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White paper C903 Contents Product overview ........................5 Key features ..........................6 Images ............................ 10 Technologies in detail ......................11 Functions and features ......................12 Facts and figures ........................27 Technical specifications ......................28 General technical data ....................... 28 Performance and technical characteristics ........28 USSD technical data ......................
C903 Product overview C903 is a slider Cyber-shot™ product featuring a mechanical shutter which is both innovative and easy- to-use. There is a strong focus on the overall design and camera capabilities. The slider form factor provides a true DSC (Digital Still Camera) look and feel on both the front and back. The concept of superior imaging delivers full Cyber-shot™...
BestPic™ A unique function for Sony Ericsson camera imaging. Taking a single photo or even a burst of photos does not always catch the moment, which may have been just before or just after the camera key was pressed.
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MMS), eliminating the need for the user to manually check for new email. 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 C903 Music player Located in Media. Play downloaded music and audio. The navigation system enables you, for example, to browse through your favourite tracks and create simple playlists. Video player Located in Media. Play saved and downloaded video clips.
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White paper C903 mobile phones can take part in a Bluetooth wireless technology-supported game and the phone and a computer can exchange data such as images, video clips, vCards, music files and calendar data. Bluetooth wireless technology version 2.0 and Enhanced Data Rate (EDR) is supported.
White paper C903 Technologies in detail This chapter includes short descriptions of the technologies available in this product compared to other Sony Ericsson products. February 2009...
White paper C903 Functions and features The following includes short descriptions of the technologies available in C903 and C905. Feature C903 C905 3D games 3G enabled Activity menu (multi-tasking) with enhanced with enhanced The user can easily handle missed calls, new text and...
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White paper C903 Feature C903 C905 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 C903 Feature C903 C905 Camera auto focus The camera automatically focuses on the subject in a focus area in the screen/viewfinder Camera face detection The camera brings an off-centre face into focus Camera file browser Browse the photo folder without leaving the camera...
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White paper C903 Feature C903 C905 Chinese input method Text input methods based on Simplified or Traditional Chinese: Bopomofo, Pinyin or Stroke Circuit Switched Data HSCSD a communications standard enabling GSM – data transfer at 14.4 Kbps. Smart contrast Improves detail in a photo by achieving an automatic light balance between the darker and lighter areas of your photo.
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White paper C903 Feature C903 C905 Copyright protection DRM (Digital Rights Management) features the rights OMA DRM 1.0, 2.0 OMA DRM 1.0, 2.0 and copy protection of downloaded content (audio, and 2.1, Microsoft and 2.1, Microsoft pictures, music tones, video clips and entertainment...
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White paper C903 Feature C903 C905 Flash themes Flight mode All phone radio transceivers are inactivated. Flight mode starts the phone so that only certain functions are available, such as the calendar, the music player or a game. The phone may then be used in some...
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White paper C903 Feature C903 C905 Icon Desktop 12 A graphic icon desktop with 12 interactive icons Image formats 8 MP (3264 x 2448 pixels) 5 MP (2592 x 1944 pixels) 3.2 MP (2048 x 1536 pixels) 3 MP (2048 x 1536 pixels)
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Java 2, Micro Edition Java (J2ME™), Java 3D™ (J2ME™), Java 3D™ JP-8.4 JP-8.4 Support for J2ME™ technology 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...
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White paper C903 Feature C903 C905 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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Various digital audio formats are supported My time zone Select the time zone manually by country or city. Networks 3G/HSDPA UMTS/HSPA 3G/HSDPA 900, 2100(For C903 ) 2100(For C905) 850,1900, 2100(For 850,1900,2100(For C903a) C905a) GSM/GPRS/EDGE GSM/EDGE...
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White paper C903 Feature C903 C905 Notes Make notes of things to remember. A note can be shown in standby. OMA Data Synchronisation (SyncML) A device communications standard that enables OMA DS 1.2 OMA DS 1.2 remote synchronisation between devices OMA DS 1.1.2...
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White paper C903 Feature C903 C905 Predictive text input Push email RSS reader See Web feeds See Web feeds Screen Type: Full graphical Full graphical Size: 2.4 inches 2.4 inches Resolution: 240x320 pixels 240x320 pixels Technology: TFT, QVGA TFT, QVGA...
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White paper C903 Feature C903 C905 Sony Ericsson Remote Update Service Download the latest software over the air Sony Ericsson Update Service Connect the phone to an Internet-connected computer, download the latest software from the Web site, www.sonyericsson.com/support update the mobile device...
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White paper C903 Feature C903 C905 Talk time Up to: Up to: 10 hours 9 hours UMTS 4hours 3.5 hours Tasks Keeps track of important things to do Themes Phone menu texts and background graphics Timer Set the phone to alert after a specific time TrackID™...
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Media can also be downloaded and saved in the phone memory Video telephony For C903, main When you make a video call, the other party can be camaera is VT camera. seen on the screen. The service requires UMTS/...
White paper C903 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. February 2009...
White paper C903 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 C903 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 C903 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 C903 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 C903 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 C903 pÉêîáÅÉ= jçÇÉ pìééçêí SEND DATA GET CHANNEL STATUS User Interaction with SIM AT Get input BIP – Open Channel Prompt for character input. The phone will refuse to accept further input when maximum response A user confirmation is displayed with the default length is exceeded.
White paper C903 Set up call Set up menu If you are on a call when the commands “Set up Incorporates a SIM Application Toolkit Menu Item Call”, “Putting all other calls on hold” are sent, the into the ME main menu structure.
White paper C903 Feature Decoder format Supported in file format Video playback MPEG-4 Visual Simple Profile 3GP/MP4 H.264 Baseline Profile 3GP/MP4 H.263 Profile 0 VC-1 (WMV9) Music playback MPEG-1/2/2.5, audio layer 3 3GP/AAC/MP4/M4A AAC+ 3GP/AAC/MP4/M4A eAAC+ 3GP/AAC/MP4/M4A WMA version 2,7,8: Class 1...
White paper C903 Imaging/Messaging 5 megapixel camera Digital still camera (DSC) True colour Digital zoom Main camera: 16x zoom Photo fix Improves an under-exposed photo by calculating and adjusting the light balance Still camera settings bar Shoot modes Normal, Smile shutter, Smart contrast, BestPic™, Panorama,...
White paper C903 Save to memory Memory card, phone memory Video recorder Video size (resolution) QVGA 320x240 pixels Frame rate 30 fps (frames per second) Digital zoom Video camera settings bar Video clip length Normal, For picture message Focus Infinite...
White paper C903 Images Images can be shared using a Bluetooth wireless technology connection, MMS, email message, computer file transfer or memory card. The image size is limited by the amount of free RAM. Formats Details JPEG • ISO/IEC JPEG •...
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White paper C903 Feature Support Reply to messages It is possible to reply to received messages by SMS, MMS, voice message and email Input methods: Predictive writing and multitap Copy and paste words Teaching of predictive words that are not...
White paper C903 Feature Support Via Web browser (go to the Web address contained in the message body) Via USSD session 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...
White paper C903 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 C903 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 C903 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-8859-4, ISO-8859-...
White paper C903 Connectivity A-GPS technical data Feature/Dimension Support Standards Control plane (3GPP™) and user plane (OMA SUPL v1.0) assistance. It is also possible to use the GPS receiver in autonomous mode without any assistance data. OMA SUPL v1.0 • The SLP address can be configured using OMA Client Provisioning v1.1.
White paper C903 Dimension Support 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 •...
Document Object Model Level 2 (DOM 2) Scalable Vector Graphics, Mobile SVG Profile: SVG Tiny, version 1.2 For further details, see the WAP User Agent strings and profiles for Sony Ericsson mobile phones Developers guidelines at Developer World http://developer.sonyericsson.com/ Browser version Access NetFront 3.4...
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Ericsson mobile phones Developers guidelines at Developer World http://developer.sonyericsson.com/ URL sent pointing to the UA Yes. For details, see the WAP User Agent strings and profiles for Sony profile at the beginning of Ericsson mobile phones Developers guidelines at Developer World browser session http://developer.sonyericsson.com/...
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White paper C903 Feature Support in the browser Background download Progressive download Streaming Browser navigation Selection keys Yes. Two selection keys and centre navigation key Search from standby Yes. Enter address, search the web or bookmarks. Separate/dedicated back or erase keys...
White paper C903 Feature Support in the browser Cache Operation (CO) content type Session Initiation Application (SIA) Man Machine Interface SI/content retrieval postponing SI menu structure accessibility Messaging, Inbox SL reception warning The user can make a choice if a dialogue is wanted or not before...
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White paper C903 Feature Support Factory pre-configuration Yes. This also provides the possibility to lock a setting Security mechanism Bearer OMA Client provisioning Uses security mechanism (SEC) methods according to OMA-WAP- ProvCont-v1_1-20050428-C (see www.openmobilealliance.org). For NETWPIN the user is asked to accept to install received settings.
White paper C903 Abbreviations 3GPP™ 3rd Generation Partnership Project Digital Rights Management. Controlling copying and distribution of contents, with respect to intellectual property rights A-GPS Assisted GPS DTMF or Touch Tone Dual Tone Multi-Frequency signal. Codes sent as tone signals. Used for telephone banking, Advanced Audio Coding accessing an answering machine, etc.
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White paper C903 IrDA Frequency Modulation of the (radio) carrier wave Infrared Data Association JPEG Full Rate, speech coding. Joint Photographer Expert Group MIDI Graphics Interchange Format Musical Instrument Digital Interface Global Positioning System Mobile Equipment GPRS General Packet Radio Services Megapixel Global System for Mobile Communications.
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White paper C903 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 RTSP UMTS Real Time Streaming Protocol Universal Mobile Telecommunications System Service Indication Uniform Resource Locator.
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White paper C903 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). In contrast...
The Liquid Identity logo, PlayNow, BestPic, VideoDJ, MusicDJ, TrackID and PhotoDJ are trademarks or registered trademarks of Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications AB. WALKMAN, Mega Bass, Memory Stick Micro, Cyber-shot, M2, Smile Shutter™ and Sony are trademarks or registered trademarks of Sony Corporation.
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White paper C903 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. Wayfinder and Wayfinder Navigator are trademarks or registered trademarks of Wayfinder Systems AB.