Sony Ericsson P990i User Manual

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P990i

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Preface

Purpose of this document

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This White Paper will be published in several revisions as the phone is developed. Therefore, some of the headings and tables contain limited information. Additional information and facts will be forthcoming in later revisions.

The aim of this White Paper is to give the reader an understanding of the technology P990i uses and to show the main applications, functions and features of the phone.

This document is aimed at:

• Operators.

• Service providers.

• Software developers.

• Support engineers.

• Application developers.

• Retailers.

• IT decision makers.

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This White Paper is published by: Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications AB,

SE-221 88 Lund, Sweden Phone: +46 46 19 40 00

Fax: +46 46 19 41 00 www.SonyEricsson.com/

First edition (January 2006) Publication number: EN/LZT 162 83 P1F

This document is published by Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications AB, without any warranty*. Improvements and changes to this text necessitated by typographical errors, inaccuracies of current information or improvements to programs and/or equipment, may be made by Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications AB at any time and without notice. Such changes will, however, be incorporated into new editions of this document. Printed versions are to be regarded as temporary reference copies only.

*All implied warranties, including without limitation the implied warranties of merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose, are excluded. In no event shall Sony Ericsson or its licensors be liable for incidental or consequential damages of any nature, including but not limited to lost profits or commercial loss, arising out of the use of the information in this document.

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Sony Ericsson Developer World

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On www.SonyEricsson.com/developer, developers will find documentation and tools such as phone White Papers, Developers Guidelines for different technologies, SDKs and relevant APIs. The web site also contains discussion forums monitored by the Sony Ericsson Developer Support team, an extensive Knowledge Base, Tips and Tricks, exam ple code and news.

Sony Ericsson also offers technical support services to professional developers. For more information about these professional services, visit the Sony Ericsson Developer World web site.

Document history

Change history 2005-29-04 Version P1A First Draft 2005-13-05 Version P1B Updated First Draft 2005-07-06 Version P1C Second Draft 2005-17-06 Version P1D Updated Second Draft

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2005-30-09 Version P1E Third Draft 2006-12-01 Version P1F Forth Draft

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Contents

Sony Ericsson Developer World ................................................................................3

Product overview ........................................................................................................9

Key functions and features .....................................................................................10

Controls and operation ...........................................................................................12

P990 overview .....................................................................................................12

Flip closed view ...................................................................................................12

Flight mode .................................................. ... ... ....................................... ... .... .13

Text entry ..........................................................................................................13

Flip open view ......................................................................................................13

Text entry ..........................................................................................................13

User interface outline ...........................................................................................14

Activity menu.....................................................................................................14

Multitasking.......................................................................................................14

Models ................................... ................ ................ ................ ................. ................ .15

Technologies in detail ...............................................................................................17

Phone applications ..................................................................................................18

Video call .............................................................................................................18

Business telephony .............................................................................................18

Feature commands................................ ...................................... .... ... ... ... ........1 8

Routing of corporate calls.................................................................................19

Configuring the phone for the company...........................................................19

PIM applications ......................................................................................................19

Contacts ..............................................................................................................19

Calendar ..............................................................................................................20

Tasks ...................................................................................................................20

Notes ...................................................................................................................20

Time and alarm clock ..................................................................... .... ... ... ...........2 1

Sound recorder ....................................................................................................21

Calculator ............................................................................................................21

Stopwatch ...........................................................................................................21

Converter .............................................................................................................21

Speed dial ............................................................................................................22

Messaging ............................. .................................................................... ..............22

Email ....................................................................................................................22

Email folders ............................................................. ... ... .... ... ... ... .... .................23

Push email ...........................................................................................................23

Push methods........................................... ... ... ... .... ...................................... .... .23

Security.............................................................................................................23

Unified mailbox ....................................................................................................24

Area Information ..................................................................................................24

Quickoffice® .........................................................................................................24

Quickword®.......................................................................................................25

Quicksheet®......................................................................................................25

Quickpoint™......................................................................................................25

PDF+.................................................................................................................26

Camera ........................... ................................................. ........................................ 26

2 megapixel camera ............................................................................................26

Using the camera and video .............................................................................27

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Business card scanner ........................................................................................28

Picture Gallery .....................................................................................................28

Picture Editor .......................................................................................................28

Entertainment/multimedia .......................................................................................29

Media player ........................................................................................................29

Playlists.............................................................................................................29

Play modes .......................................................................................................29

DRM protection..................... .... ... ....................................... ... ... ... .... .................29

Ringtones..........................................................................................................29

Streaming..........................................................................................................30

Media formats ......................................................................................................30

Audio formats....................................................................................................30

Video formats....................................................................................................32

Picture Editor formats .................................................. ... .... ... ... ........................32

PlayNow MusicDJ

FM radio ...............................................................................................................33

Games .................................................................................................................33

Vijay Singh Pro Golf 2005 .. ... .... ... ... ... ....................................... ... .... ... ... ... ... .....33

Qudrapop..........................................................................................................34

Browser ...................................................................................................................34

Browser security ..................................................................................................35

Certificates........................................................................................................35

RSS feeds ............. ... ... .... ... ... ....................................... ... ... .... ... ...........................35

Connectivity ............................................................................................................36

WLAN .......................... ................. ................ ................ ................ ................ ........36

Memory Stick Duo™ and

Memory Stick PRO Duo™ ..... ... ... .... ... ... ... .... ...........................................................36

PC and Apple Mac support ..............................................................................37

Industry support................................................................................................37

Memory Stick in the P990i................................................................................37

Compatibility with other memory stick devices................................................37

Memory stick connected to a PC .....................................................................38

Bluetooth™ wireless technology ........................................... ... ... ... .... ... ... ...........3 8

Using Bluetooth™ wireless technology in the P99 0i ........................................38

Profiles ..............................................................................................................39

System functions ...................... ... ... ... .... ...................................... .... ... ... ... ........3 9

IrDA ................................. ....................................................... .............................. 40

USB .....................................................................................................................40

Data storage ....................................................... ... ... ....................................... ... .... .41

User storage ........................................................................................................41

User storage configuration in the new P990i....................................................41

Action at master reset ............. .... ... ... ... .... ...................................... .... ... ... ........... 4 2

Folder view of internal storage ............................................................................42

Synchronisation and data transfer ..........................................................................42

SyncML – an open standard for synchronization ................................................43

SyncML background.........................................................................................43

What information can be synchronized in the P990i? ......................................43

Remote synchronization ......................................................................................44

Server alerted synchronization..........................................................................44

Local synchronization ..........................................................................................44

Bluetooth™ wireless technology, infrared or cable..........................................45

Automatic synchronisation................................................................................45

Intelligent process.............................................................................................45

File transfer utility..............................................................................................45

TM ......................................................................................................................................33

TM .......................................................................................................................................33

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Backup and restore...........................................................................................45

Language change utility............................................................ ........................45

Software installation utility ................................................................................45

Internet wizard ..................................................................................................45

Apple® iSync................................ ... ... .... ... ... ....................................... ... ... ... .... .46

Object exchange - 'send as'.............................................................................46

Sony Ericsson PC suite ...........................................................................................47

DRM ........................................................................................................................47

FWL – forward lock...........................................................................................48

CD – combined delivery....................................................................................48

SD – separate delivery ......................................................................................48

Protection properties ........................................................................................48

DRM package ................................. ... .... ...................................... .... ... ... ... ........48

Personalization ...................... ....................................................................... ...........48

Background and application shortcuts ...............................................................49

Screen Saver .......................................................................................................49

Picture phone book .............................................................................................49

Ringtones .................... ................. ................ ................ ................ ............. ...........50

Themes and skins ................................................................................................50

Over-The-Air (OTA) Configuration .......................................................................50

Sony Ericsson WAP Configurator ........................................................................51

Locks .............................. ................................................. ........................................ 51

Keylock ................................................................................................................51

Flip Closed......................... ... .... ... ... ....................................... ... ... .....................51

Flip Open...................................... ... ... ....................................... ... .... .................51

Phone lock ...........................................................................................................51

SIM card lock .......................................................................................................52

3G ................................ .................................... ................................... ..................... 52

User experience.............................. ... ....................................... ... .... ... ... ...........5 2

Handover/service continuity .............................................................................52

Handover in P990i.............................................................................................53

Positioning ............................. ................... ................ .................... ................... ........ 5 4

GPRS ..................................... ................... .................... ................... ................... ..... 54

Symbian OS operating system ................................................................................55

Key features of symbian OS v9.1: .......................................................................55

General:.............................................................................................................55

Security:............................................................................................................55

EKA2 Kernel:............................................................................. ... .... ... ... ........... 5 6

Development and testing:......................................... ....................................... .56

UIQ 3.0 ............... ... ... ... ....................................... ... .... ...................................... .... .56

Java™ .....................................................................................................................56

Chinese models in detail .........................................................................................57

Product Name and Languages ............. .... ... ... ....................................... ... ... ... .... .57

Input Methods .....................................................................................................58

Handwriting Recognition.............................. ....................................... ... ... ... .... .58

Hardware keyboard character input .................................................................58

FC Character Input............................................................................................59

Lunar Calendar ....................................................................................................60

Chinese Dictionary ...............................................................................................60

Contacts ..............................................................................................................61

Key features .........................................................................................................61

P990i consumer package ........................................................................................63

Accessories .........................................................................................................64

Technical specifications ............................................... ... ... ... ..................................65

SIM AT services supported ............................................................................ .....79

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User interaction with SIM AT ...............................................................................82

Display text .......................................................................................................82

Get inkey...................................... ... ... .... ...................................... .... ... ..............82

Get input ............................... .... ... ... ....................................... ... ... .... ... ..............82

Select item ........................................................................................................82

Send short message .........................................................................................82

Set up call .........................................................................................................83

Security ........................... ...................................... ....................................... ........83

Terminology and abbreviations ...........................................................................87

Related information ......................................... ... ... ... .... ...................................... .... .94

Documents ..........................................................................................................94

Links ....................................................................................................................94

Trademarks and acknowledgements ..................................................................94

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Product overview

P990i is a phone which combines telephone and PDA functionality seamlessly. P990i is the ultimate business tool on the market today.

P990i gives users excellent efficiency and flexibility when using email, Internet/Intranet browsing and making video calls. P990i is your office in your pocket, giving you fast access to the information you need wherever you are. Wi-Fi is available in hot spots and on board selected air and train carriers.

With two integrated digital cameras (2 megapixel in the back, VGA in the front), you can conduct face-toface video calls from your phone.

P990i uses multitasking to allow you to perform several actions at once, such as, talk and browse the web, or download music and watch a video clip.

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For PC synchronisation or transferring files between the phone and a computer, the Desk Stand and a USB cable are provided in th e kit.

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Key functions and features

Function or Feature P990i support Page

Operating system

MMI UIQ 3.0. 56 Size 114 x 57 x 21 - 26 (body flip) mm. 65 Weight 155 g with battery and flip. 65 Screen 2.76" Large QVGA (240 x 320 pixels) touch scre en with 262

Colour Silver. 65 Processor ARM9. 65 Talk time 9 hours GSM /3 Hours UMTS. 67 Stand-by time 400 hours. 67 Interaction Using touch screen, 3 way Jo g Dial and dedica ted button s. 12 WLAN

3G Bluetooth™ Wireless

Technology

Symbian OSTM V9.1 Platform, including OMA DRM and platform security.

k colours that supports landscape view for camera, video imaging and browsing.

9 802.11b compliant. 11 Mbit/s. 9 UMTS, video and 3GPP streaming. 9 2.0, includes car handsfree profile.

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Infrared USB UMTS Application memory 128 MB Flash, 64 MB RAM (80 MB end user data). 41

Camera Integrated 2 megapixel camera with 2.5 times digital zoom,

Video Camera VGA. 26 Video call

Media player Activity menu

9 E-GSM 900. GSM 1800, GSM 1900 and UMTS 2100.

18-bit colour depth, auto focus for still pictures, video clip recording and

9 application included which allows video calls and video

conferencing via the built-in dual cameras.

9 supports playback, streaming and playlists. 9 Customisable top level menu giving rapid access to

P990i features.

video calls.

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Upgradeable Data transfer speed High speed 12 Mbps. 42

FM radio Browser Push email

Messaging SMS, MMS, EMS and email. 24 Email Wizard

Internet wizard PIM applications Contacts, Calendar, Tasks, Notes, Sound recorder, Time

Business card scanner Multitasking

9 via the Sony Ericsson Update Service.

9 9Opera browser that supports frames and javascript™. 9 prepared for Extended Systems, Intellisync, JP Mobile,

Research In Motion (RIM)/BlackBerry, Seven, Smartner, and Visto.

and alarm clock, Stop watch, Converter, Calculator, and UTC support.

9 9 allows several applications to be open at once.

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Viewers Editors

Microsoft® Excel, Word, Powerpoint®, and Adobe® PDF. Microsoft® Wor d. Powerpoint®, and Excel.

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Themes Easy personalization of animated icons, screensavers,

wallpaper and skins.

Speaker phone Memory stick™

Flight mode Local synchronisation Remote synchronisation Business telephony Games Vijay Singh Pro Golf 2005™;

Additional applications RSS Reader;

9 Memory Stick Duo™/PRO Duo™ slot for up to 4 GB

removable memory. 64 MB supplied with P990i.

9 includes the option to turn Wi-Fi on. 9 via SyncML. 9 via SyncML. 9 with SIP-signalling to server.

Quadrapop.

Music DJ™; PlayNow™.

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Controls and operation

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A B

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A Camera lens cover B Camera C Loud speaker D Camera light E Connector for accessories and charger F Microphone G Lock button H Back button

I Jog dial J Shortcut button K Stylus

A On/off button B Camera for video calls C Screen D Flip with keypad E Camera button F Slot for memory stick G Internet button H Infrared port

Flip closed view

In flip closed P990i is used like a conventional mobile telephone. Some PDA functionality is also available for use. The Activity menu automatically appears on the scre en once the phone has started. The Activity menu is available in bo th flip o pen a nd flip closed, it gives rapid access to commonly used phone features. Se e more details.

“Activity menu” on page 14 for

The following applications can be used in flip closed:

• Phone functionality

• Call log

• Speed contacts

• Video phone functionality

• Cameras

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•Messaging

• Media player

•FM radio

•Calendar

• Contacts

• Picture gallery

• Sound recorder

•Tasks

•Qudrapop

•Notes

• Stopwatch

•Timer

Flight mode

GSM, Bluetooth™ connection or FM radio signals from a mobile phone may be harmful to the safe operation of an aircraft.

Flight mode is a special mode in which the phone does not transmit signals, but allows the user to browse, read and write information resident in the PDA part of the device. If a hotspot is available the user can also browse the Internet/Intranet, send and receive emails.

Text entry

• The keypad. Characters are selected by pressing the key until the required one is shown (multitap). Keypad text entry is supported for 20+ languages. Text can be entered using the key pad.

• The QWERTY keyboard located below the screen. The enhanced QWERTY keyboard features navigation and TAB keys to help when filling in text fields. The new backlight evenly lights up the keyboard. 4 keyboard types supported

• The virtual keyboard located at the bottom of the screen.

• Write directly on the screen using the stylus.

Text options supported in flip closed are:

• Add symbol.

• Input type (ABC, abs, Abc or 123).

• Auto capitalization.

• Mulit-tap.

• Predictive text input.

• 1st language.

• 2nd language (when predictive text is selected).

• Spell word (when predictive text is selected).

• My word (when predictive text is selected).

• Word suggestion (when predictive text is selected).

There are four text entry methods in flip closed:

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Flip open view

In flip open all of the P990i functionality can be accessed. The Activity menu automatically appears on the screen once the phone has started. The Activity menu is available in both flip open and flip closed, it gives rapid access to the phones fea tures that are commonly used. See page 14 for more details.

Text entry

The text options with the flip open are almost the same as with the flip closed with some exceptions. When you are editing text, you can use the Text options command to:

• Add symbol - launch the symbols and punctuation marks table.

• Auto capitalization - switch Auto capitalization on and off.

“Activity menu” on

• Predictive text input - enable or disable Word complete and Next word prediction. When the Predictive text input is selected you can also select:

• 1st language - change the language.

• 2nd language - change the language.

• My words - view the user dictionary where

you can add, edit or delete words.

Long press on spacebar

A long press on the har dware spacebar launches the virtual keypad.

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User interface outline

Activity menu

Activity menu is displayed whenever you switch on your phone and is the starting point for performing a variety of tasks whether you are working with the flip closed or flip open.

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Flip Closed ANetwork

information BMessaging CCalendar DMain menu E Task manager F Soft keys

The Activity menu is highly customisable, just about every aspect of its appearance, content, navigation methods and behaviour can be changed.

Multitasking

It is possible to have several applications open and running on P990i at any time. An open application can either be closed, using the back key or simply left open.

To help keep track of the open applications the P990i has a Task Manager. When you open it a list of all the open applications is displayed. Choose to return to an open application or close it. Open application can be saved in their current state, so they can be retrieved later, without losing any data.

Flip Open ATask manager

B Main menu C Phone keypad D Call log

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Editing features that move text from one application to another can be used.

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Models

There are four ba sic models of the P990i series phone:

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Standard P990i

• Europe, Middle East, Americas, Latin Asia

• Latin characters (a, b, c…) on the keyboard and numeric keypad

• Russian numeric keypad available

• Flip closed input by Zi-Corp and eZiText

• Latin character handwriting recognition

P990a

• North and Latin America

• GSM 850 MHz

• Latin characters (a, b, c…) on the keyboard and numeric keypad

• Flip closed input by Zi-Corp and eZiText

• Latin character handwriting recognition

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P990i Chinese

• Hong Kong, Taiwan and Singapore

• Chinese keypads, Pinyin, Latin, BoPoMoFo and Strokes input method

• Latin, Strokes or BoPoMoFo characters on the keyboard

• Chinese handwriting recognition

• Chinese dictionary

• Lunar calendar

P990c

• People's Republic of China

• Chinese keypad, Pinyin and Strokes input method

• Latin and Strokes characters on the keyboard

• Chinese handwriting recognition

• Client for online Chinese dictionary

• Lunar calendar

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Technologies in detail

This chapter offers a detailed description of the technologies available in this product. Encompassing a broad and rich range of functionality , the P990i facilitates basic functions such as calling as well as cutting edge developments found in entertainment, imagin g an d co nn ec tiv ity.

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Phone applications

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The following new call features are available in P990i:

• In call menu: P990i has a dynamic in call menu that changes to help the user perform actions quickly and simply.

• Accept Calls: users can specify which calls to accept and which calls to rejected.

• Rich call functionality: P990i allows SMS, MMS, and contact cards to be easily sent during a call.

Video call

With the speed of UMTS and video call functionality, the P990i can be used to share news face-toface with your business colleagues, family or friends. During a video call, the stream can be switch from the fr ont V GA camera t o the back meg apixel camera. Use the megapixel camera to share images, such as scenery, with the video call recipi ent.

One of the camera feeds can be swapped to show a stored picture, allo wing the callers reaction to be seen.

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• Call notes: P990i can launch Notes whilst a call is ongoing. The note is automatically named with the other party’s number, name (if known), time of call and date. The user can start writing in the note immediately.

• Follow up call: P990i can automatically create follow up call tasks. The task contains the phone number, contact name, time of call, and date of call.

• Speakerphone.

The camera can be set up to automatically switch on when you receive a call.

The VGA camera is mounted in portrait mode. Landscape video call images are produced from

the portrait image feed by clipping the top and bot

tom of the portrait image. This affects the resolution of the VGA camera and causes a zooming effect.

Business telephony

Corporations have traditionally used fixed-line and DECT phones in the office, but now there is a strong trend towards the use of mobile phones to access business telephony features. Of prime importance, however, is that users can still access the features and functionality of their corporate communication system, no matter which phone they are using. The P990i can interact with the fol lowing corporate systems:

• A Corporate switch PABX, (Private Automatic Branch Exchange), extension port, (like the Ericsson MD110 and BusinessPhone).

equipped with a mobile

• The mobile centrex service, if provided by the operator.

• Telephony server located at the operator’s or customer’s premises.

Feature commands

The user activates corporate features by selecting

commands from a list, which can be dynamically

sent by the server via an IP link, or pre-configured by the company’s IT manage, the operator or a service provider. Each command displays a text description of the function.

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When a command is selected, pre-configured DTMF tones are user to communicate the desired function to the server. The phone can even be used to send data that the user is prompted to provide, such as the date they will be back from a business trip. Feature commands and text descriptions have to be programmed using XML and then imported into the phone.

In-call features are reached from the active call view.

Offline commands and corporate telephony settings can be accessed by pressing the ‘corporate telephony’ icon once a calling card has been set up. Activating a commands will result in an IP packet being sent to the server.

Routing of corporate calls

If a company uses a PABX, calls must be routed via the PABX to gain access to corporate features and resources. The P990i can route outgoing calls to the corporate switch, instead of to the dialled Bparty . To complete a call, the B-number is then sent to the mobile extension port of the PABX and the call set-up is completed. This process is com pletely transparent to the user.

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A user may dial either an internal number, such as, 1234, or a public number, like +468 123 4567. The P990i can be set to bypass the switch for certain types of calls.

Configuring the phone for the company

The person responsible for the corporate communication services defines how the phone shall be configured. This may be the company's IT man ager , the operator or a service provider . They define what feature commands shall be displayed in the phone, how these comands interact with the PABX and what text is displayed. They also define how P990i should handle calls to and from the corpo rate switch. This is all done in an XML-structured configuration file, with the extension .pbx. Once created, this configuration file can be easily installed onto the P990i.

To ensure that only authorized personnel have access to the PABX, approved mobile phone num bers are added to the list of mobile extensions in the PBX, and only these numbers will be able to use the facilities available.

For more information please go to www.SonyEricsson.com/professionalsolutions and look for “Areas of use”.

PIM applications

Contacts

P990i Contacts application holds the details of all the user's contacts. It is available in flip open and flip closed modes and is fully integrated with the phone and other PIM applications. Each contact can contain multiple phone numbers and email addresses, names, addresses, birthday details, anniversary details, personal notes and a picture or photograph. Most of this information will typically be transferred to P990i when it is synchronized

with a PC application such as Microsoft or Lotus Notes. Contact data can also be added and edited on P990i. Local and remote synchroni

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zation is possible using the SyncML standard; see “Synchronisation and data tr ansfer” on pag e 42 for more information.

Data can also be beamed to and from P990i using infrared and Bluetooth™ connectivity. It can also be sent and received using Messages. See “Object exchange - 'send as'” on page 46 for more details.

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Contacts are displayed in a list, which may be filtered by folder such as business or personal. To see a contacts details select the contact. Tap the icons alongside the contacts details to launch a video call, phone call, a new message or a URL in the browser.

When a new contact entry is created the camera can be launched from within the application allow ing you to take a picture of the contact. Alternatively an image from the Picture Gallery. can be selected.

Calendar

The Calendar application keeps track of appointments and events and enables reminder alarms to be set. The calendar view has been enhanced to display the selected day’s events on the screen.

Calendar entries are displayed in local time, but all appointments and reminders are saved in UTC (Coordinated Universal Time). If the user moves to a different time zone the calendar updates the appointments and reminders automatically. Meet

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Calls received from new numbers can automatically cause the user to be prompted to save the number.

Contact details can be added to a distribution list. Distribution lists can be used to send groups of contacts the same email, SMS, EMS or MMS.

ing requests can be sent from the Calendar application via email. Meeting invitations can be received by email and added in to Calendar.

The alarm signal can be personalized using sound clips. Appointments can be shared using infrared, Bluetooth™ connectivity, and also by Messages. Local and remote synchronisation are both sup ported using SyncML; see “Synchronisation and data transfer” on page 42 for more information. The Chinese models support the lunar calendar.

Tasks

Tasks is a simple yet powerful application that can be used to make reminder notes. Task items may be beamed, exchanged using Messages, synchro

Notes

Notes provides a quick means of making notes in either text or sketch format. Notes can be launched during a call. The note is automatically named with the other party’s number, name (if known), time of call and date.

nized locally , and remotely using SyncML, see “Synchronisation and data tr ansfer” on pag e 42 for

more information.

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Time is a sophisticated alarm clock, which can show the time both locally and in another time zone. If the user swaps the local time zone to the other specified time zone the local time zone is automatically displayed in the second time zone area. Alarms can be set. The alarm signal can be

Sound recorder

Sound recorder is a simple screen-driven dictation machine with the added advantage that r ecor dings can be beamed and exchanged via Messages. Sound recorder can playback any recordings made on the phone.

Sound recorder can also:

Calculator

the FM radio or any supported sound that is stor ed on the phone or inserted Memory Stick™. If you set the alarm to a time when P990i is in Flight Mode the radio is unable to launch due to restrictions so a predefined tone is used instead.

• Record a personal ringtone.

• Add a new recording to an existing one.

• Rename recordings.

• Save recording to th e phone or Memor y Stick™.

• Delete recordings

Calculator has the features of a standard desk calculator , and is always available from the app lication launcher.

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Stopwatch

Stopwatch can be instantly started and stopped to measure an exact duration of time. The stopwatch continues to run when a call is answer ed. The st op watch can run in the background if the application

Converter

Converter helps you to convert the following measurements; Distances, Volumes, Weights, Temperatures, Speeds Areas and Currencies.

is closed, an icon is displayed in the status bar to show that it is running. Y ou can time and record up to 9 events.

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Speed dial

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In flip open or flip closed the user can launch the following features from picture speed dial:

• A call.

• A video call.

• The entry in contacts.

Messaging

Email

P990i supports the following standards:

POP3 POP is used to retrieve and delete messages from an incoming mail server in the net -

work

IMAP4 IMAP is also used to copy, r etrieve, move and delete messages from an incoming mail

server. IMAP has more features than POP such as remote folders. IMAP4 also offers support for the IDLE command, which if supported by the server, offers push capabili ties.

SMTP SMTP is used to send messages from a mail client to a mail server.

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MIME MIME is a format that describes data, such as, defining the attachments included in

email.

Most of the standards above are supported by Internet Service Providers and many corporate environments. P990i is supplied with an Internet wizard which helps users to configure an account. OTA (Over The Air) configuration of email and ISP accounts is supported.

P990i supports SSL and TLS encryption. Automatic polling can be used so that email is

automatically collected and pres ented in the Inbox. Controls are provided to filter messages based on size, enabling cost and download time to be man aged.

Another option enables only email headers to be presented in the inbox. Headers ar e qu ick to down load. The user may read and select headers and request the message to be downloaded if neces sary.

If IMAP4 is used you can enable the IDLE co mmand to keep connected to the email server. This allows the server to push new messages directly to the P990i as they arrive.

Email transmission is performed in the background, making it possible to perform other messaging functions during transmission.

A list of recently used addresses are available when creating a message. P990i allows distribution lists to be created and sender ID information is sent

with message alerts.

P990i can send any type of attachment, including the following:

•Pictures.

• Video clips.

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• Audio files.

• SIS files.

• JAR/JAD files.

•Themes.

• vObjects (vCalendar, vCard, vNote, vBookmark).

• Files produced in the document editors.

Attachments may be viewed using the pr e installed viewers for Microsoft

Acrobat more information.

A signature may be set up so that essential details are automatically copied t o the end of each outgo ing email.

The supplied Sony Ericsson PC Suite enables email to be synchronized with Microsoft and Lotus

email from the PC is transferred in to the corre sponding 'synchronized email account' inbox on P990i. Messages and replies written using this account on P990i are transferred and sent via the PC.

(PDF). See “Quickoffice®” on page 24 for

Notes®. During synchronization, new

Word, Excel, and Adobe®

Outlook®

Web based email can, of course, be accessed using the P990i browser.

Email folders

Messaging accounts have the following folders: Inbox, Outbox, Draft and Sent. You can create additional folders if you want, see Local folders below.

Remote folders

IMAP4 accounts can subscribe to remote folders that are located on the server. Select subscribe

from the folder menu.

Local folders

To improve the organization of your folders you can create more folders locally on P990i. Local folders are only visible in the Messages application. Local folders cannot be created on the Memory Stick™.

Push email

Push email is a method of 'pushing' or forwarding email to mobile devices as soon as a message reaches the email server. These solutions may also include calendar and contacts synchronization. Push email solutions allow email messages to be delivered in the background in the same way as SMS or MMS.

P990i is prepared for thes e solut ions an d a ri ch set of 3rd party applications are available from compa nies such as Extended Systems, Intellisync, JP Mobile, Research In Motion (RIM)/Blackberry, Active Sync, Seven, Smartner and Visto.

Push methods

The solutions use different methods to push the messages, usually IP push, by listening to dedi cated ports when a session is active, this is similar to instant messaging solutions. Some solutions may also use SMS with triggers to the application to start a sync/download, sometimes referred to as pseudo-push.

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Security

All solutions use end-to-end security using SSL, 3DES or AES encryption. Most sol utions a r e based on using a fixed password for push mail. Initially key exchange is also done by using device param eters such as the IMEI number. A few solutions combine push with one-time passwords that are limited for a certain amount of time before being r eentered. Many solutions have functionality for

enforcing screen passwords. There is also some times theft and loss protection through wipe-out commands and lock-out.

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SMS, EMS, MMS, Local Information, Beamed and Autoconfig messages are all stored within one uni fied inbox in messaging.

• SMS (Short Message Service): With SMS a user can send text messages containing up to 160 characters to and from GSM mob ile stations (up to 70 characters using unicode text). P990i also provides concatenated SMS, that is, the user can write a longer message and P990i will auto matically send it using more than one SMS. You can reply to an SMS with an MMS and send a fax using SMS as the bearer. There is enhanced support for delivery reports and short message class support.

• Local Information, Automatic configuration items, beamed items will be found in the Inbox.

Area Information

Area information is SMS Cell Broadcasting.

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An SMS cell broadcast allows information to be sent to all mobile handsets in a particular geo graphic area. Information such as traffic news or local weather reports can be sent to an area cov ered by a single cell or to the entire network.

Broadcast messages are organised into a number of channels, this allows different types of messages to be broadcast on different channels. Using the phone, users can choose which broadcast chan nels to subscribe to. The requested text messages are received, the message either scrolls across the

• Enhanced Messaging Service (EMS) adds pow-

erful functionality to the well-known SMS standard. An EMS can include; sounds and melodies, pictures and animations and formatted text. EMS message can be sent as concatenated messages.

• MMS messages may include combinations of video clips, animation, pictures, sound and text. The following tasks can be performed from an MMS; smart uploads and downloads, a utomatic transmission when leaving Flight Mode, record video directly from the MMS application, back ground transmission, direct links, these are customized shortcuts to operators web site to get new templates and reply to an MMS with an SMS.

standby screen or is placed in the Inbox. The user can choose if they want to save the message to the Inbox or not.

Broadcast subscriptions are controlled from the Area information dislog.

When a user is subscribed to channel 50 and this channel is supported by their network, the ID of the current cell (or group of cells) is displayed under neath the network operator name in the pho ne display. This is often the telephone area code or postal code of the current locat ion.

Quickoffice

Quickoffice™ is an application that can be used to view and edit Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint and text documents. It can also be used to create new documents and spreadsheets.

Quickoffice scans the P990i and displays a file manger which lists all compatible files (.xls, .doc, .ppt, and .txt) depending on where they are on the

handset (you can select to search the internal memory , Memory Stick, or email). The file manager view can be changed to only display files that are compatible with one of the support programs.

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From the file manger you c an delete, move or copy documents, create new documents, and open existing ones. You can also send documents using any of the methods available on the device (email, MMS, IR, Wi-Fi or Bluetooth™ connectivity).

Quick office is localised into English, Italian, German, French and Spanish

Quickword

Quickword allows you to view and edit word processing documents on P990i. You can use it to view and edit any of the thousands of texts availa ble in the standard DOC format. PC format email attachments can be opened directly on the device without the need for conversion at a PC, edits to existing documents can be made even while pre serving the file integrity.

Documents can be transferred to and from P990i using email, MMS, infrared, Bluetooth™ connectiv ity , Wi-Fi or a Memory Stick. Quickword opens files created with Microsoft Word 97, 2000, XP and 2003 that are saved in Microsoft .doc format.

When a document is opened for editing, a copy of the document is created so that the file is intact. When saving a file, Quickword creates a native Word file.

Key Features

• Refined user interface for easier document editing and viewing.

• Multiple Undo and Redo commands including cut, copy, paste and formatting functions.

• View tables embedded within documents and edit the text (*tables are displayed in a single column format for easier viewing on the P990i, actual table format of the document is not affected).

• MS Word compatible paragraph and style formatting.

• Advanced text formatting includin g superscripts and subscripts.

• Open, view, edit and create both .doc (MS Word) and .txt (text) files.

• Edit Word documents, and forward to colleagues just as you would from your desktop PC or laptop.

• ZoomView™ lets you pick the display size best for you.

• Quick navigation through documents.

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• Advanced formatting includes full font control including typeface, size, bold, italics and under line.

• Colour support and colour picker for changing font colours.

• Keyboard support for folding portable keyboards and on device text entry.

• Format paragraphs with left, center and right text justification.

• Portrait and landscape mode supported.

• Cut and paste text, undo edits, and more.

• Edit-protect mode prevents editing or making alterations while reviewing documents.

Quicksheet

Quicksheet is a full function spreadsheet with Microsoft Excel compatibility.

Quicksheet opens files created with Microsoft Excel 97, 2000, XP and 2003 and saves in Micro

soft .xls format. Key Features

• Features the most frequently used scientific, financial, statistical, date & time, lookup and aggregate Excel functions and sorting.

• Multiple sheets per workbook and sheet linking.

• Advanced cell editing features that allow to you create and modify spreadsheets easily. Permits cell formatting in a number of different ways.

• Quickly sort data and lists.

• Find and Find/Replace functions.

• Cell and font colour formatting.

• Column resizing, row and column freezing.

• Portrait and landscape mode supported.

• Saves changes as a native Excel file that can be sent via IR beaming, Bluetooth, Wi-Fi, USB or email.

Quickpoint

QuickPoint allows you to view and edit Microsoft PowerPoint® presentations. The application is compatible with MS Office 97, 2000 and XP. It allows a variety of modes for viewing such as slide, notes and outline views.

Key Features

• Edit slide text in Outline view and show the changes in the Slide View.

• Edit speaking notes.

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• Edit PowerPoint presentations and forward to colleagues just as you would from your desktop PC or laptop.

• Advanced viewing includes three views:

• Outline View;

• Slide View;

• Speaker Notes View.

• View & edit PowerPoint slides and notes.

• Zoom in and out.

• Portrait and landscape mode supported.

• Saves changes as a native PowerPoint file that can be sent via IR beaming, Bluetooth, Wi-Fi, USB or email.

• Give presentations right from your P990i with

Pitch Duo™ display accessory or remotely

iGo control a PC.

PDF+

Pdf+ is a viewer for Portable Document Format (or PDF) files. Pdf+ reads and displays standard PDF files, without the need for conversion on a PC to a proprietary format.

With Pdf+ you can:

• View the text, line drawings and bit maps in the document.

• Browse the document, and go to a specific page.

• Wrap the text to make it fit the screen.

• Zoom in and out to maximize the amount of text and graphics you can read on the screen.

• Hide the title and the status pane to maximize the viewing area.

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• Search for strings in the text of the document.

• View and follow bookmarks.

• Follow links to other pages in the document.

• Follow URLs if you have the web browser installed.

• Read files protected with a user password.

• Email PDF files to other people.

• Read PDF files that were sent to you as attachments.

• Manage your PDF files.

The 'wrap' view displays the document so that as much text as possible is visible on the screen. Images and line drawings are not visible in this view. Pdf+ can display a large number of PDF 1.0,

1.1, 1.2 and 1.3 files.

Limitations: *Pdf+ doesn't handle the dynamic content of a PDF

file. *Pdf+ cannot render Type 0 and Type 3 fo nt s.

Document types supported

Document type Features

Adobe® Acrobat® (PDF) Microsoft® Excel Microsoft® PowerPoint Microsoft® Word

Viewer Editor

Editor Editor

Camera

2 megapixel camera

With the integrated 2 megapixel camera, the user can take pictures and video clips and store them in the phone memory or on the Memory Stick™.

The megapixel quality gives excellent results when images are printed or viewed on a PC or TV.

Images can be sent as an attachment in an email or a picture message. The picture can also be sent via Wi-Fi, Bluetooth™ connectivity, video call, infrared or cable.

The still picture resolution can be set to:

• 1600 x 1200 (UXGA).

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• 1280 x 960.

• 640 x 480 pixel (VGA).

• 320 x 240 (QVGA). The image quality settings can be set to:

• Fine (low compression).

• Normal (medium compression).

• Economy (high compression). All these resolutions provide an 18-bit colour depth (262 k colours).

It is possible to take still pictures and video clips in flip closed and flip open modes. When using the camera the viewfinder is displayed in landscape orientation. The camera has a photo light which acts as a flash, the flash can be ma nually enabled when required.

For the close-up pictures, the camera has 2.5 x digital zoom.

Auto focus

The camera has auto focus functionality. To operate auto focus the camera button is pressed halfway. The camera focuses on the image, a locked symbol is displayed in the viewfinder to indicate that the image is in focus. Press the camera button all the way to take the image or release it to change the camera position and re focus on the image. Auto focus can be turned off, if this is the case the image is taken immediately when the camera but ton is pressed.

Burst mode

When taking a photo of an object that moves quickly , you can use burst mode to take four pic tures in rapid succession. Burst mode takes pictures in VGA resolution.

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Recording video clips

When the camera application is running, the user can select video capture mode. Video clip capture quality can be set to:

High - AAC-LC (sound = mono 24 KHz @ 64 kbps)

Frame Size Frame Rate

(FPS)

QVGA 15 384 QCIF 30 256 QQVGA 30 192 SQCIF 30 128

Normal - AAC-LC (sound = mono 24 KHz @ 32 kbps)

Frame Size Frame Rate

QVGA 10 256 QCIF 15 128 QQVGA 15 96 SQCIF 24 96

Low - AMR-NB (sound = mono 8 KHz @ 12.2 kbps)

Frame Size Frame Rate

QVGA 7.5 192 QCIF 7.5 64 QQVGA 10 64

(FPS)

Bandwidth (kbps)

Macro mode

Macro is used for close-ups. The len s focuses on a much shorter distance, 10 - 50 cm in 28 steps.

Using the camera and video

The camera and video can be started via the active lens cover, via the camera button or via the appli cation menu.

SQCIF 15 64

Video format

Video can be stored in the following formats:

• 3GPP for recording low quality video for use in MMS.

• MPEG-4 for recording normal and high quality video.

The quality of the P990i MPEG-4 video clips has been enhanced to allows clips to be shown on a full-sized TV screen running at 30 fps.

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Auto-exposure control

The camera has a full automatic exposure control that selects the optimal exposure needed to get a n excellent picture.

Lighting adjustment

The camera has built-in compensation for bright skies that automatically adjusts the brightness of landscape pictures. This avoids the dark and dull

Business card scanner

It is possible to take a photo of a business card and then use the Business Card Reader application to scan the card. The scanned text can then be saved as a Contact.

Picture Gallery

images that automatic cameras sometimes give in difficult lighting situations. It is especially effective for outdoor photography on grey and cloudy days.

Photo light

The camera has a high quality light to improve taking pictures in dark environments.

The Picture Gallery enables you to view, send and organize your photographs, this includes pictures taken by the built-in Camera and images loaded from elsewhere. The Picture Gallery supports a dis play mode of 262K colours with the following

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Picture Editor

Using the Picture Editor, it is possible to crop, rotate resize, edit and correct images.

You can use the editor to edit pictures directly in camera view mode or make corrective adjustment such as red eye removal or improve brightness lev els.

The editor also includes fun layers, clip art and tools for drawing on the image using the stylus. Dif ferent pen sizes and colours are available, as well as a text tool for formatting and inserting text into the image.

image formats; JPEG, BMP, GIF (including ani mated), MBM, PNG, WBMP, MNG, SVG, ICO and WMF.

You can also launch the Picture Editor from the Picture Gallery.

When creating MMS messages, the Picture Editor can be used to edit JPEG, PNG, GIF and BMP images as well as for creatin g simple JPEG images. A simpler pixel editor is also available for creating and editing pictures for EMS messages.

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From the Media player the user can access four media functions:

•Music Select to access music tracks. Songs may be collected in numerous ways, including Internet download, file transfer from the PC and via the Memory Stick Music can be organize and listen to on the P990i. Music is grouped by Album, Artist and track in the music library. The Tracks view dis plays all the music available. Tracks can be added to the music library manually.

•Video Select to access video clips.

•Radio Select to launch the FM radio. See “FM radio” on page 33 for more details.

• Online Access saved bookmarks to music and video’s.

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Playlists

One of the most central Media player features is the use of playlists. This featur e allows users to create their own ‘collections’ of songs and gives easy access them. It is possible to create, sort or manage playlists using audio files that are stored on the Memory Stick or in the phone memory.

To avoid including ringtones in the music library you can specify content that sho uld be excluded. Pre installed ringtones are already placed in a sep

arate ringtone folder.

Play modes

The Media player has two different play modes: shuffle and loop.

• Shuffle plays a randomly selected file from the

current playlist. Played files are de-selected and not repeated.

• Loop restarts the playlist when the last item in

the list is reached.

The Media Player can be used in flip open and flip closed. Only the FM radio and Music applications are available for use in flip closed.

The Media player features an equalizer with predefined settings like MegaBass, Pop, Classical. It supports different audio and video formats, streaming, download and playback.

The Media player is intelligently aware of other applications in P990i, playback is paused when a telephone call is made or received.

You can play and pause the Media player from flip closed.

Any recording made on the phone can be played using the Media player.

DRM protection

In P990i the following types of DRM protection are used: FWL (forward lock), CD (Combined Delivery) and SD (Separate Delivery). All protection types can be applied on MP3, AAC and MPEG4 files. See “DRM” on page 47 for more details.

All protection types can be applied to all types of multimedia content such as audio, video, images and Java midlets.

Ringtones

Ringtones can be played in the Media player. Any file in a supported audio format can be used as a ringtone as long the operator has not disabled that format for ringtone use.

Ringtones can be downloaded using PlayNow™ or created using MusicDJ™.

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Streaming

Media player content is str eamed using RTSP (Real Time Streaming Protocol) session control accord ing to 3GPP specification.

Audio support is AAC-LC and AMR-NB according to 3GPP.

3GPP specifies the following codecs:

• H.263 Profile 0 Level 10.

• MPEG-4 Visual Simple Profile Level 0-3.

• H263 Profile 3 Level 10. P990i supports the codecs formats as well as:

•Real Audio.

• Real Audio Video.

Media formats

Audio formats

Format Description

AAC-LC Advanced Audio Coding. AAC is the latest audio coding standard, defined in the MPEG-

2 standard and is used for high-quality audio compression. AAC provides higher quality than MP3 at the same bit rate, or for the same audio quality it uses a 30 per cent lower bit rate. It supports the coding of multichannel audio, with up to 48 main channels and 16 low-frequency channels. The AAC offers three different pr ofiles to facilitate trade off between quality , memory and pr ocessing power r equir ements. They include: Main Pr ofile (MP), Low Complexity (LC) and Scalable Sampling Rate (SSR). The Media player can play AAC-LC format audio which is encoded into an MPEG-4 file or stream. The Sound recorder use th e AAC-LC format for recording.

AMR-NB Adaptive Multi Rate. AMR-NB is a speech compression format that is highly optimized

for the mobile environment, requiring as little as 4.75 Kbps bandwidth. AMR-NB is used to convey voice recordings in MMS, 3GPP video clips or streams. P990i records AMR using 12.2 Kbps with a sample rate of 8 kHz.

AU Similar to WAV , this is an audio format commonly used in the Mac intosh, Unix and Java™

worlds. It is not commonly used for content on mobile devices.

iMelody A format commonly used for monophonic ringtones. (P990i ringtones can use up to 40

voices.)

MIDI Musica l Instrument Digital Interface.

MIDI is not a recording of music, but a description which enables a local synthesizer to play the music from the instructions included in the MIDI file. Since a MIDI file only repre sents player information, it is far more concise than formats that store the sound directly. An advantage is very small file sizes. A disadvantage is the lack of specific sound control. MIDI is ideal for polyphonic ringtones. (P990i ringtones can use up to 40 voices.)

SP-MIDI SP-MIDI stands for Scalable Polyphony MIDI. SP-MIDI is based on the MIDI format and

adapted for mobile phones and other portable products. The objective is to secure inter operability between products with different sound capabilities.

Initial recommendations for using SP-MIDI in 3GPP™ applications are discussed in a separate document, Scalable Polyphony MIDI Device 5-24 Note Profile for 3GPP™.

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