London, 6th Feb 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
News Source: Sony Ericsson Press Release
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