White Paper W950

Preliminary version - PA4

 

 

 

Unified mailbox

 

 

 

 

 

SMS, EMS, MMS, Local Information, Beamed and

• Enhanced Messaging Service (EMS) adds pow-

Auto configuration messages are all stored within

erful functionality to the well-known SMS stan-

one unified Inbox in messaging.

dard. An EMS can include; sounds and

 

melodies, pictures and animations and format-

• SMS (Short Message Service). With SMS a user

ted text. EMS message can be sent as concate-

can send text messages containing up to 160

nated messages.

 

characters to and from GSM mobile stations (up

 

 

 

to 70 characters using unicode text). W950 also

• MMS messages may include combinations of

provides concatenated SMS, that is, the user

video clips, animation, pictures, sound and text.

can write a longer message and W950 will auto-

The following tasks can be performed from an

matically send it using more than one SMS. You

MMS; smart uploads and downloads, automatic

can reply to an SMS with an MMS and send a

 

 

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transmission when leaving Flight mode, record

fax using SMS as the bearer. There is enhanced

 

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video directly from the MMS application, back-

support for delivery reports and short message

 

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ground transmission, direct links (these are cus-

class support.

tomized shortcuts to an operators Web site to

 

get new templates) and reply to an MMS with an

• Local Information, Automatic configuration

SMS.

 

 

items, beamed items will be found in the Inbox.

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Area Information

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Area information is SMS Cell Broadcasting.

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standby screen or is placed in the Inbox. The user

to be broadcast on differentternalchannels. Using the

neath the network operator name in the phone dis-

 

can choose if they want to save the message to the

An SMS cell broadcast allows information to be

Inbox or not.

 

 

sent to all mobile handsets in a particular geo-

 

 

 

graphic area. Information such as traffic news or

Broadcast subscriptions are controlled from the

local weather reports can be sent to an area cov-

Area information dialog.

 

ered by a single cell or to the entire network.

 

 

 

 

When a user is subscribed to channel 50, and this

Broadcast messages are organised into a number

channel is supported by their network, the ID of the

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current cell (or group of cells) is displayed under-

of channels, this allows different types of messages

phone, users can choose which broadcast chan-

play. This is often the telephone area code or postal

or

code of the current location.

nels to subscribe to.IThe requested text messages

are received, the message either scrolls across the

 

 

 

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Picture Gallery

 

 

 

Picture Gallery enables you to view, send and organize your photographs. Picture Gallery supports image types JPEG, BMP, GIF (including ani- mated), MBM, PNG, and WBMP in up to 262 k colours. You can also launch Picture Editor from Picture Gallery.

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June 2006