White paper
Sony Ericsson P1
83
May 2007
RMF
Rich Music Format™ A file format developed by
Beatnik combining the compact size of MIDI files
with the high quality of MP3 and WAV.
Rx
Receive
SC
Service Centre (for SMS).
SDK
Software Development Kit
Service Provider
A company that provides services and
subscriptions to mobile phone users.
SIM card
Subscriber Identity Module card – a card that must
be inserted in any GSM-based mobile terminal. It
contains subscriber details, security information
and a memory for a personal directory of numbers.
The card can be a small plug-in type or credit card-
sized, but both types have the same functions.
Sony Ericsson P1 uses the small plug-in card.
SIM-AT
SIM Application Toolkit – a means of providing
simple applications that are stored on the SIM
card.
SMIL
Synchronized Multimedia Integration Language.
Used by MMS to describe how media objects are
to be played.
SMS
Short Message Service. Allows messages of up to
160 characters to be sent and received via the
network operator's message centre to a mobile
phone.
SMSCB
SMS Cell Broadcast.
SMTP
Simple Mail Transfer Protocol. Protocol used to
send email from an email client via an SMTP server.
SIR IrDA
Standard IrDA, up to 115 kbps IrDA.
SS
Supplementary Service
SWIM
A SWIM card is a SIM card containing a WIM
T9
(Text on 9 Keys) A text input system from Tegic
that adds intelligence to multi-tapping letters on a
telephone keypad.
TCP/IP
Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol.
TE
Terminal Equipment. Generic term for GSM
terminals such as phones and PC cards.
Terminal Adaptor
Generic term for the equipment terminating a
digital communications line such as an ISDN2 line.
Sony Ericsson P1 is a Terminal Adaptor since it
interfaces to GSM digital data services.
TLS
Transport Layer Security. As used by Web
browsers.
Tx
Transmit
TTY (Teletypewriter)
A telecommunication device with a keyboard and a
visual display that is used primarily by people who
are deaf, hard of hearing, or have a speech
disability.
