Sony Ericsson G900 Whitepaper - Page 22

White paper G900 Web mail Web-based email or Web mail refers to an e-mail service intended to be primarily accessed via a Web browser, as opposed to through an application such as Microsoft Outlook or Outlook Express. Some of the most popular Web mail providers are Yahoo! Mail, Hotmail and Gmail. G900 users can use their favourite Web mail account to access their email in the same way as when at the office or at home, with one exception - it can be done one the move! Instant messaging (IM) The Instant Messaging client OMA IMPS 1.2 is included in the phone on certain markets. It offers easy and affordable access to the existing AOL, MSN or Yahoo Instant Messaging account of a user. SMS, EMS and MMS messaging For technical specifications, see Short message service (SMS) on page 75, Enhanced message service (EMS) on page 77, and Multimedia messaging service (MMS) on page 78. SMS (Short Message Service) A user can send messages containing up to 160 characters to and from GSM mobile stations (up to 70 characters using unicode text). G900 also supports concatenated SMS messages, that is, a user can write a longer message and G900 will automatically send it using as many SMS messages that are needed. The user can reply to an SMS message with an MMS message and send a fax using the SMS message as the bearer. There is enhanced support for delivery reports and short message class support. EMS (Enhanced Adds powerful functionality to the well-known SMS standard. An EMS message may Messaging include sounds and melodies, pictures and animations and formatted text. Also EMS Service) messages can be sent as concatenated messages. MMS (Multimedia Messaging Service) MMS messages may include combinations of video clips, animations, pictures, sounds and text. The following tasks can be performed using this service: smart uploads and downloads, automatic transmission when leaving Flight mode, video recording directly from the MMS application, background transmission, direct link use (customized shortcuts to an Operator's Web site to get new templates), and replying to MMS messages with SMS messages. When creating MMS messages, Picture Editor is used for editing inserted JPEG, PNG, GIF and BMP images as well as for creating simple JPEG images from scratch. It is possible to crop, rotate and resize images. The editor also includes fun layers, clip art and tools for drawing on the image using the stylus. Different pen sizes and colours are available, as well as a text tool for formatting and inserting text into an image. A simpler version of Picture Editor is used for creating images for EMS messages. 22 September 2008