Sony Ericsson Add More Features To The P990

Sony Ericsson today revealed a host of unannounced applications and entertainment content features for its flagship Wi-Fi enabled smartphone, the P990, which was introduced in October 2005 They include:
Details on supported push email partners Anti-virus/Firewall and VPN clients for secure corporate business Business card scanner New entertainment content and features

The P990 is the next in a line of successful Sony Ericsson smartphones - the P800, P900 and P910 – and is based on the same proven concept and recognisable form factor. It is designed to be first and foremost a great mobile phone but offers video calling, high-bandwidth multi-media downloads and the ability to browse the Internet with full HTML pages. These are viewed in landscape on the new Opera 8 browser.

“The P990 is a very significant new product for us. It’s a sophisticated device that gets us to the point where mobile executives can really start to minimize on the number of devices and paperwork they carry around with them,” says Jan Wäreby, Corporate Executive Vice President, Head of Sales and Marketing, Sony Ericsson.“The push email capability especially helps to bring true business mobility and we have deployed technology and formed partnerships to ensure that mobile email and web browsing access is provided in a safe, secure and fast environment.” Expect to see the P990 in the shops within the next several months.

First Published Feb 7th 2006, 11:04