Sony Ericsson P900 information
This handset
was officially launched on the 21st October 2003, and as of early
November, the phone has been available from selected retailers.
The P900 is an evolution of the P800 smartphone.
It's slightly smaller and lighter, and is powered by Symbian OS
v7 (UIQ 2.1). It's a combined mobile phone, camera and PDA.
The P900 is a tri-band GPRS phone with Bluetooth, a colour touchscreen, digital camera and MP3 player. Memory expansion is via a Memory Stick Duo slot.
Differences from P800: Changes to Flip (less removable), proper stylus (not the toothpick), support for themes and skins, improvements to multimedia software, support for video recording and a 32MB Memory Stick Duo
- Physical dimensions: 117 x 57 x 27 mm, weight 130g.
- Screen: 208 x 320 pixel colour touchscreen
- Battery life: talk time up to 13 hours. Standby up to 400
hours
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- AllAboutSymbian - Useful resource for details of the Symbian Operating system.
- Handango - 100's of shareware titles for Symbian OS phones.
- P900 forum - have your say on the P900 and P800
- Help with Bluetooth - Information on connecting with Bluetooth
FAQs
| How can I connect the P900? | It's possible to use
your P900 to connect to the Internet to browse the web via the
built-in browser, check your POP or IMAP email, and look up WAP
sites. See our pages on P900 connectivity, and using WAP on a P900 |
| How do I get my email? |
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| How do I connect my P900 to my PC? |
The P900 can connect to a PC via Bluetooth , infrared or by cable. Here is a summary of how to connect your P900 to your PC:
Files
received on the P900 can be found in the 'Beamed' folder of
the Messaging application. |
| Help with Bluetooth |  The
P900 has built-in support for Bluetooth for wireless file transfer,
copying files to and from a PC, and beaming of business cards
and other files to other mobile phone/PDA users. Access to the
Bluetooth settings screen is done via the menu's Control panel
option, and the "Bluetooth" option under the 'Connections'
tab. For more on Bluetooth, see our dedicated Bluetooth page. |
| How do I install software without IR or Bluetooth? |
If you
don't have the ability to beam files to the P900 via Bluetooth
or infrared (either from another handheld device or from a PC),
then you may wish to purchase an IRDA or Bluetooth adapter for
your PC (this means you'll be able to install software, backup
and synchronise your P900). |
| ZIP files | If you're trying to install a file with a .ZIP extension, note that this means it has been compressed (to save space or reduce download time).To get to the file, you'll need to unzip it first. You can do this with a PC application such as WinZip, or on the phone itself using the ZipMan application. |
| How to access the Services Menu |  The
P900 has a 'hidden' service menu that allows you to access serial
numbers, test options and a way to format the Internal drive.
This can be accessed by closing the flip, then following this
sequence:
Jog-Dial up |
| Can I use the P900 as an MP3 player? | Yes. The P900 supports playback of MP3, WAV, AMR and AU file formats. Audio can be loaded onto Memory Stick Duo cards as required |
| Hotmail and AOL access? |
Hotmail and AOL use proprietary email systems,
as opposed to the more common POP email systems - this makes it tricky to access mail on a mobile device. For email on the move,
consider using a standard POP3 provider such as BT Yahoo (see setup details) that offers free email accounts that can be configured on mobile phone email programs.
For more help, see our Connected? page |
| Can I use the P900 in the States? | Yes. The P900 is a tri-band phone operating on EGSM900/1800 (Europe, Africa, Asia Pacific), and GSM1900 (USA, Canada, South America). There should be no problem using the P900 with network operators in these countries. Roaming restrictions from your network operator may prevent use of some services in other countries. |
| Receive & send faxes on your mobile | If you
need to receive faxes, but don't have access to a fax machine, take
a look at efax.com. They'll give you a fax number, and forward faxes direct to your email account as an attachment. You can then use the messaging application to retrieve
your faxes on the move. You can also use this service to send faxes. |
| Version number | This is how to get at
a P900's version number:
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| Alternative connectivity software |
Rather than the software
that came as standard with the phone, there's a rather useful
third-party application called Oxygen
II- This application supports Contacts, Calendar,
Messaging and file management. |
| Accessories? | There's a wide range of accessories, including spare batteries, cases, chargers, in-car kits, hands-free, cables and fascias, at Carphone Warehouse |
| How do share my pictures with others? |
Once you have taken a picture on your phone, there are three ways to get the files from your phone to other people or computers:
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| What's my phone's serial number? | Enter '*#06#' as if it were a phone number, to get your handset's serial number (known as the IMEI) - useful to keep a note of in case your phone is stolen. You may also need this number when registering certain types of software. |
| Who's calling? | A great feature of UIQ
is the ability to add a thumbnail to a contact. Take a picture
of a friend with the camera, then open the person's contact, edit
it, and add the image as a thumbnail. The photos are in JPG format,
so you can use images from digital cameras or scanned images.
Build up a mini-library of pictures, and get a name and face to
appear when a call comes in. Mobile phones identify callers using
a service called CLI. For more details, see our CLI
page If you're finding that only the person's number is being displayed even though you have the name entered in Contacts, this is probably because you have the number in the phone twice (perhaps once on the phone memory and once on the SIM card - in this case, the phone doesn't know which entry to use. |
| Data conversion | For help with information on converting your Contacts, Calendar and documents for viewing on your phone, see our Conversion page for some general guidance. |
| Can I use MSN messaging? |  The
P900 doesn't come with an instant messaging MSN client built-in,
but third-party MSN clients are available. Take a look at handango.com for the range, or take a look at the jMSN
for UIQ application. |
Memory card reader. If you don't
want to beam files from your PC to the phone, another option
is to make use of the Memory Stick slot in the P900. Get hold
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Questions? Ask them in our P900 forum, and we'll add them here
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