Sony Ericsson M600 3G phone launched

Sony Ericsson today presented its new M600 UMTS phone which is Symbian OS 9.1 and UIQ 3.0 enabled. It features a stylish, 15mm thin enclosure and has a touchscreen with handwriting recognition.

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.

Features:

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

The M600 is available in Granite Black and Crystal White and starts shipping during Q2 2006. The M600 will be available in 4 hardware keyboard variants: QWERTY, QWERTZ, AZERTY and Russian