Sony Ericsson P802 manual EMS Enhanced Messaging Service, EMS more than just words

For Internal Use Only	P800 Smartphone
	White Paper, May 2002

Messaging

The P800 has integrated messaging which supports SMS, EMS, MMS and E-Mail from a unified MMI. Messages may be addressed using the contacts data and hyperlinks are supported in all message types to create E-Mails, call telephone numbers and navigate directly to web and WAP pages that are referenced in the text.

•With the Short Message Service, a user can send text messages containing up to 160 characters to and from GSM mobile stations (up to 70 characters using Chinese text)

•With concatenated SMS, the user can write a longer message and the P800 will automatically send it using more than one SMS.

•EMS (Enhanced Messaging Service) enables the user to include graphics, sounds and different fonts as part of a text message, which can then be sent over the normal GSM/SMS service. Such messages may also be received and the extra media objects saved.

•MMS provides true multimedia capability with real pictures, sound and time-based sequencing.

•The E-Mail client supports POP3 and IMAP4 E-Mail and multiple accounts may be set up, for example business and personal.

•Attachment viewers are included for Microsoft® Word, Excel, PowerPoint® and Adobe® Acrobat® (PDF), with approx. 20 more available from the applications CD-

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EMS (Enhanced Messaging Service)

Enhanced Messaging Service (EMS) adds new powerful functionality to the well-known SMS standard. With it, mobile phone users can add life to SMS text messaging in the form of pictures, animations, sound and formatted text. This gives the users new ways to express feelings, moods and personality in SMS messages. As well as messaging, users will enjoy collecting and swapping pictures and ring signals and other melodies, downloading them from the Internet or editing them directly on the phone.

EMS uses existing SMS infrastructure and industry standards, keeping investments to a minimum for operators and providing a familiar user interface and compatibility with existing phones and with other manufacturers.

EMS – more than just words

Sounds and melodies

EMS gives the user the ability to send and receive sounds. These can be pre-defined sounds, such as “Chime high” and “Notify ”, or melodies (ring signals in the phone), downloaded from the Internet, received in SMS messages or composed by the user on the phone keypad or a PC.

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