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Sony Ericsson Z520a 95673024644 Z520 White Paper

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  • Page 1 June 2005 Z520...

  • Page 2: Purpose Of This Document

    The aim of this White Paper is to give the reader an understanding of technology and its main applications, as well as the main functions and features of the phone. Note: This document contains general descriptions for this specific Sony Ericsson mobile phone. People who can benefit from this document include: •...

  • Page 3: Sony Ericsson Developer World

    On www.SonyEricsson.com/developer, developers will find documentation and tools such as phone White Papers, Developers Guidelines for different technologies, SDKs and relevant APIs. The website also con- tains discussion forums monitored by the Sony Ericsson Developer Support team, an extensive Knowl- edge Base, Tips & Tricks, example code and news.

  • Page 4: Table Of Contents

    Contents Product Overview ...5 Key functions and features ...6 Design features ...9 More in-phone functions ...9 Technologies in detail ...12 Imaging ...12 VGA camera ...12 Media player ...13 Streaming ...15 Gaming ...16 Light effects ...16 SMIL ...16 Messaging ...17 My friends ...17 MMS ...18 Connectivity ...21 GPRS ...21...

  • Page 5: Product Overview

    White Paper Z520 Product Overview The Z520 mobile phone features an attractive clamshell design and new communication experience that will allow the user to have more immediate fun with Instant Messaging and collaborative gaming. Also features a digital VGA camera, loop antenna, and Style-Up™ covers. Easy to use video communication provides a dedicated camera button for taking and sending a picture or video clip.

  • Page 6: Key Functions And Features

    The camera also features a 4X zoom. Sony Ericsson’s constant ambition of making prod- ucts easier to use, has had a great outcome: QuickShare™. White Paper QuickShare is the fastest, easiest and smartest ever way to share images.

  • Page 7: Activity Menu

    WAV, MP3 or MIDI (Polyphonic 40 voices or more). How the service works This service is owned by Sony Ericsson or hosted by Sony Ericsson for a network operator. The PlayNow™ or other premium content is maintained and managed, for example by Sony Music or Sony Pictures.

  • Page 8: Java™ 2 Micro Edition

    (audio, pictures, Music tones, video, entertainment features such as games etc.). Content-based services have great market poten- tial, and to encourage this, Sony Ericsson plans to support DRM in all future multimedia products. Sony Ericsson regards DRM as a key enabler for...

  • Page 9: Design Features

    Design features Ergonomics and balance The phone strives for a perfect balance in your hand. Ergonomics links together with design. Display and keypad areas The 1.8 inch display area accommodates relatively large keys on the keypad area. The keys are aligned in a vertically grouped form. The display and key areas are designed with a sophisticated look.

  • Page 10: File Management

    The setup wizard includes: • setting the language • setting time and time format • setting date and date format • the possibility to import contacts from a SIM card • hints about the Back and C keys. PIM (Personal Information Management) The user can stay up to date with their everyday events by synchronizing the phone contacts, cal-...

  • Page 11: Power Save

    – sports, movie, seasonal and other themes will be available on Sony Ericsson or operator sites. Other personalizable features are the start-up screen and the screen saver. Specific pictures and ringtones can also be set for each separate name in the phonebook.

  • Page 12: Technologies In Detail

    Technologies in detail Imaging VGA camera VGA camera With the integrated VGA camera, the user can take pictures and video clips and store them in the phone memory. The user can send them as an attachment in an email or a picture message (MMS).

  • Page 13: Video Format

    • VGA (640x480 pixels) • QVGA (320x240 pixels) • QQVGA (160x120 pixels) • Extended (1280x960 pixels) Video format Video clips can be recorded, played and sent using the following codec: Media player The media player supports different audio and video formats, streaming as well as download and playback.

  • Page 14: Polyphonic Ringtones

    Due to the musical limitations of eMelody, and the popu- larity of creating, sending and downloading ring melodies, Ericsson and Sony Ericsson, together with other manufacturers, created the more advanced but non-polyphonic sound format – iMel- ody.

  • Page 15: Streaming

    Streaming Streaming media is a method of making audio, video clips and other multimedia available in real- time. The term streaming refers to the technique it is based on. Previously an entire file had to be down- loaded before it could be played, whereas the use of streaming means the end user can almost imme- diately begin to watch or listen to the content of a requested file.

  • Page 16: Gaming

    Gaming Gaming is now seen as a standard feature in mobile phones, where Sony Ericsson promises to be a step ahead in this regard. This is not only due to faster download capability on the network. There are some other reasons why the actual gaming experience is better –...

  • Page 17: Messaging

    Messaging My friends Sony Ericsson’s application - My friends - is an enhanced messaging facility that offers a user friendly and versatile way to quickly get in touch with contacts. The My friends application merges the Phonebook and messaging functionalities that we commonly find in phones.

  • Page 18: Mms Objects

    You can manage the My friends list to quickly alter the list of contacts that you want displayed. You can sort the names, edit nicknames, block or delete a friend, or link a friend to the Contacts. Viewing the status of contacts in My friends You can view your contact’s status and decide how you want to communicate with him or her.

  • Page 19: Mms Technical Features

    Text As with SMS and EMS (Enhanced Messaging Serv- ice), an MMS message can consist of normal text. The length of the text is unlimited. The main differ- ence between an EMS and MMS message is that in an MMS message, text can be accompanied not only by simple pixel images or melodies but by photographic images, graphics, audio clips and video clips.

  • Page 20: Message Conversion

    the MMS network architecture, providing storage and operational support, enabling instant delivery of multimedia messages from terminal-to-terminal and terminal-to-e-mail, and supporting flexible addressing. The center’s MMS Proxy-Relay inter- acts with the application being run on the MMS- WAP/ Access Network MMSE Figure 1.

  • Page 21: Connectivity

    Connectivity GPRS The introduction of GPRS was a big step in the evolution of the GSM networks for enhancing the capabilities of data communication. Data traffic has increased (over both wired and wireless networks), with the growth in demand for Internet access and services paralleling that of mobile communications.
  • Page 22 Bluetooth wireless technology facilitates instant connections, which are maintained even when the devices are not in the line of sight. Enhanced audio quality voice transmission is provided under adverse conditions, making it possible to use a headset connection to the phone at all times. Using Bluetooth wireless technology in Z520 True wireless connection...

  • Page 23: Irda

    connect to a Bluetooth device that can receive images and when the user then selects View, the image is transferred to the remote screen and dis- played. When the user then selects another image, that image is transferred to the remote screen and displayed.

  • Page 24: Connection Via Cable

    An infrared link is a serial connection, which means that data bits are sent one after another in a long stream. The IrDA–SIR Data Link Standard is a pro- tocol that makes transmission of data faultless. The standard provides a high level of noise immunity, which means that the connection is not affected by fluorescent light and electromagnetic fields –...

  • Page 25: Syncml - An Open Standard For Synchronization

    SyncML – an open standard for synchronization SyncML background Leading the way in providing remote synchroniza- tion capability, Sony Ericsson realizes that interop- erability of remote synchronization is of utmost importance if mobile data usage is to become as widespread as generally predicted. That is why Ericsson, along with IBM, Lotus, Motorola, Matsus- hita, Nokia, Palm Inc., Psion and Starfish Software,...

  • Page 26: Remote Synchronization

    Remote synchronization Remote synchronization takes place over the air using and is the ideal way to keep the phone up to date. Using GPRS, the phone can be continuously connected to the remote synchronization server. Firewall Sync Server PIM Application Third-party service providers offering synchronization services to corporate personal information manage- ment (PIM) applications, such as Microsoft®...

  • Page 27: Protection Properties

    Sony Ericsson is actively focusing on technology standardization for the DRM concept, and supports the ongoing standardization work and activities of the OMA (Open Mobile Alliance). Sony Ericsson is fully committed to open standard solutions in the mobile environment and is a principal driver of many open standard initiatives.
  • Page 28 Unless the content is encrypted, the user cannot copy DRM content to other devices since the Send to option is disabled for pictures, Music tones, etc. that are OMA DRM protected. Content providers may choose to protect some content, but leave some content unprotected.

  • Page 29: Object Exchange - 'Send As

    When content is downloaded to the device, opera- tors generate revenues from the user via, for exam- ple, their billing system. Operators might in their turn be billed for rights by the content aggregator, content provider or directly by the content creator. Downloading server Content...
  • Page 30 Application Cable Infrared Image Sound Bookmark Voice memo *Only an iMelody can be sent in an EMS. IRDA Bluetooth GPRS HSCSD or CSD Bluetooth SMS/EMS Yes* To perform a ‘Send’ beam operation using infra- red, the two devices are lined up and the sender initiates the transfer.

  • Page 31: Java

    APIs: • Mascot Capsule Micro3D Version 3 • Mobile 3D Graphics API for J2ME (JSR 184) More information about Java 3D on Sony Ericsson mobile handsets, refer to the Java 3D Developers Guidelines available at Sony Ericsson Developer World www.sonyericsson.com/developer •...

  • Page 32: Facts And Figures

    White Paper Z520 Facts and figures June 2005...

  • Page 33: Technical Specifications

    Technical specifications General technical data System Speech coding GSM SIM/ USIM card Memory (user free) Exterior description Length Width Height Thickness Weight Internal Display External Display Antenna Quad-band phase 2 recommendations. GSM850 (3GPP 31.101-1), GSM 900 (CTR 19 and CTR 20), GSM 1800 (CTR 31 and CTR 32), GSM 1900.

  • Page 34: Performance And Technical Characteristics

    Colors Battery Network LED Keypad Co-branding area Exchangable covers Performance and technical characteristics Dimension GSM 850 Frequency range TX: 824 – 849 RX: 869 – 894 Channel spacing 200 kHz Number of channels 124 Carriers *8 (TDMA) Modulation GMSK TX Phase Accuracy <...

  • Page 35: Battery Information

    Dimension GSM 850 Transmitter Output 50 ohm impedance Transmitter Spurious < -36 dBm up to emission 1 GHz < -30 dBm over 1 GHz (according to spec.) Receiver RF sensitivity Better than – 102 dBm Receiver RX Bit error rate <...
  • Page 36 Facts and figures Digital zoom Media player File types Audio Video (including audio part) Streaming transport Video coding Audio coding Features Pictures Formats Sharing via 2x - VGA (640x480 pixels) 1x- 4x (in 0.1 increments) - QVGA (320x240 pixels) 1x- 4x (in 0.1 increments) -QQVGA (160x120 pixels) No zoom - Extended (1280x960 pixels) - TBD Formats MP3 (192 kbit/s for local playback)

  • Page 37: Short Messaging Service

    Image decoders Decoder Details 87a/89a JPEG ISO/IEC JPEG Baseline DCT Progressive DCT Non-differential Huffman coding Symbol 'SOF2' The bitmap image format used by Windows®. WBMP Image encoders Decoder Details JPEG ISO/IEC JPEG Baseline DCT Non-differential Huffman coding Symbol 'SOF0' The bitmap image format used by Windows®.
  • Page 38 Feature Reply to messages Message creation methods support Copy, cut and paste words Teaching of predictive words that are not in the predictive dictionary Possibilities when creating a message: save a sent message in a “sent items” folder insert a line in the message assign a validity period to the message use pre-defined messages Possibilities when receiving a message:...

  • Page 39: Enhanced Messaging Service

    Feature via WAP call (go to the WAP address con- tained in the message body) via USSD session Print via IrDA Possibility to offer the user the ability of sending an SMS to a list of recipients Possibility to write an e-mail address as a recipient address SMS storage Nokia Picture Messaging...

  • Page 40: Multimedia Messaging Service

    Feature I-melody Melodies WBMP Picture sizes Pictures Animations TP-PID field value given by the handset before sending an EMS message Multimedia Messaging Service Feature MMS/CSD parameters and MMS/GPRS parameters placement Possibility to pre-configure the MMS param- eters in factory Possibility to configure the MMS parameters by OTA provisioning Support Yes, version 1.2.
  • Page 41 Feature Possibility for all the parameters from the parameters set to be OTA provisioned at the same time Possibility for only one parameter from the parameters set to be OTA provisioned OTA provisioning solution Supplier indication of realized interoperability tests between its MMS User Agent and MMS Relay/Server from other suppliers Support of a standard or a proprietary proce- dure for OTA provisioning of MMS parame-...

  • Page 42: Bluetooth Technical Data

    Feature Maximum message size that can be handled by the handset for message MMS User Agent will report problems to user in case of: Bluetooth technical data Dimension Bluetooth capability statement Bluetooth functions Connectable devices Coverage area Transmission power Frequency band Power consumption Data transmission rate Support...

  • Page 43: Sim At Services Supported

    Specific commands working with the SIM card SIM AT services supported Service CALL CONTROL BY SIM DATA DOWNLOAD TO SIM DISPLAY TEXT GET INKEY Mode Cell Broadcast Text of up to 240 characters (120 UCS2 coded). bit 1: 0 = normal priority 1 = high priority bit 8: 0 = clear message after a delay...
  • Page 44 Service GET INPUT LAUNCH BROWSER MORE TIME PLAY TONE POLLING OFF POLL INTERVAL PROVIDE LOCAL INFORMA- TION REFRESH Mode General: No. of hidden input characters bit 1: 0 = digits (0-9, *, # and +) only 1 = alphabet set bit 2: 0 = SMS default alphabet 1 = UCS2 alphabet...
  • Page 45 Service SELECT ITEM SEND DTMF SEND SHORT MESSAGE SEND SS SEND USSD SET UP CALL SET UP EVENT LIST SET UP IDLE MODE TEXT Mode bit 1: 0 = packing not required 1 = SMS packing by the ME required General: Capability configuration Set-up speech call CallParty Subaddress DTMF support...

  • Page 46: User Interaction With Sim At

    Service SET UP MENU TIMER MANAGEMENT OPEN CHANNEL CLOSE CHANNEL RECEIVE DATA SEND DATA GET CHANNEL STATUS User Interaction with SIM AT Display text Text of up to 240 characters (120 UCS coded) is supported. Text clearing times are 5-20 seconds and a 60-sec- ond time-out limit for the user to clear the text.

  • Page 47: Wap Browser Technical Data

    text ‘Setting up a call current call will be discon- nected’. If the ‘OK’ key is pressed the current call will be disconnected and the new call set up. Set up menu Incorporates a SIM Application Toolkit Menu Item into the ME’s main menu structure. WAP browser technical data Feature Back to previous page...

  • Page 48: Wap Operator Technical Data

    Feature Security Tables User Agent Profiles WAP/WML WAP WAP browser WAP profiles WAP operator technical data Feature WAP Browser Version HTML WAP Provisioning types Total Parameter sets Support in the browser WTLS class 1-3 TLS 1.0, client authentication WIM on SIM ICC X.509 certificate support, WAP Profile WMLScript signText WPKI OTA download of trusted and client certificates...
  • Page 49 Feature Parameter set list Parameter sets include Factory pre-configuration Security mechanism Bearer OTA via SMS Interface Bearer OTA via SMS OTA via Cell Broadcast Re-provisioning Interface Support for WAP name, name, homepage and homepage, homepage title (1st book- proxy/GW address, mark element), CSD phone number, proxy/GW address,...
  • Page 50 Feature OTA via SMS OTA via Cell Broadcast Carrier reset/provisioning SWIM SWIM certificate Applicative provisioning Preferred bearer customization E-mail customization Other applications/features Technologies OMA Client provisioning Openwave OTA Other Provisioning bearer Parameter sets available Parameter sets for OTA modifica- tion PUSH Content types Service Indication (SI)
  • Page 51 Feature Session Initiation Application (SIA) Man Machine Interface SI/content retrieval postponing SI menu structure accessability SL reception warning SIA reception warning Cache size limitations Number of push messages Push de-activate Dynamic push menu changes Security Mechanisms for push Trust with PPG WSP push sessions Denial of service/spoofing User agent profile...
  • Page 52 Feature WAP solutions SAR/WSP/http GET solution to download content over WAP Download Fun from Openwave Other download content over WAP Features Download application/product memory check Downloaded object solution UAP indication for downloading Other features Object formats GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACE Man Machine Interface Selection keys Separate/dedicated back or erase keys...

  • Page 53: Ussd Technical Data

    USSD technical data Feature USSD support Mode support -mode UI-mode details GPRS technical data Dimension Compatible GPRS and SMG spec- ifications Data rates Medium Access Modes Support of Packet Control Chan- nels (PBCCH/PCCCH) Network operation mode Support of GPRS/CS combined procedures Network control mode Support of access in 2 phases...

  • Page 54: Syncml Technical Data

    Dimension Support of compression algo- rithms Mode of operation R Reference point IP connectivity PDP context AT commands supported SyncML technical data Feature SyncML compliance Basic data formats Possibility for operators to extend SyncML functionality. Possibility to synchronize other handsets using SyncML. Transport method for SyncML messages.
  • Page 55 Feature Possibility for the user to config- ure login parameters (e.g. user- name and password) to access the remote database. Configuration parameters that can be entered/modified by the user. Mechanisms used by the handset to capture changes made by the end user (i.e.

  • Page 56: Terminology And Abbreviations

    Terminology and abbreviations 3GPP 3rd Generation Partnership Project Advanced Audio Coding ACELP Algebraic Code Excited Linear Prediction Adaptive Multi Rate. Audio format for speech sounds. Application Programming Interface ARPU Average Revenue Per User Bearer The method for accessing WAP from the phone, for example GSM Data (CSD) and SMS.

  • Page 57: Gsm System

    Enhanced Messaging Service. Allows the user to add simple pixel pictures and animations, sounds and melodies to a text message. The EMS 3GPP standard also includes text formatting. ETSI European Telecommunications Standards Institute. Frequency Modulation of the (radio) carrier wave. Full Rate, speech coding.
  • Page 58 Micro browser Accesses and displays Internet content in a mobile phone, using small file sizes and the bandwidth of the wireless-handheld network. MIME Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions. Man-Machine Interface. See UI. Short for “MPEG layer 3”, an effective audio coding scheme.

  • Page 59: Wap Application

    Short Messaging Service. Allows messages of up to 160 characters to be sent and received via the network operator’s message center to a mobile phone. SP-MIDI SP-MIDI stands for Scalable Polyphony MIDI. Supplementary Services Timing in Advance TCP/IP Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol User interface UMTS Universal Mobile Telecommunications System.
  • Page 60 White Paper Z520 World Wide Web Extensible Markup Language XHTML Extensible HyperText Markup Language June 2005...

  • Page 61: Related Information

    The Bluetooth™ word mark and logos are owned by the Bluetooth SIG, Inc. and any use of such marks by Sony Ericsson is under license. The marble logo and Style-Up™ are trademarks of Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications AB. WALKMAN™, Memory Stick Duo™ and Memory Stick PRO Duo™ are trademarks or registered trade- marks of Sony Corporation.

  • Page 62: Index

    Index Numerics 3GPP ... 56 AAC ... 13 Abbreviations ... 56 ACELP ... 56 Acknowledgements ... 61 Activity menu ... 7 AMR ... 13 API ... 56 Architecture MMS Center ... 19 ARPU ... 56 Audio ... 19 Battery information ... 35 Bearer ...
  • Page 63 Light effects ... 16 Links ... 61 LPC ... 57 LTP ... 57 ME ... 57 Media player ...7 Memory ... 33 Messaging ... 17 Messenger ... 17 Micro browser ... 58 MIDI ... 13 MIME ... 58 MMI ... 58 MMS ...
  • Page 64 VGA ... 59 VGA camera ... 12 VHF ... 59 Video clips ... 14 VideoDJ™ ... 10 WAP ... 59 application ... 59 operator technical data ... 48 service ... 59 technical data ... 47 version 2.0 ... 10 WAV ... 13 WBMP ...

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