
Europe
: Sony Ericsson announced 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