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Video files can be stored on 
the P800, organised into user-
defined folders if required.   
Tapping a filename will start 
playback.  
The user may pause, rewind 
or fast-forward the playback.   
The Video Player will also play 
audio-only material. (AAC or 
AMR encoded in an MPEG-4 
wrapper) 
 
 
Streaming Support in the P800 
The Video Player can be launched from hyperlinks in the Browser or in messages. Content is 
streamed using RTSP (Real Time Streaming Protocol) session control according to 3GPP 
specification. 
 
Audio support is AAC and GSM-AMR according to 3GPP 
 
The following video codec support is provided according to 3GPP: 
• 
MPEG-4 Simple Visual Profile Level 0 
• 
H263 Profile 0 Level 10 
• H263 Profile 3 Level 10 
 
MIME Support 
The P800 Video Player registers support for the following MIME types: 
 
MIME type  Extension  Notes 
video/mp4 .MP4  
video/3gpp .3GP  
audio/3gpp  .3GP  All 3GPP treated as video 
video/x-pv-pvx .PVX  
application/sdp .SDP  
Recommended Settings 
The table shows the recommended video coder settings to optimise video for the P800. 
 
  Video Bandwidth  Video Size  Audio Sample/Bit Rate  Audio Channels 
Video + AAC  64kbps  192 x 144  22.05kHz / 32kbps  Stereo 
Video + AMR  64kbps  192 x 144  8.00kHz / 12.2kbps  Mono 
 
  
						

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Memory Stick® Duo® 
 
Memory Stick® provides a convenient way of adding storage 
and other functions to a wide range of devices. The P800 
supports Memory Stick
® Duo®, a miniature version of the 
Memory Stick series which is just one third the volume of 
standard Memory Sticks. Memory Stick Duo starts at 8Mbytes 
and has a roadmap which foresees sizes up to 1Gbyte in the 
future. A 16 Mbyte Memory Stick Duo is supplied and sizes up 
to 128Mbyte are supported.
 
 
  
 
Via a Memory Stick Duo Adaptor, Memory Stick Duo can be plugged into any standard size 
Memory Stick slot. The two types have full electrical and file system compatibility.  
 
 
 
Physical and Electrical Properties 
 
Memory Stick Duo is very space-efficient. It is 20mm wide, 1.6mm high and 31mm deep, having 
volume 992 mm3. Memory Stick Duo weighs 2 grams. 
 
The electrical contact consists of 10 pins in a structure which prevents direct 
touch, providing high reliability. A serial protocol is defined for Memory Stick. 
This is optimised for the larger capacity memories that will be available in the 
future. Current maximum transfer speed is 2.45Mbyte/second to read data 
and 1.8Mbyte/second when writing data. An erasure prevention switch 
protects important content and data. 
 
 
PC and Apple Mac Support 
 
PCs and Apple Macs may be enabled for Memory Stick via built-in Memory Stick slots, Floppy 
Disk adaptors, PC Card adaptors, USB adaptors and even a Memory Stick enabled mouse. 
(Memory Stick Duo Adaptor required) 
  
 
 
 
 
  
						

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Wide Industry Support 
 
Memory Stick is supported by a wide range of companies including major names in consumer 
electronics, computing, automotive, mobile phone, photographic and semiconductor sectors of 
industry. As at 14
th November 2002, 376 companies have declared support at 
www.memorystick.org
 
 
Memory Stick compliant products include PCs, PDAs, digital cameras, portable music players, 
printers, projectors and entertainment robots. Future applications include home and car audio, 
game machines and multimedia kiosks. 
 
Memory Sticks are currently marketed by Sony, SanDisk, Lexar Media, I-O Data Device Inc. and 
Apacer Technology. As of October 2002, there were already over 30 million Memory Sticks in use 
worldwide. (Source: http://www.memorystick.com/en
)  
 
Memory Stick Usage Cases in the P800 
 
Any number of Memory Stick Duo units can be used with a P800, providing virtually unlimited 
storage opportunities. Here are the main usage cases: 
 
• Additional storage for pictures taken with the CommuniCam 
• 
Images from the CommuniCam can be transferred to other image-aware devices such as 
PCs and printers. 
• 
Transfer of data and media (sound, pictures, video clips, documents etc) between the 
P800 and a PC or Mac 
• Save data and media from the P800 on to a Memory Stick, for example to make backup 
copies of important files. 
• Transfer of data and media between P800s. 
• 
New applications may be installed from a Memory Stick. 
• 
Third party applications can make use of Memory Stick storage. 
• Data can be transferred over SyncStation between a Memory Stick in the P800 and a 
connected PC. 
• 
Personalise the P800 using media on a Memory Stick, for example ring signals, alarm 
sounds and pictures of contacts. 
• 
Use media on a Memory Stick when composing MMS messages 
 
Specifically, the following built-in applications are enabled to work with the Memory Stick: 
CommuniCam, Pictures, Video Player, Audio Player, E-Mail (attachments), Viewers (e.g. Word), 
MMS (media), Browser, Phone (ring signals, screensaver), Contacts (pictures of contacts; 
ringtones). 
 
Compatibility with other Memory Stick devices 
 
The P800 defines its own folder structure on a Memory Stick, within the vendor-specific area and 
this is the only area that is accessed. Other devices must therefore access the same folder 
structure in order to interact with P800 files and media. For a PC or Mac, this is easily done by 
browsing to the required folder on the Memory Stick. Memory Stick enabled devices with no 
browsing capability may be unable to share data with the P800. For example, it may not be 
possible for the P800 to read images taken on a Memory Stick enabled digital camera without 
first using a PC to copy them to the images folder within the P800 folder structure.  
 
Magic Gate, the copyright protection mechanism available with Memory Stick, is not supported on 
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Memory Stick inserted in to a PC 
 
Using the supplied Memory Stick Duo Adaptor, the P800’s Memory Stick Duo may be inserted 
into a memory-stick enabled PC. 
 
In the example below, the Sony Vaio PC locates the Memory Stick on the S: drive. The memory 
stick is new and has been initialised by the P800. Note that some capacity is taken up by the filing 
system. 
 
 
 
Folders MMSEMC and P-Series identify the data structure as that of the P800, according to 
defined Memory Stick conventions. Media data is stored in the standard P800 structure.  
						

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Messaging 
 
The P800 Messages application has integrated support for SMS, EMS, MMS and E-Mail from a 
unified UI. Messages may be addressed using the contacts data and hyperlinks are supported in 
all message types to create E-Mails, call telephone numbers and navigate directly to web and 
WAP pages that are referenced in the text.  
 
 
 • 
With the Short Message Service, a user can send text 
messages containing up to 160 characters to and from 
GSM mobile stations (up to 70 characters using 
Chinese text)  
• 
With concatenated SMS, the user can write a longer 
message and the P800 will automatically send it using 
more than one SMS. 
• EMS (Enhanced Messaging Service) enables the user 
to include graphics, sounds and font attributes as part 
of a text message, which can then be sent over the 
normal GSM/SMS service. Such messages may also 
be received and the extra media objects saved.  
• 
MMS provides true multimedia capability with real 
pictures, sound and time-based sequencing. 
• 
The E-Mail client supports POP3 and IMAP4 E-Mail 
and multiple accounts may be set up, for example 
business and personal.  
• 
Attachment viewers are included for Microsoft®  Word, 
Excel, PowerPoint® and Adobe® Acrobat® (PDF), with 
approx. 20 more available from the CD-ROM 
• 
Area information (SMS Cell Broadcast) is a type of text 
message sent to subscribers in a certain network area. 
• 
Over The Air setup messages are held in a special 
‘Auto Setup’ mailbox 
• Incoming beamed items will be found in the ‘Beamed’ 
mailbox 
 
 
 
 
EMS (Enhanced Messaging Service) 
 
Enhanced Messaging Service (EMS) adds new powerful functionality to the well-known SMS 
standard. With it, mobile phone users can add life to SMS text messaging in the form of pictures, 
animations, sound and formatted text. This gives the users new ways to express feelings, moods 
and personality in SMS messages. As well as messaging, users will enjoy collecting and 
swapping pictures and ring signals and other melodies. 
 
EMS uses existing SMS infrastructure and industry standards, keeping investments to a minimum 
for operators and providing a familiar user interface and compatibility with existing phones and 
with other manufacturers. EMS is part of the 3GPP standards. 
 
An EMS message can be sent to a mobile phone that does not support EMS, or only supports 
part of EMS. All the EMS elements i.e. text formatting, pictures, animations and sounds are 
located in the message header. The EMS contents will be ignored by a receiving phone that does 
not support the standard. Only the text message will be displayed to the receiver. This is true 
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phones from the oldest to the newest. Some companies in the mobile phone industry have 
developed their own messaging technologies, which only work with their own phone models. 
Network operators are in favour of EMS because it is universal – many of the major mobile phone 
manufacturers are constructively improving and developing the EMS standards even further for 
implementation in their products. 
 
Examples of EMS contents and applications 
A wide range of contents, applications and services may be developed. Below is a list of 
examples and areas where messaging can be enhanced with EMS: 
• User-to-user message 
• 
Message notifications for voicemail, e-mail, unified messaging. 
• Illustrated news & commercials 
EMS Media Objects in the P800 
 
Sounds and melodies 
EMS sound is in the form of simple melodies according to the iMelody standard. Multiple sounds 
may be included in a message. 
 
A library of sounds is included with the P800. Additional sounds may be copied from incoming 
EMS messages and pasted in to a new message. Sounds from received messages can also be 
stored in the ‘Melody’ folder within the EMS ‘Insert object’ menu. 
 
EMS also has pre-defined sounds such as “Chime high” and “Notify.” Rather than sending the 
complete sound to the receiving phone, EMS sends a ‘token’ instructing the receiving phone to 
play that sound according to its own library.  When the P800 receives a message that includes an 
EMS pre-defined sound, it will be played in polyphonic form. 
 
The P800 does not include a melody composer for EMS, neither is it possible to set ringtones 
from melodies received in EMS messages as the P800 is better suited to polyphonic ringtones. 
 
Pictures and Animations 
EMS pictures and animations are in the form of small bitmaps. These are transmitted in binary 
black and white (meaning that there are no scales of grey in between). Multiple pictures can be 
added to a message. 
 
8 x 8 pixels  16 x 16 pixels  32 x 32 pixels 
 
A library of pictures is included with the P800. Images from received messages may also be 
saved to the ‘User Defined’ folder within the EMS ‘Insert object’ menu. These images can then be 
edited and re-used. 
 
Pictures may be added to a message by copying and pasting them from received messages. 
 
New images can be created using a simple grid and pen editor. Animations may not be created or 
edited. 
 
EMS also has pre-defined images such as smileys. Rather than sending the bitmap, a simple 
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display these images in colour, since a pre-defined image is always displayed from local P800 
storage. 
 
 
Example stored colour animation for EMS 
 
The P800 does not support the use of EMS to set background images because other methods 
are more appropriate for the large size and colour capability of the P800’s screen. 
 
Text 
There are 3 text font sizes. 
Bold, italic, underline
 and strike through styles are available, and text 
may be aligned left, centre or right. 
 
 
Concatenated messages 
A part of the EMS standard is the support for concatenated messages, which means that the 
phone is able to automatically combine several messages both when creating and receiving 
EMS. This is useful to be able to build and display messages with rich content, since the amount 
of information in each SMS is limited by the SMS standards. 
EMS Display in the P800 
 
 
 
Receiving an EMS message in FC 
mode 
 
 
 
Composing an EMS message in FO 
mode. In the P800, the extra facilities of EMS are integrated 
with the SMS UI, making it easy for the user to enrich 
an ordinary text message. A selection of icons and 
sound objects is included and more can be added via 
M-Services download. 
 
 
Objects in received messages may be saved for re-use 
when composing outgoing messages, so as well as 
messaging users will enjoy collecting and swapping 
pictures, ring signals and other melodies. 
 
Simply tap on the required object to copy or save it. 
 
 
One message may contain several EMS objects, such 
as a pictures, animations and sounds.. 
 
Messages may be created using the keypad to enter 
text in FC mode, or using handwriting recognition or 
virtual keyboard in FO mode. 
 
 
 
  
						

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MMS (Multimedia Messaging Service) 
 
One of the key features in the P800 is the Multimedia Messaging Service (MMS), expected to 
become the preferred messaging method of mobile terminal users, since the ability to send real 
pictures and sound greatly enhances the messaging experience. An MMS message from the 
P800 can contain text, graphics, animations, photographic images, audio clips, ring melodies and 
even a video clip. 
 
  
 
Defined and specified by 3GPP as a standard for third generation implementation, MMS 
completes the potential of messaging. Sending digital postcards and multiple-slide style 
presentations is expected to be among the most popular user applications of MMS. Eagerly 
awaited by young users in particular, MMS is projected to fuel the growth of related market 
segments. Using the Wireless Application Protocol (WAP) as bearer technology and powered by 
the high speed transmission technologies GPRS, EDGE and UMTS (W-CDMA), Multimedia 
Messaging allows users to send and receive messages that combine text and media in slides, 
having a built-in timing sequence decided by the sender. The messages may include any 
combination of text, graphics, photographic images, speech and music clips. MMS will serve as 
the default mode of messaging on all terminals, making total content exchange second nature. 
From utility to sheer fun, it offers benefits at every level and to every kind of user. 
Benefits 
Essentially enabling the mobile terminal to serve as image processor and conveyor, Multimedia 
Messaging accommodates the exchange of important visual information as readily as it facilitates 
fun. Business and leisure usage of MMS will be dynamically merged, resulting in enhanced 
personal efficiency for users and increased network activity for operators. In short, MMS affords 
total usage for total communication. Because MMS uses WAP as its bearer technology and is 
being standardized by 3GPP, it has wide industry support and offers full interoperability, which is 
a major benefit to service providers and end users. Ease-of-use resulting from both the gradual 
steps of the messaging evolution and the continuity of user experience gained from 
interoperability is assured. 
 
The MMS server, through which MMS messages are sent, supports flexible addressing (to both 
normal phone numbers (MSISDN) and e-mail accounts), which makes user interface more 
friendly and allows greater control for operators. The MMS server, moreover, is responsible for 
the instant delivery feature of MMS. 
 
MMS objects 
Although MMS is a direct descendant of SMS, the difference in content is dramatic. The size of 
an average SMS message is about 140 bytes, while the maximum size of an MMS message is 
limited only by the memory. Multimedia Messages will initially be in the range 30k-100kbytes. The 
P800 is optimised for messages up to 200kbytes. In the P800 the MMS inbox is only constrained 
by the amount of available user storage. 
  
						

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An MMS message can contain one or more of the following: 
 
Text 
Much larger amounts of text can be used in MMS messages when compared with SMS. 
Thousands of characters can be included in a message.  
 
Audio 
MMS provides the ability to send and receive recorded audio and polyphonic sounds in 
messages. Not only can users share a favourite song or ring signal with a friend, they can also 
use the mobile phone to record sound and send it along with a message. Because sound 
includes speech as well as music, this extra dimension of an MMS message makes for enhanced 
immediacy of expression and communication. Rather than sending a downloaded birthday jingle 
in EMS, for example, a user can send a clip of his or her own personal rendition of “Happy 
Birthday”. 
 
Pictures  
With the built-in CommuniCam, users can take a snapshot and immediately send it using the 
‘Send As MMS’ facility. The ability to send pictures is one of the most exciting attributes of MMS, 
as it allows users to share meaningful moments with friends, family and colleagues. 
 
Mobile picture transmission also offers inestimable utility in business applications, from sending 
on-site pictures of a construction project to capturing and storing an interesting design concept for 
later review. The ability to put text and pictures in a message allows users to create their own 
electronic postcards, an application that is expected to substantially cut into the traditional 
postcard-sending market. 
 
The P800 supports the following image formats for MMS: GIF (including animated), JPEG, PNG, 
WBMP and BMP. Images may also be edited during message creation. 
 
Video 
The P800 can play MPEG4 video clips attached to MMS messages. They are opened as an 
attachment and played in the Video Player. Note that the MMS message is closed and control is 
transferred to the Video Player. 
 
PIM Objects 
With MMS in the P800, it is easy to send and receive business cards (vCard), Calendar and 
Tasks entries (vCal) and Jotter notes (text content is added to a slide). Received PIM objects are 
listed under the ‘Attachments’ tab. 
SMIL presentations 
SMIL stands for Synchronized Multimedia Integration Language and is pronounced “smile”. SMIL 
in the P800 allows the user to the create and transmit multiple-slide style presentations on the 
mobile device. SMIL is an advanced XML-based protocol, and Sony Ericsson MMS supports a 
subset of this protocol. Using a simple media editor, users can incorporate audio and animated 
GIFs along with still images, animations and text to assemble full multimedia presentations. The 
idea of SMIL is to allow the user to customize the page timing in slide presentations. The user 
can decide in which order the image and text will be displayed, as well as for how long the 
images and text lines are to be shown in the display. The user never sees the underlying SMIL 
code and does not need to understand it. 
 
The P800 has an implementation of SMIL 2.0 Basic Profile. Messages created by the P800 use a 
subset of SMIL as defined in the Conformance Specification (see below). 
 
 
  
						

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SMIL Example 
As an example, consider a two-slide message. In this case it was created using the Sony 
Ericsson MMS Home Studio described in the Personalisation and Customisation section of this 
document. 
 
 Slide 1
 
Picture (Slide_1.jpg) 
Text “this is my new car” 
Audio: Slide_1.midi 
 Slide 2 
Picture (Slide_2.jpg) 
No text 
Audio: Slide_2.amr
 
 
The following files are used: 
 
 
 
Slide.txt contains the text for slide 1. The SMIL conveyed in the mms.smil file looks like this 
example: 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
The components of the message will be encapsulated, like in the example below: