Sony Ericsson FOMA SO905iCS, Manual

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Main Functions of the FOMA SO905iCS
“FOMA” is the name of NTT DoCoMo’s mobile service based on the W-CDMA
(Wideband Code Division Multiple Access) system, which has been approved as a
global standard of third generation (3G) wireless communication systems (IMT-2000
or International Mobile Telecommunications-2000).
It’s amazing because it’s i-mode
i-mode is an online service that enables you to take advantage of valuable
information from i-mode Menu sites (Program) and i-mode compatible sites.
This service also enables you to exchange e-mail with great ease.
Deco-mail/Deco mail pict.
The FOMA terminal supports Deco-mail and
Deco-mail pictographs, allowing you to use fonts
in different color and size, change a background
color, and paste moving pictographs as well as
images in the mail main body (P.208).
Mega i- α ppli/Virtual game
By downloading i- α ppli from a relevant site, you
can enjoy games or obtain automatically updated
information, such as about market shares and
weather.
Mega i-
α ppli is supported, enabling you to enjoy
games that require large amounts of memory, such
as high resolution 3D games and full-featured role
playing games.
Additionally, the virtual games which are operated
by sensuously such as “tilting” the mobile phone
are also supported (P.238).
Compatible with High-Speed Communication
The FOMA HIGH-SPEED Area is supported a high-
speed communication of the maximum reception
speed 3.6Mbps and maximum transmission speed
384kbps can be achieved (P.404).
International Roaming
You can use the same FOMA terminal, phone
number, and mail address as used in Japan when
you are overseas (supported GSM/3G areas). A
voice/videophone call, i-mode, i-mode mail, SMS,
and network services are available (P.410).
GPS
You can use various services using the location
information you obtain by GPS, such as viewing
the map of your location, searching for information
on your neighborhood, notifying your location
information by attaching it to mail, letting the
FOMA terminal to navigate you to the destination.
The Map appli is preinstalled and allows you to
use the high-definition map easily (P.264).
Chaku-Uta Full
®
/Uta-hodai/
Music&Video Channel ※ /Video clip
※ Music&Video Channel is a paid service that
requires a subscription.
Chaku-Uta Full
®
that allows you to download a
whole track of music and Uta-hodai that allows you
to enjoy favorite music as much as you want by
the fixed fee are supported.
Also, Music&Video Channel is supported to
download a music program during the night only
by setting it in advance and enjoy it. You can enjoy
program with video by the SO905iCS. Moreover,
because i-motion up to 10MB is supported, video
clip which allows you to enjoy a music clip of a
whole track of music is supported (P.338, 344).
Osaifu-Keitai/ToruCa
Once you download the Osaifu-Keitai-compatible
i-
α ppli, you can use the FOMA ter minal to
deposit e-money to the IC card incorporated
in the terminal as well as to check your credit
balance and purchase history on a relevant site.
Furthermore, the i-
α ppli for “DCMX” credit service
provided by DoCoMo is preinstalled (P.244). The
“iC transfer service” is also supported, which
allows you to easily transfer data stored on the IC
card to another one in a case such when replacing
a FOMA terminal with a new model.
ToruCa is an e-card which you can obtain from
a reading device (reader/writer) or site and
exchanges with others easily using e-mail or
infrared communication (P.256).
Kisekae Tool
You can download data such as a display of your
favorite character from i-mode and change the
stand-by display and menu display to the data
at once. For SO905iCS, you can also change the
orders of the menu items based on your usage
and customize the menu display to your taste
(P.123, 125).