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Intelligent process
A synchronization engine performs the task of syn-
chronizing. For local synchronization, the synchro-
nization engine is an application that runs on the
desktop computer. The synchronization engine
compares, updates and resolves conflicts to
ensure that the information in the phone is the
same as that in the computer.
Compatibility
PC software supplied with the phone enables syn-
chronization with the following:
• Microsoft® Outlook® 98, 2000, 2002, 2003
PC requirements are as follows:
DRM
Digital Rights Management, DRM, is a technology
that enables secure distribution, promotion, and
sale of digital media. Examples of such content
include images, wallpapers and screen savers with
themes from films, Music tones from musical art-
ists, and branded games. In other words, content
providers can control how users may use different
types of content in devices, such as mobile
phones, smartphones or PDAs. Content providers
can also control the use of content in related serv-
ices, such as MMS.
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. This will ensure the
interoperability of mobile terminals in the DRM area
and also result in a strong, competitive DRM stand-
ard.
How DRM works
The control of the content in digital media is exe-
cuted by defining usage rights for the content. The
usage rights give the content providers flexibility in
the way they can publish and sell content. Rights
can be defined so that a picture can be used by
• Microsoft® Windows® 2000, XP
• Minimum recommended hardware configuration
for the version of Windows in use
• 30 MB free space on hard disk
File Transfer Utility
A utility is provided which enables files to be trans-
ferred to and from the phone connected to a PC.
Typical uses for this include:
• Archiving pictures taken on the phone to PC
storage
• Moving images to the phone to use in personal-
ization, MMS messages etc.
• Moving sound clips to/from the phone for per-
sonalization
• Synchronizing mobile phone contacts, appoint-
ments, tasks and notes (PIM).
subscribers only, and rights can be defined so that
a Music tone can be played only a limited number
of times or for a limited period of time. Rights can
also be defined so that the user is not able to for-
ward content to other devices.
Note: All supported image, audio and video for-
mats can be protected by DRM.
Packaging of rights and content
Rights and content can be packaged together and
delivered to the device as one DRM package. As
an alternative, content can be delivered to the
device first, followed by the rights later being
pushed to the device, for example via SMS. The
kind of service and business model adopted by the
content provider determines how the content and
rights should be packaged and delivered to the
device.
Protection properties
Content protection according to the OMA DRM
standard gets special properties. Content with for-
ward lock protection has the "Send to" option disa-
bled, which prevents it from further distribution.
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