News: Sony Ericsson unveils its first commercial 3G phone
17 February 2003
Today, at the 3GSM World Congress in Cannes, France, Sony
Ericsson unveiled the Z1010 dual mode UMTS/GSM-GPRS phone.
The clamshell Z1010 is designed to give consumers the best
possible experience of imaging, messaging and connectivity
applications using 3G. Optimised for video conferencing and
video applications, it features two inbuilt cameras, two displays,
video support and a host of other features.
This fully featured dual mode UMTS/GSM-GPRS mobile phone
will be Sony Ericsson's first in a line of 3G-products made
available for the consumer market. It is demonstrated featuring
video calls and streaming video applications, in a live 3G
network in Cannes. The Z1010 focuses on easy-to-use multimedia
messaging, taking advantage of the capacity and capability
of 3G networks. For this, the clamshell Z1010 features two
displays and two cameras. The main display is a full graphic
65K colour display and a grey scale status display is located
on the front panel of the phone, for easy access to information
when the phone is closed.
The integrated camera is easy to use for capturing still
images and video, which can then be sent as MMS or e- mail.
There is also a dedicated video call camera placed below the
main display, so while the camera is filming the user, he
or she can watch the other party in the display. To be able
to easily move information between the Z1010 and other devices,
as well as for memory extension, the phone features Sony Memory
Stick Duo(TM) technology which makes it easy to transfer images,
video clips and music files to and from the phone.
"We are showing this product now to support operators' commercial
3G launch programmes and to inspire users and application
developers with full 3G functionality support. 2003 will be
the year when the industry will have to focus heavily on interoperability
and standardisation in order to launch attractive 3G services
and applications," says Jan Wäreby, Corporate Executive VP,
Head of Sales and Marketing at Sony Ericsson. "Supporting
this process is definitely one of Sony Ericsson's strengths
thanks to our Ericsson heritage, closeness to the operators
and the fact that we were the first ones to carry out hand-over
between GSM and 3G in September 2002," says Mr Wäreby.
Upon completion of interoperability testing (IOT) during
Q2, there will be full commercial availability to support
operator launch programmes during the second half of 2003.
Sony Ericsson has been shipping UMTS network test phones to
selected operator customers since the middle of 2002 and in
September announced, together with Ericsson, the first live,
dual mode UMTS/GSM calls with seamless handover between the
two modes. The demonstration, which included high data rate
in live UMTS/GSM networks, was done on Sony Ericsson test
units based on a commercial platform developed by Ericsson
Mobile Platforms and it is also on this platform that the
Z1010 is based.
Sony Ericsson Z1010 product features:
Imaging
- Video
Call, TwinCam, VGA for still, QCIF for video
- UMTS
64kbits uplink
- GPRS
4+2
- Dual
displays: 176x220 pixels / 65 536 colors and 101x80 pixels
/
- 4-level
grey scale
Entertainment
- Audio
and video: MPEG 4, H.263, MP3, ACC, AMR
- UMTS
384kbit downlink
- Polyphonic
Sound 24 voices
- WAP2.0
- Java
MIDP 1.0
Messaging
- SMS/EMS/MMS/MMS
video
- Wireless
village
Connectivity
- Bluetooth
long range
- Sony
Memory stick Duo(TM), 16MB included
- USB
true connector - 12Mbit
- IrDA
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