Sony Ericsson M600

[zeem35]

M600 slim, compact and stylish UMTS messaging phone puts secure e-mail and Internet at your fingertips
06 February 2006

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

[zeem35]

Press Release
http://www.sonyericsson.com/spg.jsp?cc=global&lc=en&ver=4001&template=pc3_1_1& zone=pc&lm=pc3_1&prid=4639

Press Images
http://www.sonyericsson.com/spg.jsp?...10385&esi=true

[difenbaker]

Nice features!!

- symbian OS
- touchscreen
- 3G
- flightmode

If this is cheaper than a p990, it will give that phone a serious run for its money. This does not seem to have wifi, no edge, no fm radio, and it's not quadband.

For myself, it looks good though, I wont miss that annoying qwerty keypad of the p9 one bit.

It also doesn't have a camera... not a biggie for business users, but will count a lot for the general phone public.


cheers!

[zeem35]

it has M2 memory stick if i have not mistaken

[henrycharge2003]

whats the max capacity for m2 cards?

[zeem35]

@ dif

* Infrared SIR
* 80 MB internal user memory
* Expandable Memory Stick Micro™ (M2™)
* Full HTML browser Opera 8

[difenbaker]

Originally Posted by zeem35

@ dif

* Infrared SIR
* 80 MB internal user memory
* Expandable Memory Stick Micro™ (M2™)
* Full HTML browser Opera 8

yup, just saw that... edited my post a coupla seconds later... hehehe, thanks for the quick heads-up zeem.

(you already replied before I could correct it... )


cheers!

[zeem35]

Originally Posted by henrycharge2003

whats the max capacity for m2 cards?

Apparently the format has a theoretical maximum of a whopping 32GB of storage capacity

@ dif
hehe no problem..
its Nokia E series Competitor so no camera
by the way it has UMTS..
so browse in 3G

[zeem35]

im starting to like it but no camera rejects it..
i like the design better than P990 its more like K750..
if it had a 2Mp cam perfect anyways its target is Co-operate customers where people cant use camera

[TheZodiac]

Wow, a square phone with square buttons! How innovative. Next, thing you will tell me, it used a proprietary memory format for expansion. Aaah...

[brad]

Originally Posted by TheZodiac

Wow, a square phone with square buttons! How innovative. Next, thing you will tell me, it used a proprietary memory format for expansion. Aaah...

Zing!

[crazyze]

Originally Posted by TheZodiac

Wow, a square phone with square buttons! How innovative. Next, thing you will tell me, it used a proprietary memory format for expansion. Aaah...

LOL! It has to be boring because it is aimed at business, but at least it is small than the P990. I think the lack of WiFi is a shame, would be a perfect business phone and probably be better than some of the Nokia E-series phones.

[im92109210]

whats the box above the keyboard for ??? dont tell me a quickshare sticker again... if it is.. that wud be one of the worst places to put it !!!

[greenarcher]

no camera =(

[Moby]

How do you make calls/answer calls? There are no call buttons? Do you have to use the touch screen, or will it have softkeys? Will the screen work with a finger nail, or does the jog dial allow choosing options?