Sony Ericsson takes touchscreen mainstream with two phones set to simplify your life

Sony Ericsson takes touchscreen mainstream with two phones set to simplify your life

10 February 2008

The new G700 and G900 phones are designed to give back time. They place personal organiser features and easy finger-touch control within familiar form factors.

Barcelona, Spain – 10th February 2008 – Sony Ericsson today launched a new generation of phone: Touchscreen organisers with a broad appeal. The G700 and G900 phones are essential tools designed to organise the lives of all those with busy schedules to juggle, both at home and at work.

* The G700 is here to help you live your life to the full. This personal organiser in-your-pocket keeps your contacts, calendars, notes, pictures and favourite Web sites all in one place and just a fingertip away. Touch and go.

* The G900 has all the functions of the G700 with the added features of a unique new 5.0 megapixel Touch Auto Focus camera, touch photo album and editor. Perfect for those looking for a one-touch media experience combined with their organiser.

“Sony Ericsson is delivering touchscreen and innovative organiser capabilities to a wide audience without compromising on the size or shape of the phone. Both the G700 and G900 have regular keyboards and are no larger than a regular phone.” says Martin Winkler, Director Global Marketing and Head of Multimedia Web at Sony Ericsson. “These phones are ideal for users that are only interested in making their lives simpler. It’s not about technology for the sake of it.”

Sony Ericsson G700 phone

* One-touch full organiser functions

* Touch controlled Notes application - write and draw your memo's

* Large 2.4" display with unique single touch control menu

* 3,2 megapixel camera

* Compact size

Calendar is King

Access your calendar, reach family and friends and scribble and save your notes on your phone. With the G700, you can jot down a note on the screen with a stylus, just as you would with a pen on paper, and save it on your phone’s desktop to remind you - just as you’d stick a note on the fridge. You can even draw a map to the local shop or doodle personal notes to send them to your loved ones! Holding everything that is important to you wherever you go, the G700 is the most natural way to manage life. There’s no longer a need to have your home calendar separate from work – it works with you, the way you do.

Intuitively simple

With the G700 you can enjoy touchscreen text input, Web surfing, calendar and phone navigation. Want to contact someone at home? Just touch the relevant name in your phonebook and all of the various contact options will appear onscreen. It’s instantly intuitive messaging. You can even browse your photo album using the tip of your finger. The G700 also has dedicated keys for messaging, notes and a key lock on the side of the phone. All it takes is one press to unlock.

Sony Ericsson G900 phone

* One touch media experience

* 5.0 megapixel camera with touch Auto focus and Multi-shot function

* One- touch media and organiser menu

* Large 2.4" display with single touch control menu

* Wi-Fi™ for high speed data transfer and internet browsing

Print-quality photos to keep

The G900’s 5.0 megapixel camera lets you take print-quality photos and share them with friends and family straight away.

Frame your shot and decide where you want to focus the camera by simply touching the screen. Also, with Camera Multi-Shot, hold down the camera key and take as many pictures as you like. Great for taking photos of your kids as they dash around the garden! Scroll through all of the photos on your phone with touch control and even edit them there with the Touch photo album and editor.

Stay mobile

Got a moment to surf? Access your favourite Web pages when you’re in a Wi-Fi™ hotspot and view them on the large 2.4” display. Use the stylus or your finger to zoom-in or pan around the page. When you’ve barely got a moment to spare, get RSS feeds direct to your phone for the latest updates; news, football scores or whatever you are in to.

Organize with a personal touch

Touch, type or write… Everything comes naturally with the G900. Organise your schedule, touch and tap to make calls and jot down notes before you forget it. The G900 works your way to let you get more into your day. It’s the power of personal touch.

The G700 will launch in Silk Bronze and the G900 will launch in Dark Red and Dark Brown. Both are UMTS 2100 and GSM/GPRS 900/1800/1900 phones that will be available in selected markets from Q2 2008.

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2) Talk and standby times are affected by network preferences, type of SIM card, connected accessories and various activities e.g. games. Kit contents and color options may differ from market to market. The full range of accessories may not be available in every market.

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The Sony Ericsson G700 phone at a glance

Camera

3.2 megapixel camera

3x digital zoom

Fixed focus

Image stabilizer

Photo fix

Photo light

Picture blogging

Video light

Video recording

Video stabilizer

Music/Entertainment

Bluetooth™ stereo (A2DP)

Media player

Mega Bass™

Music tones (MP3/AAC)

PlayNow™

TrackID™

3D games

FM radio with RDS

Java

Video streaming

Video viewing

Web/Internet

Opera™ Web browser

RSS feeds

Communication & Messaging

Polyphonic ringtones

Speakerphone

Vibrating alert

Video calling

Push Email, Exchange Active Sync

Picture messaging (MMS)

Predictive text input

Sound recorder

Text messaging (SMS)

Design

Navigation key

Picture wallpaper

Touchscreen

Connectivity

Bluetooth™ technology

Modem

Synchronization

USB mass storage

USB charging

Organizer

Alarm clock

Calculator

Calendar

Document editors

Document readers

Flight mode

Handwriting recognition

Notes

Phone book

Stopwatch

Symbian™ OS

Tasks

Timer

Accessories

In-Box:

* Battery

* Charger

* USB cable

* Stereo Portable Handsfree

* Sony Ericsson PC Suite

* Media Manager software

* 2 stylus

* User guide

Optional:

* Bluetooth™ Headset HBH-PV703

Go wireless with a powerful headset.

* GPS-Enabler HGE-100

Get more from your phone – add GPS technology. Know where you are, where you’re going and how to get there.

* Bluetooth™ Car Speakerphone HCB-150

High performance car handsfree with text to speech for convenient calls on the road.

Facts and Figures

Size: 106 x 49 x 13mm

Weight: 99 grams

Colours:

Silk Bronze

Screen: 262,144 colour TFT

Resolution: 240 x 320 pixels

Size (diagonal): 2.4 inches

Phone memory: Up to 160MB

Memory Stick Micro™ (M2™) support

Talk time (GSM/GPRS): Up to 12 hrs

Standby time (GSM/GPRS): Up to 380 hrs

Talk time (UMTS): Up to 4 hrs

Standby time (UMTS): Up to 380 hrs

Video call time: Up to 2.5 hrs

Availability and versions

Networks:

UMTS 2100

GSM/GPRS 900/1800/1900

Available in selected markets from Q2 2008.

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tekimania said:
@user g700

jumlah spekernya da brapa si???

trus ganti MMC hotswap gak???

mekanisme buka tutup casing blakang (buat ganti simcard) gampang gak??

1. Speaker kalo ga salah 1 biji dibelakang (ga pernah perhatiin, jarang dipake untuk puter musik soalnya)

2. Belon pernah tuker MMC secara hotswap, ga bisa jawab yg ini.

3. Ini yg penting, buka casing belakang itu harus dicongkel dari bawah, BUKAN didorong dari atas kebawah tutupan casingnya.
Ga susah, cuman jangan sampai salah aja, soalnya body tutupan casing belakang itu rada tipis kayaknya, jangan ampe patah karena dipaksa dorong,

Maap ga bisa ngejawab banyak

@ tekimania,
Spekernya cuma 1 bro, tp suaranya mantap kok.
Memory card nya hot swap, tinggal buka/tutup di samping kiri hp, tempatnya di bwh colokan charger.
Untuk buka tutup casing susah banget, mesti pake kuku jd kayak dicongkel gitu. Ini yang menyebalkan dari G700.
Buat keylock ada dedicated button disamping kiri hp-nya, tp bs jg dgn cara biasa yang pake keypad.
Tp so far gw pake, sempat hang bbrp kali, agak lemot sih.
Trus buat transfer foto dari Nokia E71 ke hp ini kok ngak bs masuk gambarnya yah, bingung..
Tp yang lain2 kayak hasil foto, multimedia dan buat ngetik ok bgt.

@KevinSmith & hot_ramen

thx infonya.

ad fitur accelorenya gak...??

klo dari jwban anda smua, kayanya buka casing blakannya susah ya...??

pernah nyoba Se t250..??itu adalah hp SE dgn mekanisme buka tutup casing blakang PALING GAMPANG...

tinggal tarik keatas...gak nyampe congkel2 pake kuku sgala...gak pake tenaga banyak.

gw soalnnya trauma dengan hp yg casing blakannya susah dibuka...

trus, touchscreennya da fitur writing recognition gak??

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tekimania said:
@KevinSmith & hot_ramen

thx infonya.

ad fitur accelorenya gak...??

klo dari jwban anda smua, kayanya buka casing blakannya susah ya...??

pernah nyoba Se t250..??itu adalah hp SE dgn mekanisme buka tutup casing blakang PALING GAMPANG...

tinggal tarik keatas...gak nyampe congkel2 pake kuku sgala...gak pake tenaga banyak.

gw soalnnya trauma dengan hp yg casing blakannya susah dibuka...

trus, touchscreennya da fitur writing recognition gak??

g700i gak ada acceleronya

casing klo sering dibuka tutup malah jd longgar trus bunyi kriet2 deh. solusi: ganjal pake tisu

touchscreen bisa write recognition bro

Wah, soal handwriting recognition, justru ini yang paling gw cinta dari UIQnya SE, sejak jaman make P800 ampe sekarang,,,

Kalo udah masuk menu writing (ie SMS), di kanan layar tuh ada gambar < (kayak segitiga gitu, mengarah ke kiri layar).

Kalo nulis di bagian atas tanda < , jadinya angka,

Nulis pas sejajar ama tanda < . jadinya Capital Letter

Nulis dibawah tanda < , jadinya huruf kecil..

Sumpah dah, ini fitur yang paling gw suka dari UIQ, gw make M600 juga selalu nulis pake stylus, keyboardnya jarang gw pake, palingan untuk enter ato symbol aja.

Sayang banget UIQ3 yg dipake di seri G700/G900 ga ada handset yang make keypad qwerty kaya M600...Kalo ada udah perfect banget tuh handset pastinya...

Smartphone yang affordable, lol

Seriously, kalo nyari smartphone yang bener bener affordable, you cant go wrong with G700 sekarang ini

@ tekimania,
hp SE yang pernah gua pake, yang paling gampang buka / tutupnya mah K550i, tingal buka penguncinya (2 biji), trus langsung kebuka, praktis banget.
Gak tau knp desain G700 dibikin susah buka casingnya, jadi kalo u mau pake hp ini buat ganti2 SIM card, forget it deh

Setuju ama KevinSmith, handwriting recognitionnya lebih enak drpd WM. Gua yang sebelumnya anti nulis pake stylus, skrg jadi mulai demen lagi hehe... tapi keypadnya sendiri juga enak kok meskipun ngak qwerty.

soal penutup casing, gampang banget kok kalo udah ketemu slah nya, dibagian bawah khan ada celah tuh, dicongkel pake kuku, kukunya sambil teken kedalam terus tarik keatas, ga usah ragu2, ngga patah kok pengaitnya...

dulu pertama-tama gw emang ngeri, tapi sekarang gampang aja

Soal handwriting model 3 bagian ini baru diterapin di G700 ama G900 doank yah? Kemaren maen2in P1 punya temen kog kagak ada tanda baca bentuk segitiga itu.
Dan setelah melihat stylusnya P1, tiba2 gw berasa stylusnya G700/900 tuh imut banget yah? Hahaha.

tanda segitiga mah ada bro dari jaman dulu, nandain capital, angka small letter.. masa sih di P1 ngga ada??

tuh tanda bakal muncul ngga setiap saat, pas mau nulis sms, pas mode contact dll mode yang handwriting recognition nya aktif

@Marty

Di P1 ada lah tanda segitiga di tengah2 layar pas kt mau handwriting....

Emang stylus nya G700/G900 tuh imut bgts, tp buat tangan gua pas juga sih hehehe...
Tp yg gua seneng jg, pake tangan juga oke lho, cuma siap2 aja ngelap screennya krn berbercak jari semua, hehe...

Hah? Kemaren pake P1 temen, gw nyoba2 handwriting kagak ada tuh, makanya gw bingung ini huruf gede huruf kecil gimana caranya. Emank itu tanda segitiga bisa diilangin kah? Gw kemaren ngetestnya pas nulis sms. Ampe binun sendiri, kirain sama ama G900 gw.

Temen gw sih lebih sering pake QWERTY, gak heran juga dia nggak ngeh soal sistem stylusnya.

@all

maksudnya tanda segitiga itu, yg ada di kanan layar warna hitam kan???

itu bukannya sebagai kursor klo mw bergerak ke atas dan bawah, mirip kayak bar di kanan layar komputer???
(dulu pengalaman gw nyoba m600 si)

klo masalah qwerty, kayanya seri G bukan ditujukkan sebagai seri pure smartphone deh....

mungkin itu bedanya dengan seri P yang pure smartphone en punya keyboard qwerty

@ teki, itu bukan cursor, tp penanda buat nulis pake handwriting recognition.

@hot_ramen

cuma tanda segitiganya bisa ditarik keatas kebawah....

trus layarnya juga bergerak keatas dan kebawah...

brarti sama kayk cursor dong...

apa gw yg salah tangkep...???

@ teki,
kalo di G700 gua segitiganya gak bisa ditarik atas bawah tuh... gua dah coba barusan.
Yang lain gimana?

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hot_ramen said:
@ teki,
kalo di G700 gua segitiganya gak bisa ditarik atas bawah tuh... gua dah coba barusan.
Yang lain gimana?

Emang ga bisa kan ?

Itu kan cuman buat bantu nandain dimana harus nulis angka, capital letters etc getu..

Teki salah liat kali ye ?

Btw,
page ini jadinya penuh ama ngebahas handwriting recognition UIQ doang ya ?
Hihihihi, but seriously, gw cinta banget ama fitur UIQ yang ini, sayang stylus G700 terlalu imut

@KevinSmith

habisnya gak da yang mau bahas fitur lain....

trus, gw juga bukan user g700, jadi gak tau mw bahas palagi

daripada nih thread tenggelem....

ayo dong user g700 lainnya, bahas fitur lainnya....

@hot_ramen

itu berdasarkan pengalaman gw nyoba m600, kan di kiri layar ada tanda segitiga item juga.

mungkin beda kali ya antara m600 sama g700

Trus gw masih binun, di P1 kemaren kog kagak ada? Emank bisa di-hide kah?

Iya beda kali ya handwriting recognition dari msg2 seri? Soalnya kok si Marty malah ga ada segitiganya, hehe.. Mesti dibandingin head-to-head ni

Gua agak kecewa nih, masa gua pasang screen guard baru seminggu, udah baret dalem ga tau apa kena stylusnya pas lagi maen game saking serunya, ato kena benda lain. Tp gua kan selalu simpen di sarung jd harusnya krn stylus mesti beli screen guard yg lebih bagusan kali ya..

Kalo mau nulis new sms jg nunggu-nya lama banget. Ada yang nemu cara lain spy lbh cepat?

Trus OS UIQ3 ini bisa diapain aja ya? Modding A200 itu bs dipake di G700 jg? Sori msh nubie nih dlm dunia per-UIQ-an