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14.1 General
Q: What is included in the MC 218 kit, and what kits/ language versions will there be?
The MC 218 kit contains;
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MC 218 main unit running EPOC, with all programs you need pre-installed
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Batteries
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Backup battery
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Ericsson Infrared Modem
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RS-232 cable
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Ericsson User’s Guide
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Ericsson Quick Guide.
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CD-ROM with SW and manuals
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Carrying case
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Warranty card
The MC 218 will be available in International English, American English, German, French and
Spanish language versions. There will be another two keyboard versions (Portuguese and Nordic),
both with an English operating system. Finally there will be a version of the International English
kit made for Central and Eastern Europe with manuals for these countries.
Q: What cameras are supported?
Cameras using IrTran-P v1.0 or Compact flash memory disks and supporting the Jpeg file format.
If a camera meets these basic requirements, the MC 218 should be interoperable with it.
The MC 218 is tested with but not limited to:
JVC GC-S1
Sharp VE-LC25
Casio GV 7000
Q: What is EPOC?
EPOC is the operating system from Symbian. Symbian is a company owned by the major players
in the Mobile Telecommunications world: Ericsson, Nokia, Matsushita, Motorola and Psion.
EPOC has several characteristics that make it the most appropriate solution for manufacturers of
wireless information devices.
Real time - designed from scratch to be a really ‘real time’ operating system
User friendly user-interface, with for instance zoom functionality
Power efficient
Very fast, which is necessary for a mobile device. The user requires instant response.
A large community of 3
rd
part developers.
Q: What about battery lifetime?
Depending on usage (how much typing, screen update, backlight activated or not,
communication etc.), the operational time is approx. 60 hours with high capacity AA batteries
(Based on a usage model of 10% active use, 90% in wait-mode with the screen on). An advantage
is that you can always buy standard AA batteries at the nearest grocery store, and instantly be up
and running again. The battery time is so long that a normal user will not need a mains adaptor
for external power supply.
