Sony Ericsson P900 - Definition and Overview

The Sony Ericsson P900 is a Symbian OS v7.0 based smartphone from Sony Ericsson.

It is the successor of the Sony Ericsson P800, and like the P800 uses the UIQ user interface.

Like other Symbian-based smartphones, the P900 is an open phone, which means that it is possible to develop and install third party applications without restrictions. A Symbian C++ SDK is freely available from the Sony Ericsson developer website. Additionally, the P900 supports applications written in Java.

Because of this openness, a great number of third-party applications exists that can be used on the P900 and other UIQ phones (such as the Motorola A1000 and BenQ P30). Many are shareware and can be downloaded from various websites such as Handango (http://www.handango.com). As the P900 uses UIQ version 2.1, which is backwards compatible with UIQ 2.0 as found in the P800, applications made for P800 will usually work on a P900 as well.

An updated version of the P900, Sony Ericsson P910 was released in July 2004. It features QWERTY keyboard, expanded memory and software enhancements.

The P900 is the first Sony Ericsson product for which Research in Motion's BlackBerry wireless email service will be available.

External links

• "Sony-Ericsson P900: Almost, Almost" (http://weblog.siliconvalley.com/column/dangillmor/archives/010214.shtml), a short review of the P900 by Dan Gillmor

• "Esato Sony-Ericsson P900"  (http://www.esato.com/board/viewforum.php?forum=35): Good discussion board for info. on the phone.

References

• CNET News.com article, A (http://news.com.com/2100-1041_3-5163488.html?part=rss&tag=feed&subj=news)
• Web site of Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications, The (http://www.sonyericsson.com/spg.jsp?cc=us&lc=en&ver=4000&template=ph1&zone=ph)
• Sony Ericsson P900 - Mobile Phone Directory (http://www.mobile-phone-directory.org/Phones/Sony_Ericsson/Sony_Ericsson_P900.html)