AAS: Articles and Features: UIQ Devices (Full)

Sony Ericsson P900

Sony Ericsson P900

The sucessor to the P800.

Key Features

User Interface: UIQ 2.1
Operating System: Symbian OS v7.0
Display: 65 000 colors,
TFT touch-screen
Display size: 40x61 mm, 208x320 pixels
Dimensions: 115x57x24 mm
Weight: 150 g
Standby time: Up to 20 days
Talk time: Up to 16 hours
Memory: 16 MB built-in memory
Memory card: 32MB Memory Stick Duo�
Triband 900/1800/1900 MHz GSM/GPRS/HSCSD

Features

VGA Digital camera, 640x480 pixels
CommuniCoder�
Video clip support /MPEG4
MP3 player / MP3 ring tones
Widescreen games
Web: WAP 2.0 (HTML, XML, cHTML, XHTML, i-mode) WTLS Class 3
Email, MMS, EMS, SMS
PIM functionality: Contacts, Calendar, Tasks
Connectivity: Infrared and Bluetooth�
Synchronization: SyncML
and USB
Handwriting recognition
Polyphonic ring melodies
Themes (Personalization)
Speaker phone
Picture phone book
E-mail attachment viewers
M-services and RSA compliant
Flight mode
Removable flip
Open development environment: C++, PersonalJava 1.1.1a, MIDP 2.0
P908 = Chinese version

UIQ Phones

Sony Ericsson P800
The P800 has a large 208 x 320 pixels color touch-screen, built in camera and Internet access, it supports tri-band GSM and packet data via GPRS. It was the first Symbian OS v7.0 and UIQ phone.

Sony Ericsson P900
The updated version of the P800 has many refinements including more memory a higher colour depth screen, an updated version of both the Symbian OS and the UIQ user interface and an updated design.

Motorola A920
The A920 is the first 3G Symbian phone. With video calling, and 3 services it is a very high end phone. Its is triband, and supports GPRS as well as 3G connections. It is available exclusively on the 3 network.

Motorola A925
Similar to the A920, this phone has fewer specialised 3 features. It is likely that as yet uannounced (officially) phone will be used by 3G networks other than 3.

Motorola A1000
Motorola's third Symbian phone is smaller than its too predecessors and looks set to be one of the most advaned 3G phones on the market.

BenQ P30
The BenQ P30 is a UIQ device desinged by the Taiwanese based manufacturer who is often contracted to design and build phones by the larger manufactuers. It features a large screen and pen based interface. It is the smallest and lightest UIQ phone available.

BenQ P31
A variant of the P30 the P31. The P31 has a 1.3 megapxiel camera and support for both MMC and SD cards.

Arima ASP805
The first Symbian phone from Arima is targtted at the far east market. It has a 1 mega pixel camera and a fold over lid give a window mode and a full mode akin to the flip mode and full screen mode of the Sony Ericsson P900.

BenQ P31

BenQ P31

The P31 is a slightly updated version of the BenQ P30. The design has been modified slightly with the most noticeable change being the internalising of the aieral. The camera has also been upgraded to 1.3 meagpixels.

Specifications

User Interface: UIQ 2.1
Operating System: Symbian OS v7.0
Display: 65 536 colors, 16-bit TFT touch-screen
Display size: 208x320 pixels
Dimensions: 117x52x17 mm
Weight: 100 g
Memory card: SD memory card slot
Triband 900/1800/1900 MHz GPRS class 10 for wireless data services

Features

Digital camera,�1.3MP resolution
MP3 and MPEG4 audio and video
Web: WAP2.0 browser
Messaging: Email, MMS, SMS
PIM functionality: Contacts, Calendar, Notes, etc
Connectivity: USB, Infrared and Bluetooth
Open development environment: C++, MIDP 2.0

Motorola A1000

Motorola A1000

The Motorola A1000 is Moto's third Symbian 3G phone.

Motorola Quote:
"Ready for a mobile that has everything? Motorola introduces the model A1000, the ultimate 3G convergence phone that allows you to do almost everything while looking stylish and staying on the cutting edge. With this multi-functional mobile�s voice and data functionality, you can feel confident leaving the office and taking your work on the road. Get more done while you review documents and conduct conference calls at the same time and open up a whole new way to communicate and share information with two-way videoconference capabilities. The Motorola A1000 is a smart phone for a smarter you. "

Specifications

Compact Tablet / PDA Form Factor
WCDMA 2100 MHz, GSM/GPRS 900/1800/1900 MHz functionality for global use
208 x320 TFT (65K) Color display
1.2 Mega-pixel & VGA integrated camera (video record / Image capture with 4X digital zoom)
2 Way video conferencing (Point to Point Video) � Multimedia: Streaming, Capture & Playback (MP3, MPEG4)
Messaging: SMS, MMS, E-mail (IMAP4, POP3) � Full HTML Browser with Small Screen Rendering
Picsel� Document Viewer (Supporting Microsoft Word�, Microsoft Excel�, Microsoft PowerPoint�, Adobe PDF, Unzip)
PIM Application (Calendar, Contacts, Notes)
Synchronization: SyncML (OTA), Desktop PC Sync
24MB of User Memory /Supports Removable Memory (Triflash-R)
Integrated USB, Bluetooth� Wireless Technology
A-GPS support for Location Services
Virtual Private Networks Support (User installable)
Symbian� 7.0 Operating System
J2ME� (MIDP 2.0 + APIs)
Download pictures, video, audio, ringtones, wallpaper, and applications

Arima ASP805

Arima ASP805

"ASP805, which is 100% developed by Arima, is an easily pocketed handset with superb telephony capability, all of the key PDA type functionality with special focus on personal information management, messaging, and browsing, tri-band GSM/GPRS/HDCSD connectivity, running over Symbian 7.0 OS and UIQ 2.11, with a 2.66 inch high resolution color display, integrated 1.3 MP CMOS camera, Bluetooth / IrDA / USB connectivity, 64MB RAM, 32MB Flash, SD and MMC external memory support.

Besides, ASP805 has a cool and distinguishing style, easy to use and fun to operate while reliable enough to manage valuable business information. It is intended for both the professional and young users.

Further more, ASP805 has a series of amazing features enabling users to take digital pictures, view them on a 320x208 pixel color screen, store them in the photo album and send them as an e-mail to a PC or as an MMS-message to another. Furthermore, ASP805 can be used in more than 150 countries worldwide as it runs on GSM 900/1800/1900."

Key features

E-GSM 900, GSM 1800/1900
Symbian OS v7.0 with UIQ 2.1 User Interface
32-bit TI OMAP RISC CPU based on ARM9 core
GPRS and HSCSD

Screen

Screen type: TFT, touch sensitive, anti-reflective
Display size: 208x320 pixels, 2,66"
Colour resolution: 16 bit, 65,536 colors

Memory

Internal user storage memory: 32 MB
External storage: MMC/SD cards

Imaging and Audio:

1.3 megapixels
Color depth: 24-bit (16,7 million colors)
Video size: QCIF
Video: recording, streaming and playback.
Audio: recording, streaming and playback. Audio player. Voice recorder.

Additional Features:

WAP/ JAVA/ J2ME MIDP
SyncML (Synchronization with PC)
User Customization (Wallpaper, Screen Saver, Ring tones, Alarm tones.)

Sony Ericsson P800

Symbian intro: The P800, is an advanced, open, pen-based smartphone that is positioned as the ultimate mobile multimedia experience. It uses the feature rich Symbian OS v7.0.

The P800 imaging and messaging capabilities makes it ideal to capture, show and send images. It features a large color screen: 208 x 320 pixels flip open (and 208 x 144 pixels flip closed) in 4096 colors, a fully integrated camera and storage space. Once captured images can be sent via all the standard protocols supported by Symbian OS such as MMS, email and Bluetooth. With support for GSM 900, 1800 and 1900, GPRS and HSCSD, the P800 works across the five continents. Sony Ericsson has adopted the pen-based UIQ user interface for the P800, and this phone fits into the UIQ category of Symbian phones, the first phone to do so.

The P800 weighs in at 148g without flip 158g with flip, and it's dimenisons are 117 x 59 x 27 mm. With the P800 you can take and store pictures, create and send MMS picture messages, and even view movies: mobile imaging in living color. The P800 has a dedicated CommuniCam button. Click once to switch on the viewfinder, click again to take pictures with the built-in camera (see imaging page for more details).

The P800 features an integrated browser capable of browsing WAP and Web content, as well as the ability to connect wirelessly to local devices using infra-red or Bluetooth. Bluetooth is a key technology for the P800, providing instant, wireless connections that work without line of sight: Share your data with other devices within range of your P800, let other devices use your P800 as a modem to connect to the internet. The P800 comes with a 16MB Memory Stick DUO which more than doubles the storage capacity and allows you to transfer files from your phone to your PC and vice versa. The P800 is fully equipped to deal with today�s information environment, capable of securely browsing content using: WAP WWW cHTML.

The P800 has a built-in multi-format digital audio player. You can download, save and play your favourite songs and always have them with you. Save them in the phone or on the 16MB Memory Stick� DUO included in the kit. Audio formats supported by the P800 audio player are MP3, WAV, AMR, AU. The P800's movie clip viewer makes good use of the P800's advanced screen design and allows you to view movies in full color at 176x144 pixels. Games included in the device are Men in Black II, Stunt Car Extreme, and SMS Chess (and more on the accompanying CD). Customisation is easy; Wallpaper - make your own background pictures or download from the web, screensavers are available too! Attach pictures to contacts so you can see who's calling and use polyphonic ring tones and make your own with the on-board ringtone composer.

SyncML capability means you can synchronize your data (E-Mail, calendars, task lists, contact information) with other devices and applications, for consistent, accessible and up to date information The P800 uses SyncML for both local synchronization (for example, with a PC using Bluetooth� or a cable connection) and remote synchronization over HTTP.

Applications included with the device include a Phone, Contacts, Messages, Internet, Calendar, Tasks, Jotter, Voice memo, Imaging, ComuniCam, Profiles, and mnay more. The Contacts is fully integrated between the phone, messaging clients and the contacts program. There is seamless integration of all communication aspects of the phone with each program. Contacts has vCard support and you can send vCard as MMS, SMS, email or fax, or beam them over infrared or Bluetooth. Agenda supports the vCalendar format and you can send vCalendar as MMS, SMS, email or fax, or beam over infrared or Bluetooth. In Messaging you can send and receive MMS, SMS, email and fax. The shared UI with Contacts means easy access to e-mail, fax and phone number data. There is support got POP3, IMAP4 and SMTP. Viewing messages is enhanced by support fot MIME, MHTML and Smart Messaging. You can have scheduled email poll too from multiple accounts.

There is great support for further development; write applications in both C++ and Java (kjava and pjava). Supported Java environments include PersonalJava and J2ME CLDC/MIDP and the integrated browser supports Java applets.

Motorola A925

The Motorola A925 is a variant on the Motorola A920.

Motorola has officially launched this phone so there is little information available.

Like the A920 it is a UIQ phone, has a touch screen, 65k colour screen (208x320) and a built in camera.

This phone is thought to be the generic market equiavlent of the A920. The A920 handset is for eclsuive use on 3 networks. It is likely the A925 will be available on other 3G networks.

The phone is due for release in the Q4.

Benq P30

The P30 is a UIQ handset from the Taiwanese manufacturers Benq. The phone has a�65k colour TFT screen. It supports Mp3 and Mp4.

It has an integrated camera for both still and video capture.

Sync'ing is a USB connection.

As the phone is powerd by UIQ we can expect a similar set of built in applications to the P800 and A920. The edvice will also therefore be pen operated.

Relatively little is known about this phone at the current time. It is projected for launch in Q4 2003.

Motorola A920

The Motorola A920 is the first Symbian OS powered 3G handset. It is available exclusively on the 3 network, and was designed jointly by 3 and Motorola.

It includes a built-in camera for Videotalk, Video and Picture Messaging, stylus navigation for easy email input, and a large touch screen great for viewing the many 3 Services.

Some of the features include:

Videotalk
Digital picture & video camera�
Touch screen for easy email
Video downloads�
MP3 player
USB connectivity
Modem to access the Internet via a laptop�
8MB internal memory with memory card expansion

The A920 is a UIQ handset.