Sony Ericsson P990

Sony Ericsson P990
Manufacturer	Sony Ericsson
Available	Late July (limited) and August (full retail) 2006
Camera	2 Megapixel
Operating system	UIQ 3 / Symbian OS v9.1
Input	Keypad / Touchscreen
Memory card	Memory Stick Pro Duo
Networks	UMTS, GSM
Connectivity	802.11b, Bluetooth, IrDA, USB

Sony Ericsson P990 is a smartphone and the successor of Sony Ericsson P910. The phone uses the UIQ 3 software platform, which is based upon Symbian OS 9.1. It was released in August 2006. The P990 has a numeric keypad that flips open to reveal a full QWERTY keyboard below the display, on the phone itself. This is a change from P910 where the keyboard is on the flip. The flip itself can be attached or detached using the screw and screwdriver found in the box. The phone is a UMTS (3G) and tri-band GSM phone supporting video calls through its front VGA camera. The touchscreen displays 262,521 colours (18-bit colour depth) with a resolution of 240x320 pixels. It also comes with a 2.0 Megapixel camera featuring autofocus and an FM/RDS radio. The P990 runs the Nexperia PNX4008 ARM9 208 MHz processor from Philips.The screen despite a smaller length (2.8 inch) than its predecessors is actually larger in area because of the increased width. The phone also improves over the P910 by including support for Wi-Fi, allowing users to connect to 802.11b wireless networks.

This phone has a dedicated fan base, who have remained patient for its release (since October 2005, when the P990 was announced).

Due to its built-in video calling capability and thumbboard, the P990 is in competition with the Nokia E61, E70 and the HTC TyTN. However, the P990 does come with a stylus making navigation easier.

Specifications

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• Network UMTS 2100 / GSM 900 / GSM 1800 / GSM 1900
• Dimensions 114 x 57 x 26 mm
• Weight 142 g
• Display Type TFT touchscreen, 256K colors
• Display Size 240 x 320 pixels, 42 x 57 mm
• QWERTY keyboard
• Handwriting recognition
• Ringtones Type Polyphonic (40 channels), MP3, AAC
• Expandable Memory: Card slot Memory Stick Pro Duo, 64 MB card included ,80 MB shared memory
• 3G, 384 kbit/s
• WLAN Wi-Fi 802.11b (WEP, WPA, WPA2)
• Bluetooth, v2.0 ; Infrared port
• Features OS Symbian OS v9.1, UIQ 3.0
• Messaging SMS, EMS, MMS, EMail
• Browser WAP 2.0/xHTML, HTML (Opera 8)
• Games Vijay Singh Pro Golf, Quadrapop + downloadable
• Camera 2 MP, 1600x1200 pixels, autofocus, video - QVGA 320x240 15fps, LED-light, second video call camera
• Java MIDP 2.0
• FM radio with RDS
• MP3/AAC player
• T9
• OMA DataSync 1.2 (Sync ML)
• Office applications
• Photo album
• Built-in handsfree
• Battery Standard battery, Li-Ion; Stand-by Up to 400 h; Talk time Up to 9 h

See also

• List of Sony Ericsson products
• List of UIQ 3 Phones

External links

• Sony Ericsson Home Page
• CDA & firmware versions
• Known Bugs
• Feature wishlist
• UIQ Developer Portal
• SE-UIQ
• Collection of pre-launch information - will become a repository of useful information and software post-release
• Philips Nexperia 4008 Product sheet

Reviews

• All About Symbian - in depth P990 review
• My-Symbian - detailed review