P800/P802

White Paper, January 2003

Messaging

The P800 Messages application has integrated support for SMS, EMS, MMS and E-Mail from a unified UI. 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 font attributes 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 CD-ROM

•Area information (SMS Cell Broadcast) is a type of text message sent to subscribers in a certain network area.

•Over The Air setup messages are held in a special ‘Auto Setup’ mailbox

•Incoming beamed items will be found in the ‘Beamed’ mailbox

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.

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 is part of the 3GPP standards.

An EMS message can be sent to a mobile phone that does not support EMS, or only supports part of EMS. All the EMS elements i.e. text formatting, pictures, animations and sounds are located in the message header. The EMS contents will be ignored by a receiving phone that does not support the standard. Only the text message will be displayed to the receiver. This is true consumer-friendly standardization. EMS is compatible to SMS across most of the range of mobile

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