New W890 and K660 revealed, two Java™ Platform 8 (JP-8) phones supporting MSA
On November 6, 2007, Sony Ericsson announced two new mobile phones based on Sony Ericsson's Java™ Platform 8 (JP-8) which supports the Mobile Services Architecture (MSA) umbrella standard (JSR 248).
The new W890 Walkman® phone is designed for entertainment – music, video, 3D games and web access – and includes the Walkman features TrackID™ and SensMe™, a new way to browse music files using tempo and style. The K660 is optimized for the web with landscape browsing, dedicated shortcut keys, a PC-like mouse experience when in Web mode and Google™ Maps for Mobile. Both phones have the benefit of 3G and High-Speed Downlink Packet Access (HSDPA) network support, delivering data at speeds comparable to or better than fixed-line broadband access systems.
Sony Ericsson's Java Platform 8 (JP-8) can now be found in seven phone series - the K630, K660, K850, V640, W890, W910 and Z750 – giving developers a range of Java programming features including instant messaging/chat and presence based functionality, handling banking, payment transactions, user identification and authentication through secure encryption technology. JP-8 and MSA are supported by the recently released Sony Ericsson SDK 2.5.0 for the Java™ ME Platform.
W890 Walkman
The W890 is an elegant Walkman® phone with a slim "stick" form factor and has a raft of entertainment options. The Walkman player 3.0 supports a range of audio formats and enables music tracks to be organized not just by artist or album but visually by album art. The SensMe feature automatically plots music by tempo and mood. The TrackID music recognition service has proven to be a popular feature of Sony Ericsson Walkman mobile phones – over 125,000 hits per day - and is included in the W890, enabling end-users to identify tracks playing on the inbuilt FM radio or through an external source.
Applications can run in the background enabling multitasking, for example, talk and browse, send messages or download music at the same time. 3D games can be created using the following APIs:
Mobile 3D graphics API for Java ME (JSR 184 1.1)
Mobile binding for the OpenGL® ES API (JSR 239)
Mascot Capsule Micro3D version 3
This UMTS/HSDPA phone includes a 320x240 pixel 262K TFT QVGA display, 3.2 megapixel camera, Memory Stick Micro™ removable storage, picture & video blogging, RSS feeds and Media Manager content transfer software.
The W890 will be available during Q1 2008. The W898c is a GSM variant specifically for the Chinese market where 3G services are not established.
K660
The K660 is a web-optimized phone benefiting from HSPDA "mobile broadband" and includes dedicated features to make web browsing straightforward. These include landscape browsing, illuminated shortcut keys that are only active when the phone is in web-mode, desktop tickers and the phone's navigation key serving as a mouse delivering a PC-like experience.
The K660 also includes Google Maps for Mobile for viewing maps and satellite imagery, finding business locations and receiving driving directions. Picture and video blogging and RSS feeds add to the online experience.
The K660 also includes a 176x220 pixel 262K QVGA display, 2 Megapixel camera, Memory Stick Micro removable storage and impressive music and video players.
As with the W890, applications can run in the background and 3D games can be created using three different APIs.
The K660 will be available during Q1 2008.
Mobile Services Architecture (MSA) on seven phone series
Sony Ericsson now has seven phones that are based on JP-8, supporting the MSA umbrella standard (JSR 248) – the K630, K660, K850, V640, W890, W910 and Z750. MSA aims to reduce fragmentation for the Java development community in two ways:
MSA defines a clear set of component JSRs that must be supported (mandatory JSRs) on next-generation mobile phones.
MSA gives less room for interpretation in the implementation of the JSRs by clarifying the conditions for interaction between them and for optional JSRs.
The mandatory APIs supported through MSA include 3D graphics, personal information management, Bluetooth™, Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG), web services, location services and payment services for Java ME. Sony Ericsson has supported several of these APIs in its earlier Java Platform versions but with MSA there is finally industry alignment and a clear set of expectations on the implementation of these JSRs. With MSA, the mass-market mobile phone becomes an increasingly capable platform for enterprise development and it will be possible to ensure secure data storage and communication and create new innovative applications.
MSA reduces variations in the platform environment and creates a predictable environment for application developers, reducing porting issues when creating new applications and games for mass-market feature-rich phones. JP-8 and MSA are supported by the recently released Sony Ericsson SDK 2.5.0 for the Java ME Platform, also offering improved on-device debugging through new phone connectivity and the addition of Chinese fonts.
The new W890 Walkman® phone is designed for entertainment – music, video, 3D games and web access – and includes the Walkman features TrackID™ and SensMe™, a new way to browse music files using tempo and style. The K660 is optimized for the web with landscape browsing, dedicated shortcut keys, a PC-like mouse experience when in Web mode and Google™ Maps for Mobile. Both phones have the benefit of 3G and High-Speed Downlink Packet Access (HSDPA) network support, delivering data at speeds comparable to or better than fixed-line broadband access systems.
Sony Ericsson's Java Platform 8 (JP-8) can now be found in seven phone series - the K630, K660, K850, V640, W890, W910 and Z750 – giving developers a range of Java programming features including instant messaging/chat and presence based functionality, handling banking, payment transactions, user identification and authentication through secure encryption technology. JP-8 and MSA are supported by the recently released Sony Ericsson SDK 2.5.0 for the Java™ ME Platform.
W890 Walkman
The W890 is an elegant Walkman® phone with a slim "stick" form factor and has a raft of entertainment options. The Walkman player 3.0 supports a range of audio formats and enables music tracks to be organized not just by artist or album but visually by album art. The SensMe feature automatically plots music by tempo and mood. The TrackID music recognition service has proven to be a popular feature of Sony Ericsson Walkman mobile phones – over 125,000 hits per day - and is included in the W890, enabling end-users to identify tracks playing on the inbuilt FM radio or through an external source.
Applications can run in the background enabling multitasking, for example, talk and browse, send messages or download music at the same time. 3D games can be created using the following APIs:
Mobile 3D graphics API for Java ME (JSR 184 1.1)
Mobile binding for the OpenGL® ES API (JSR 239)
Mascot Capsule Micro3D version 3
This UMTS/HSDPA phone includes a 320x240 pixel 262K TFT QVGA display, 3.2 megapixel camera, Memory Stick Micro™ removable storage, picture & video blogging, RSS feeds and Media Manager content transfer software.
The W890 will be available during Q1 2008. The W898c is a GSM variant specifically for the Chinese market where 3G services are not established.
K660
The K660 is a web-optimized phone benefiting from HSPDA "mobile broadband" and includes dedicated features to make web browsing straightforward. These include landscape browsing, illuminated shortcut keys that are only active when the phone is in web-mode, desktop tickers and the phone's navigation key serving as a mouse delivering a PC-like experience.
The K660 also includes Google Maps for Mobile for viewing maps and satellite imagery, finding business locations and receiving driving directions. Picture and video blogging and RSS feeds add to the online experience.
The K660 also includes a 176x220 pixel 262K QVGA display, 2 Megapixel camera, Memory Stick Micro removable storage and impressive music and video players.
As with the W890, applications can run in the background and 3D games can be created using three different APIs.
The K660 will be available during Q1 2008.
Mobile Services Architecture (MSA) on seven phone series
Sony Ericsson now has seven phones that are based on JP-8, supporting the MSA umbrella standard (JSR 248) – the K630, K660, K850, V640, W890, W910 and Z750. MSA aims to reduce fragmentation for the Java development community in two ways:
MSA defines a clear set of component JSRs that must be supported (mandatory JSRs) on next-generation mobile phones.
MSA gives less room for interpretation in the implementation of the JSRs by clarifying the conditions for interaction between them and for optional JSRs.
The mandatory APIs supported through MSA include 3D graphics, personal information management, Bluetooth™, Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG), web services, location services and payment services for Java ME. Sony Ericsson has supported several of these APIs in its earlier Java Platform versions but with MSA there is finally industry alignment and a clear set of expectations on the implementation of these JSRs. With MSA, the mass-market mobile phone becomes an increasingly capable platform for enterprise development and it will be possible to ensure secure data storage and communication and create new innovative applications.
MSA reduces variations in the platform environment and creates a predictable environment for application developers, reducing porting issues when creating new applications and games for mass-market feature-rich phones. JP-8 and MSA are supported by the recently released Sony Ericsson SDK 2.5.0 for the Java ME Platform, also offering improved on-device debugging through new phone connectivity and the addition of Chinese fonts.
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