a proven platform for a large community of application developers. Users can even buy and download applications directly over the air to the phone using an on-device application shop. "Our smartphones combine PDA and telephony functions without compromising quality, functionality or ease of use. Add to that the widest variety of applications and input methods, and you have a tool that satisfies the most demanding mobile professional," says Jan Wareby, Corporate Executive Vice President and Head of Sales & Marketing of Sony Ericsson. The capabilities of the P910 are endless. It includes a digital video and still camera and a range of entertainment options. PC synchronization of the calendar and address book can be managed over USB USB in full Universal Serial Bus Type of serial bus that allows peripheral devices (disks, modems, printers, digitizers, data gloves, etc.) to be easily connected to a computer. , infrared, Bluetooth or even remotely over the air through SyncML. The color screen now boasts 262,000 colors and is well suited for picture viewing and editing. The P910 will start shipping globally in Q3 and exists with five different keyboard variants to meet the needs of different language groups: QWERTY See QWERTY keyboard. (hardware) QWERTY - /kwer'tee/ (From the top left row of letter keys of most keyboards) Pertaining to a standard English-language typewriter keyboard (sometimes called the Sholes keyboard after its inventor), as opposed to Dvorak or foreign-language , QWERTZ, AZERTY, Russian and Greek. The P910 will be available in the following editions:
P910i Triple Band 900/1800/1900 MHz
P910c Triple Band 900/1800/1900 MHz for Mainland China
P910a Triple Band 850/1800/1900 MHZ.for North and Latin America
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Standby time: up to 400 hours Weight: 5 ounces (w new keyboard
inside)
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Talk time: up to 13 hours Size: 2.3 inches x 4.5 inches x 1.01
inches
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Screen: 262K colors Enhanced Memory Stick support with up
to 1 GB.
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Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications AB and its affiliated companies Affiliated Companies A situation that occurs when one company owns a minority interest (less than 50%) in another company. Also refers to companies that are related to each other in some way. Notes: An affiliated company is sometimes referred to as a subsidiary. serve the global communications market with innovative and feature-rich mobile phones, accessories, PC-cards and M2M M2M Machine-to-Machine (communication, mainly mobile) M2M Minutes to Midnight (Linkin Park album) M2M Mobile to Mobile (cellular phone) M2M Member-to-Member M2M Month to Month solutions. Established as a joint venture by Ericsson (NASDAQ NASDAQ in full National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations U.S. market for over-the-counter securities. Established in 1971 by the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD), NASDAQ is an automated quotation system that reports on : ERICY) and Sony(NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange : SNE SNe Supernovae (astronomy) SNE Sony Corporation (stock symbol) SNE Syndicat National de l'edition (French Publisher's Association) SNE Society for Nutrition Education ) in 2001, with headquarters in London, the company employs 5,000 people worldwide, including R&D sites in Europe, Japan, China and America. For more information, please visit www.SonyEricsson.com NOTE TO EDITORS AND ART DEPARTMENT: High and low resolution photographs are available at Sony Ericsson's Global press site: www.sonyericsson.com and www.sonyericsson.com/us/press. Any product features, specifications or statements in this document that are not historical facts are forward-looking and involve risks and uncertainties. Actual product features, specifications or forward-looking statements are subject to change. |
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