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White paper W715 Contents Product overview ........................5 Key features ..........................5 Images ............................8 Technologies in detail ........................ 9 Facts and figures ........................25 Technical specifications ......................26 General technical data ....................... 26 Performance and technical characteristics ................. 26 USSD technical data ......................
W715 Product overview W715 is a sleek metal slider phone that radiates style with its premium finish and materials. Inside, it has everything you need for a powerful music experience. Shake control, the latest Walkman™ player and Wi- Fi™ (NOTE: Not available in China market) for fast and easy access to your online music libraries and stores.
A compatible DLNA device can be a computer, TV or PLAYSTATION®3. Media A unique Sony Ericsson media experience. All media can be accessed directly from the desktop. Navigate seamlessly through captured photos and video clips, pictures, photo tags, music, videos and more.
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White paper W715 3.2 megapixel camera The main camera is 3.2 megapixel and includes 3.2x digital zoom, Photo light, Auto rotate and Photo fix. All this means high quality photos. The Photo light can be used as video light when recording videos. The horizontal user interface allows for easier camera handling.
White paper W715 Technologies in detail May 2009...
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White paper W715 This chapter includes short descriptions of the technologies available in this product compared to the Sony Ericsson W980. Feature W715 3D games 3G enabled Activity menu (multi-tasking) with enhanced The user can easily handle missed calls, new text and...
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White paper W715 Feature W715 Bluetooth™ audio streaming Listen to audio in compatible devices Bluetooth™ audio video remote control Control music player functions from a Bluetooth™ accessory, and control the volume in the accessory from the phone Bluetooth™ PAN Connect the phone to Internet using Bluetooth™...
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White paper W715 Feature W715 Camera key A dedicated camera key Camera menu Easy-to-use horizontal digital camera menu Camera settings bar Settings bar with options and info texts Chinese input method Chinese input methods: Text input methods based on Simplified or Traditional Chinese. Bopomofo,...
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White paper W715 Feature W715 Content online Downloadable pictures, games, themes, ringtones available online Copyright protection Yes, OMA DRM 1.0, 2.0 DRM (Digital Rights Management) features the rights and 2.1, and copy protection of downloaded content (audio, Microsoft DRM pictures, music tones, video clips and entertainment Janus features such as games, Java applications etc.)
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White paper W715 Feature W715 External antenna connector For use with an advanced car handsfree accessory Fast port A system connector which enables faster data transfer between the phone and a computer Yes, File manager with enhanced functionality for Folder structure storage to help save and organise...
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White paper W715 Feature W715 Google Maps™ for mobile Preloaded application with support for cell-id. View satellite imagery, find locations and calculate routes GPRS General Packet Radio Services a communications – standard enabling packet data transfer of 21.4 Kbps per time slot.
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Java 2, Micro Java Edition (J2ME™), Java Support for J2ME™ technology 3D™ JP-8.4 Sony Ericsson Java Platform Support for new Java programming features including banking, payment transactions, user identification and authentication through secure encryption technology. Keys navigation and more 4 navigation –...
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White paper W715 Feature W715 Keys keypad – alphanumeric Keys side and other Volume/ – camera zoom Walkman™ Camera key Lunar calendar A calendar system used in China and other parts of Asia. A lunar month is determined by the period required for the moon to complete its full cycle of 29.5 days and is available in Chinese phone variants...
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White paper W715 Feature W715 Memory card reader (slot) A slot for inserting a micro peripheral storage device Memory card support: Memory Stick Micro™ (M2™) SanDisk microSD™/Transflash™ Menu layout options Possibility to change the layout of the icons in the...
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White paper W715 Feature W715 Networks 3G/HSPA UMTS/HSPA 900, 2100 GSM/GPRS/EDGE GSM (R99) 850, 900, 1800, 1900, E-GSM 900 Notes Make notes of things to remember. A note can be shown in standby OMA Data Synchronization (SyncML) A device communications standard that enables OMA DS 1.2...
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White paper W715 Feature W715 Picture gallery A thumbnail image gallery where sections of several Use photo tags photos can be viewed at the same time PlayNow™ (direct link) Listen to music before you purchase and download it to your phone PlayNow™...
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Concatenated SMS text messaging Sleep mode A power-saving feature that minimises the battery power consumed when the phone is in standby Sony Ericsson Remote Update Service Download the latest software over the air Sony Ericsson Update Service Connect the phone to an Internet-connected...
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White paper W715 Feature W715 Status view The screen shows the network being used, the time and other status information Stopwatch SVG Tiny Scalable Vector Graphics for impressive animated wallpapers, menus and other graphic elements Synchronization PC Synchronise and share phone content with a...
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White paper W715 Feature W715 Vibrating alert The phone vibrates when a call comes in Video blogging Share video clips over the Internet on your personal Web site. The size of uploaded video clips is dependent on customizations Video call camera...
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White paper W715 Feature W715 Walkman™ player 3.0 A digital music player with horizontal navigation. Play music you have transferred or downloaded. The list structure system enables you, for example, to organise favourite songs into groups and create various playlists...
White paper W715 Facts and figures This chapter offers readers a detailed listing of all the technical data relating to the product. Comprehensive descriptions of performance and technical characteristics are presented in table format for quick and easy access. May 2009...
White paper W715 Technical specifications General technical data System Quad-band GSM Release 5 recommendations, GSM 850, GSM 900, e-GSM 900, GSM 1800, GSM 1900. UMTS/HSPA 900, 2100 supported, Speech coding HR, FR, EFR, AMR, supported where available, for high speech quality.
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White paper W715 Property GSM 850 GSM 900 Transmitter spurious emission (according to < -36 dBm up to 1 GHz < -36 dBm up to 1 GHz specification) < -30 dBm over 1 GHz < -30 dBm over 1 GHz (according to 3GPP™spec.)
White paper W715 USSD technical data cÉ~íìêÉ pìééçêí USSD support GSM Phase 1/2 (cross-phase compatibility) Mode support • UI-mode supported • SAT initiated USSD supported UI-mode details • It is possible to scroll the text up and down in USSD messages •...
White paper W715 Property Support Support of static and dynamic addressing Support of power control uplink Uplink = yes, downlink is a network feature and downlink Support of ciphering algorithms GEA1, GEA2 Support of compression algorithms Yes, V42bis and IP header compression...
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White paper W715 pÉêîáÅÉ= jçÇÉ pìééçêí DISPLAY TEXT 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 1 = wait for user to clear message...
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White paper W715 pÉêîáÅÉ= jçÇÉ pìééçêí PROVIDE LOCAL '00' = Location Information (MCC, MNC, LAC INFORMATION and Cell Identity) '01' = IMEI of the ME '02' = Network Measurement results '03' = Date, time and time zone (DTTinPLI) '04' =Language setting...
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White paper W715 pÉêîáÅÉ= jçÇÉ pìééçêí SET UP CALL General: Capability configuration Set-up speech call CallParty Subaddress DTMF support '00' = set up call, but only if not currently busy on another call '01' = set up call, but only if not currently busy on...
White paper W715 pÉêîáÅÉ= jçÇÉ pìééçêí SEND DATA GET CHANNEL STATUS User Interaction with SIM AT Select item Display text Scroll to highlight item for selection. ‘Key’ responses: Text of up to 240 characters (120 UCS coded) is supported. • Navigational key press down – Scroll down list.
White paper W715 and several items are found in the menu, the all the items sent in the Set Up Menu command will default title “ONLINE SERVICES” is used. If the be available for selection, in the same way as the SIM AT Menu Item is selected by pressing ‘Select’,...
White paper W715 Imaging/Messaging 3.2 megapixel camera Digital still camera (DSC) True colour Digital zoom Main camera: 3.2x zoom Photo fix Improves an under-exposed photo by calculating and adjusting the light balance Still camera settings bar Shoot modes Normal, Burst, Panorama, Frames Photo sizes (resolution) 3.2 MP (2048x1536 pixels)
White paper W715 Video camera settings bar Video clip length Normal, For picture message Light Off, On Night mode Off, On Self-timer Yes, same as camera Effects Yes, same as camera White balance Yes, same as camera Microphone Off, On...
White paper W715 The image size is limited by the amount of free RAM. Formats Details JPEG • ISO/IEC JPEG • Baseline DCT • Progressive DCT • Non-differential • nlimited size • 87a, 89a, support for interlacement, animation and transparency •...
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White paper W715 Feature Support Copy and paste words Teaching of predictive words that are not in the predictive dictionary Options when creating a message: Save a sent message in a “Sent items” folder Insert a line in the message...
White paper W715 Feature Support Print via infrared Possibility to enable the user to send a text message to a list of recipients Possibility to write an email address as a Yes, if email gateway is present recipient address SMS storage...
White paper W715 Feature Support Melodies It is possible to: • Receive (always), send using EMS (if not copyright protected). • Download melodies and commercial tunes from the Web. WBMP Picture sizes 16x16, 32x32 pixels, variable size in black and white...
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White paper W715 Feature Support Support of a standard procedure for OTA OMA Client Provisioning 1.1 provisioning of MMS parameters Functionalities that the user is able to set • Message subject during message composition: • Message priority • Email recipient address •...
White paper W715 Feature Support Maximum text size 5,000 characters/text Storage capacity Up to 500 messages Email client technical data cÉ~íìêÉ Support Bearer type (IP) Bearer type GSM Data (IP) Yes, GPRS and HSCSD Character sets • ISO: ISO-8859-1, ISO-8859-2, ISO-8859-5, ISO-8859- 7, ISO-8859-9, ISO-8859-10, ISO-8859-11 •...
White paper W715 A-GPS A-GPS technical data Feature/Dimension Support Standards Control plane (3GPP™) and user plane (OMA SUPL v1.0) assistance. The GPS receiver can be used in autonomous mode without any assistance data. OMA SUPL v1.0 • The SLP address can be configured using OMA Client Provi- sioning v1.1.
White paper W715 Dimension Support Frequency band 2.4 GHz the unlicensed ISM band – Power consumption GSM host processor excluded: • Standby, Bluetooth On mode: <0.6 mA • Voice to headset (HV3 master): 11 mA (7 mA with EDR functionality, 2EV3 master). Dependent on various parameters such as if the phone is master or slave •...
White paper W715 OMA Data Synchronization (SyncML™) technical data Feature Support for Sync ML SyncML compliance The phone is fully SyncML compliant, having passed SyncML Conformance testing. OMA DS 1.2 or OMA DS 1.1.2 is used depending on configuration and both are supported in Server-...
Most standard character sets, among others UTF-8 (Default), UTF-16, USASCII, Latin1, UCS2. For updated and detailed information, see the WAP User Agent strings and profiles for Sony Ericsson mobile phones Developers guidelines at Developer World http://developer.sonyericsson.com/ * When creating pages, it is recommended to always save the page contents as UTF-8.
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White paper W715 Feature Support in the browser Image formats and animations GIF (interlaced and non-interlaced) WBMP, JPEG, PNG, BMP and SVG. Animated GIFs, animated SVG and Flash Schemes Http:, https:, rtsp:, mailto:, smsto:, mmsto:, tel:, wtai: Streaming Progressive download, RTSP, Java script controls Web feeds Ticker, podcasts, enclosures, OPML import.
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White paper W715 Feature Support in the browser Display backlight on when browsing Predictive writing “http://” string displayed Not displayed but the “http://” is added automatically to the URL automatically when entering URLs “www” added automatically when entering URLs Combined Search/Go To input...
White paper W715 Feature Support in the browser SIA reception warning Cache size limitations The oldest push in the inbox will be discarded Number of push messages Depends on the size of the push messages. Around 20 push messages with a size of 1024 bytes URL and 1024 bytes Indications for Service Indication can be saved.
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White paper W715 Feature Support Uses security mechanism (SEC) methods according to OMA-WAP-ProvCont- v1_1-20050428-C (see www.openmobilealliance.o rg). For NETWPIN the user is asked to accept to install received settings. For USERPIN, USERNETWPIN and USERPINMAC the user is subsequently asked to enter a PIN code that is...
White paper W715 Abbreviations 3GPP™ 3rd Generation Partnership Project Digital Rights Management. Controlling copying and distribution of contents, with respect to intellectual property rights Advanced Audio Coding DTMF or Touch Tone Dual Tone Multi-Frequency signal. Codes sent as AAC+ tone signals. Used for telephone banking, High Efficiency AAC v.1...
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White paper W715 HTTP Frequency Modulation of the (radio) carrier wave HyperText Transfer Protocol IrDA Full Rate, speech coding. Infrared Data Association JPEG Graphics Interchange Format Joint Photographer Expert Group MIDI Musical Instrument Digital Interface GPRS General Packet Radio Services Mobile Equipment Global System for Mobile Communications.
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White paper W715 SP-MIDI Packet Data Protocol Scalable Polyphony MIDI Personal Information Management Supplementary Services Portable Network Graphic Secure Socket Layer QCIF Quarter Common Intermediate Format Transport Layer Security Radio Data System Transmission Time Interval Really Simple Syndication User Interface...
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White paper W715 Windows Media Audio WMA Pro Windows Media Audio Professional WBMP Wireless BitMap. A graphic format optimised for mobile computing devices WCDMA Wideband Code Division Multiple Access Wireless Markup Language. A markup language used for authoring services, fulfilling the same purpose as HyperText Markup Language (HTML) does on the World Wide Web (WWW).
Sony Ericsson is under licence. The Liquid Identity logo, PlayNow, BestPic, SensMe, VideoDJ, MusicDJ, TrackID and PhotoDJ are trademarks or registered trademarks of Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications AB. WALKMAN, Memory Stick Micro, M2, and Sony are trademarks or registered trademarks of Sony Corporation.
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White paper W715 Ericsson is a trademark of Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson. TrackID™ is powered by Gracenote Mobile MusicID™. Gracenote and Gracenote Mobile MusicID are trademarks or registered trademarks of Gracenote, Inc. Google™ and Google Maps™ are trademarks or registered trademarks of Google, Inc.
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