Sony Ericsson P990i - Manual (Page 24)

White Paper P990i
24 January 2006
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Unified mailbox
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 mobile 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.
• Enhanced Messaging Service (EMS) adds pow-
erful functionality to the well-known SMS stan-
dard.
An EMS can include; sounds and melodies, pic-
tures 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, automatic
transmission when leaving Flight Mode, record
video directly from the MMS application, back-
ground transmission, direct links, these are cus-
tomized shortcuts to operators web site to get
new templates and reply to an MMS with an
SMS.
Area Information
Area information is SMS Cell Broadcasting.
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
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 phone dis-
play. This is often the telephone area code or postal
code of the current location.
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.