P800/P802
White Paper, January 2003
Message conversionThe MMS-C is able to perform limited message conversion - for example, from MMS to SMS – so that processing and air time is not wasted in sending messages to mobile terminals that do not have adequate capability to receive them. It also handles service aspects such as store and forward, guaranteed delivery, subscriber preferences, operator constraints, and billing information. The MMS-C also vouches for high quality messaging, e.g. by format conversion. This means that the MMS-C recognizes which formats are supported in the mobile phone, and adapts the MMS messages to these formats. The WAP User Agent Profile (UAProf) is used to communicate the handset’s capabilities to the MMS server. These features depend on the configuration of the MMS servers and will therefore be operator-dependent.
OTA configurationUsers can easily get MMS into their phone. MMS is configurable via OTA, meaning that the user does not have to configure the settings manually. The configuration is done by the operator.
E-MailP800 E-Mail Features
The P800 E-Mail client supports the following standards:
POP3 | Post Office Protocol 3 | POP is used to copy, move and delete messages |
| | from an incoming mail server in the network |
IMAP4 | Internet Message Access | IMAP is also used to copy, move and delete |
| Protocol | messages from an incoming mail server. IMAP has |
| | more features than POP, but the P800 behaves in |
| | the same manner whichever is used. |
MIME | Multipurpose Internet Mail | MIME is a protocol describing data, for example to |
| Extension | define the attachments included in an e-mail. |
These standards are supported by most Internet Service Providers and many corporate environments. Any number of E-Mail accounts may be set up – a typical configuration will be one business and one personal account. OTA configuration of E-Mail and ISP accounts is supported. E-Mail accounts and associated ISP accounts may be remotely configured over the air.
Built-in password generators from RSA Security and Secure Computing and make it possible for the P800 to connect corporate networks which use these popular access controls, so allowing corporate e-mail to be used.
When connected via GPRS, automatic polling can be used so that E-Mail is automatically collected and presented in the Inbox. Controls are provided to filter messages based on size, enabling cost and download time to be managed. Another option enables only e-mail headers to be presented in the inbox. Headers are quick to download. The user may read and select headers and request the message to be downloaded.
Attachments may be viewed using the built-in viewers for Microsoft® Word, Excel, PowerPoint® and Adobe® Acrobat® (PDF). More viewers may be loaded from the supplied CD-ROM. See Viewer section for more information.
A signature may be set up so that essential details are automatically copied to the end of each outgoing E-Mail.
The supplied PC Suite for P800 enables E-Mail to be synchronised with Microsoft® Outlook® and Lotus® Notes®. During synchronisation, new e-mail from the PC is transferred in to the