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7th Febuary 2006 - Sony Ericsson today announces the M600
phone and messaging device. This is a fully-specified email
tool and mobile phone rolled into an extremely stylish, slim
device featuring a touch screen and handwriting recognition.
M600 is the second Symbian OS 9.1 and UIQ 3.0 enabled phone
in the Sony Ericsson portfolio offering users great customisation
opportunities and the ability to buy personal productivity
and other applications from the Sony Ericsson Application
Shop. New push email applications, remote synchronisation
and expandable memory give owners a UMTS phone and email connectivity
in a device that easily fits in their pocket - at just 15mm
thick, it is one of the slimmest business UMTS devices of
its kind available.
“Estimates show that there are approximately 650 million
business email users* around the globe, and the demand for
true mobile email is growing rapidly,” says Jan Wäreby,
Corporate Executive Vice President, Head of Sales and Marketing,
Sony Ericsson. “While there are some standalone email
messaging devices available, many people will welcome fast
and easy messaging tools integrated into their mobile phone.
“
The software platform and user interface, make multitasking
– for example browsing the Internet whilst making a voice
call - a reality. M600 also takes full advantage of its UMTS
capabilities with fast and easy email handling (even with
large attachments) and high bandwidth multimedia downloads.
Document handling offers and PowerPoint, Word and Excel editors
and an Adobe PDF viewer.
The ergonomic design of the M600 makes it easy to operate
with one hand or two and gives versatile options on how to
perform messaging tasks. For example the large dual function
keyboard makes for easy messaging input and is also the keypad
for number buttons. Reading emails and viewing high quality
video and graphics content is made easy with the 3-way Jog
Dial and a 2.6” QVGA screen, capable of handling 262K
colours.
range of standard and proprietary push email applications
enabled for operator customisation are being developed in
conjunction with a number of partners. These are:
AlteXia
Ericsson Mobile Office (EMO) (Try and Buy)
iAnywhere OneBridge
Intellisync
Microsoft Exchange ActiveSync
RIM - BlackBerry Connect
Seven
Visto
Standard Email - IMAP IDLE working on all standards compliant
servers
These companies are developing a range of email solutions
to enable access any time, anywhere to private or corporate
email accounts.
With so many connectivity possibilities, Sony Ericsson has
taken great care to ensure mobile security. McAfee, the powerful
anti-virus & firewall software for cellular applications
and Pointsec encryption are offered as Try & Buy packages
and Certicom VPN client for secure access to corporate networks
is offered free of charge.
For such a slim device the M600 has an impressive 80MB onboard
memory for storing email attachments and multimedia content.
An additional 64MB Memory Stick Micro™ (M2™), which
is a new ultra-small recording media designed for highly compact
mobile devices, is provided in the box. The M600 is the first
Sony Ericsson product to feature this new memory card.
The M600 is available in Granite Black and Crystal White
and starts shipping during Q2 2006. The different regional
variations of the M600 are:
M600i - Dual Mode UMTS 2100 MHz, GPRS 900/1800/1900MHz for
Europe, Middle East, Africa, Asia Pacific and the Americas
M600c - Dual Mode UMTS 2100 MHz, GPRS 900/1800/1900MHz for
Mainland China (Launch for mainland China dependent on availability
of 3G services.)
M600 will be available in 4 hardware keyboard variants: QWERTY,
QWERTZ, AZERTY and Russian
* Source: In September 2004 Radicati predicted there would
be over 6 million global mobile mailboxes by the end of 2005.
There is enormous potential for push email services going
forward as the current penetration equates to less than 1%
of total business email users.
M600 – Features at a glance:
Imaging & Messaging
QVGA 2.6’’ display
262K colours TFT
Video playback 30 fps
Online picture sharing
SMS, MMS, POP3 e-mail
Push e-mail
Dual function keyboard
Typing corrections and word completion
Handwriting Recognition
Touch screen
Entertainment
Media Player (support for MP3, AAC, ACC+, E-AAC+ and m4a)
OMA DRM phase 1
Streaming Audio/Video
Audio out over system connector
3D games, Java MIDP 2.0
40 Polyphonic ring tones
Connectivity
Dual Mode UMTS 2100 MHz, triple band GPRS 900/1800/1900MHz
Symbian 9.1 and UIQ 3.0
Stereo Bluetooth™ support
Infrared SIR
80 MB internal user memory
Expandable Memory Stick Micro™ (M2™)
Full HTML browser Opera 8
RSS feeds
Flight mode
PC Tools & Software
PC Synchronization
USB 2.0 Mass storage, Full speed (12 Mbps)
USB charging
External antenna connector
Stereo Portable Handsfree and USB cable in box
Business
VPN clients (for free)
Encryption (try & buy apps)
Virus Protection/Firewall ( try & buy apps)
Onboard application shop
Speakerphone
PowerPoint, Word and Excel editors
Adobe PDF viewer
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