Sony Ericsson P900

Sony Ericsson P900


The Sony Ericsson P900 is a Symbian OS v7.0 based smartphone from Sony Ericsson.

It is the successor of the Sony Ericsson P800, and like the P800 uses the UIQ user interface.



Like other Symbian-based smartphones, the P900 is an open phone, which means that it is possible to develop and install third party applications without restrictions. A Symbian C++ SDK is freely available from the Sony Ericsson developer website. Additionally, the P900 supports applications written in Java.



Because of this openness, a great number of third-party applications exists that can be used on the P900 and other UIQ phones (such as the Motorola A1000 and BenQ P30). Many are shareware and freeware and can be downloaded from various websites such as Handango and My-Symbian.



As the P900 uses UIQ version 2.1 it is backwards compatible with UIQ 2.0 as found in the P800. Applications made for the P800 will normally work on a P900 as well. It still has the ARM9 processor clocked at 156MHz as for the P800 & P910i.



The P900 can be used without the flip as well, acting more like a PDA, but still usable as a phone. P900 supports Memory Stick Duo up to 128MB as for the P800.



An updated version of the P900, Sony Ericsson P910i was released in July 2004. It features a small QWERTY keyboard, a little enhanced software, but had a higher use of battery, and today sold with 64MB instead of 32MB memory. P910i can carry a memorystick duo (pro), which can be up to 1GB.



The P900 is the first Sony Ericsson product for which Research in Motion's BlackBerry wireless email service will be available.



Some of the specifications of the P900 are:




  1. Triband - GSM 900 / 1800 / 1900 MHz

  2. Dimensions: 115 x 57 x 24 mm

  3. Weight: With flip-150g, Without flip-140g

  4. Internal Camera: VGA, Resolution Up to 640 x 480 pixels

  5. Connectivity: Bluetooth, Infrared, USB Data Cable

  6. GPRS (Wap 2.0)

  7. Messaging: SMS, EMS, MMS, POP3, IMAP, SMPT