Sony Ericsson Walkman W950 Quick reference guide

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First edition (June 2006)
Publication number: EN/LZT 162 057 PA4
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Preface
Purpose of this document
This White Paper will be published in several revisions as the phone is developed. Therefore, some of the
headings and tables in this document contain limited information. Additional information and facts will be
forthcoming in later revisions.
The aim of this White Paper is to give the reader an understanding of the main functions and features of
this phone.
People who can benefit from this document include:
• Operators
• Service providers
• Software developers
• Support engineers
• Application developers

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Sony Ericsson Developer World
On www.SonyEricsson.com/developer, developers will find documentation and tools such as phone
White Papers, Developers Guidelines for different technologies, SDKs and relevant APIs. The website also
contains discussion forums monitored by the Sony Ericsson Developer Support team, an extensive
Knowledge Base, Tips & Tricks, example code and news.
Sony Ericsson also offers technical support services to professional developers. For more information
about these professional services, visit the Sony Ericsson Developer World website.
Document history
Change history
2006-05-12 Version PA1 First preliminary version.
2006-05-21 Version PA2 Updated after fact review
2006-05-30 Version PA3 Updated after language review
2006-06-08 Version PA4 Updated after Product Planning/Product Man-
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Contents
Product overview .......................................................................................................................6
Key features .............................................................................................................................7
Controls and operation ............................................................................................................9
Miscellaneous .........................................................................................................................11
Models ................................................................................................................................11
Accessories ........................................................................................................................11
Manuals ..............................................................................................................................11
Languages ..........................................................................................................................11
Images ....................................................................................................................................12
Product comparison ................................................................................................................13
Overview .................................................................................................................................14
Added and removed features .................................................................................................15
Hardware ............................................................................................................................15
Software .............................................................................................................................15
Comparison table ...................................................................................................................16
Technologies in detail ..............................................................................................................18
Multimedia ..............................................................................................................................19
Walkman® player ...............................................................................................................19
FM Radio ............................................................................................................................19
Video player ........................................................................................................................20
PlayNowTM ........................................................................................................................20
Phone applications .................................................................................................................20
Business telephony ............................................................................................................20
PIM applications .....................................................................................................................22
Contacts .............................................................................................................................22
Calendar .............................................................................................................................22
Tasks ..................................................................................................................................22
Notes ..................................................................................................................................23
Time and alarm clock .........................................................................................................23
Sound recorder ...................................................................................................................23
Calculator ...........................................................................................................................23
Stopwatch ..........................................................................................................................23
Converter ............................................................................................................................24
Speed dial ...........................................................................................................................24
Messaging ..............................................................................................................................24
Email ...................................................................................................................................24
Push email ..........................................................................................................................25
Unified mailbox ...................................................................................................................26
Area Information .................................................................................................................26
Picture Gallery ....................................................................................................................26
Picture Editor ......................................................................................................................27
Entertainment .........................................................................................................................27
MusicDJTM .........................................................................................................................27
Games ................................................................................................................................27
Browser ..................................................................................................................................28
Browser security .................................................................................................................28
RSS feeds ...........................................................................................................................29
Connectivity ...........................................................................................................................30

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Bluetooth™ wireless technology ........................................................................................30
IrDA .....................................................................................................................................32
USB ....................................................................................................................................32
Data storage ...........................................................................................................................32
User storage .......................................................................................................................33
Action at master reset ........................................................................................................33
Folder view of internal storage ...........................................................................................33
Synchronisation and data transfer .........................................................................................34
SyncML – an open standard for synchronization ...............................................................34
Remote synchronization .....................................................................................................35
Local synchronization .........................................................................................................36
Sony Ericsson PC suite ..........................................................................................................38
DRM .......................................................................................................................................38
Personalization .......................................................................................................................39
Background and application shortcuts ..............................................................................40
Screen saver .......................................................................................................................40
Picture phone book ............................................................................................................40
Ringtones ............................................................................................................................40
Themes and skins ...............................................................................................................41
Over-The-Air (OTA) Configuration ......................................................................................41
Sony Ericsson phone configurator .....................................................................................41
Locks ......................................................................................................................................42
Keylock ...............................................................................................................................42
Phone lock ..........................................................................................................................42
SIM card lock ......................................................................................................................42
3G ...........................................................................................................................................43
Positioning ..............................................................................................................................44
GPRS ......................................................................................................................................45
Symbian OS operating system ...............................................................................................45
Key features of symbian OS v9.1: ......................................................................................46
UIQ 3.0 ................................................................................................................................47
Java™ ....................................................................................................................................47
W950 consumer package ......................................................................................................48
Accessories ............................................................................................................................48
Technical specifications ..........................................................................................................50
SIM AT services supported ................................................................................................62
User interaction with SIM AT ..............................................................................................64
Integrated browser technical data ......................................................................................65
Security ...............................................................................................................................65
Abbreviations ...........................................................................................................................66
Related information .................................................................................................................72
Documents .........................................................................................................................72
Links ...................................................................................................................................72
Trademarks and acknowledgements .................................................................................72
Index ..........................................................................................................................................75

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Product overview
The W950 is a slim, compact, stylish Walkman® phone built on the Symbian operating system.
A 4 GB built-in memory, large touch screen and dedicated music keys support the music experience and
positions the W950 as the top of the line Walkman® phone.
3G makes surfing the Web on the go a fast and satisfying experience. The Opera™ 8.0 Web browser in
combination with the touchscreen makes the interactive mobile Internet pure pleasure.
For PC synchronisation or transferring files between the phone and a computer, a USB cable is provided
in the kit. W950 supports USB high-speed mode, allowing transfer of gigabytes of files in only minutes.
W950 uses multitasking to allow you to perform several actions at once, for example you can listen to
music while browsing the Web, or work with PIM applications during a phone call.

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Key features
2.6-inch colour touchscreen
The large 2.6-inch (240x320 pixels) full graphic QVGA 262k colour touch-sensitive screen enhances
viewing and navigation, facilitating high-quality multimedia and entertainment.
Walkman® player
The Walkman® player converts the phone to a portable eAAC+, AAC+, AAC, MP3 and WMA player.
Dedicated hardware keys and a rich graphical interface that supports album arts and lets you pick an
album with the tap on the screen, makes the W950 a state of the art portable music machine.
4 GB Media memory
The W950 has a built-in 4 GB solid state flash memory that can hold up to 4000 songs in eAAC+ format or
around 1000 songs in MP3 format. The Media memory is accessible from a PC using USB High speed
which permits a transfer of files at 480 Mbps. This means that a gigabyte of data can be transferred in only
around three minutes.
Opera™ 8.0 web browser
Opera 8.0 allows full HTML browsing and supports all de facto standards. It features normal or small
screen rendering as well as full screen view.
FM Radio with RDS
The FM radio with RDS (radio data system) offers instant and easy access to FM radio channels. RDS
information which is sent out by the currently tuned-in radio station, is displayed directly on the screen.
Just plug in the handsfree that works as an antenna and start listening to your favourite station. The radio
can also be started by the alarm clock.
Music recognition
A music clip is recorded from the FM radio or Sound recorder, and sent to the TrackID™ Internet service to
get the song title, artist and album name, if available.
Gaming
Gaming is already a very popular feature in mobile phones, and with Advanced Java, users can add new
games and skill levels to further enhance the entertainment value of Sony Ericsson phones. There are
embedded games included in the phone at purchase.
UIQ 3.0 / Symbian 9.1 operating system
UIQ 3 is a media-rich, flexible and customizable software platform, pre-integrated and tested with
Symbian OS v9. The Symbian OS makes it possible to add useful applications to the phone including
navigation, travel and organizer enhancements.
JAVA™
Download extra content with Java™, for example, new information- and entertainment-based
applications. This gives users a chance to personalize the functions and features in their phones, and
developers the opportunity to create new applications.

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Disc2Phone
Music management software on the CD which is included in the kit. Music files can be transferred from a
computer to the phone. Search for and select music on your computer or audio CDs and convert your
existing audio tracks to MP3 format.
PlayNow™ 3.0
PlayNow™ is a direct-link download application. PlayNow users can connect to a live list of top music
hits, videos, games and pictures. Content can be previewed before purchasing.
Video player
The Video player supports MPEG4, 3GPP, RealMedia and Windows Media Video 9. It is possible to play
locally stored video clips as well as streaming content from the Internet.
Portable Handsfree with remote control
The Walkman® player and the FM radio can be controlled with the stereo portable handsfree remote
controller. The remote controller has Play/Pause, Volume up/down, FF/next song or station and REW/
previous song or station. Calls can be received while listening to music.
Bluetooth™ wireless technology
Several devices (simultaneous Bluetooth connections) can be connected to W950 using Bluetooth
wireless technology up to 10 metres away. For example, the phone can be answered with a Bluetooth
headset when it rings and images can be sent to another phone at the same time. Several mobile phones
can take part in a Bluetooth supported game and the phone and a computer can exchange data such as
images, video clips, business e-cards, music files and calendar data. The W950 also supports real time
transferring of stereo audio to, for example, a stereo Bluetooth headset.
Personal Information Management (PIM)
Stay up-to-date with everyday events by synchronizing phone contacts, calendar appointments and tasks
in the phone with similar programs in a computer. The USB cable which comes with the phone, the built-in
infrared or Bluetooth feature can be used together with the synchronization software available on the CD
in the kit or from www.SonyEricsson.com/support.
Push email
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Controls and operation
Walkman®
A press on the dedicated Walkman® button, imme-
diately opens the Walkman® player in play view.
Navigation is easy and instinctive. When the Walk-
man player is launched, symbols light up on the
front, clearly showing how the top three keys on
the keypad are used to play/stop and skip to previ-
ous or next track. A dedicated play/stop button
and a combined volume key and previous/next
button on the side of the phone makes it easy to
operate the Walkman® player with the phone still in
the pocket.
The combination of the large touch-sensitive
screen and a graphically rich interface that includes
album arts, makes browsing the music collection
intuitive.
C
A
DG
EH
I
J
B
A On/off button G Cancel button
B Jog Dial H 12 keys - alphanumeric
C Back button I Volume control. Press and hold to
skip to previous or next music track or
radio station
DWalkman®player indicators (not
shown) J Multimedia play/stop button
EWalkman®launch button
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Standby view
The Standby view is displayed when W950 starts.
The Standby view acts as the starting point for
tasks performed on W950, it does this by linking to
the feature rich applications of the phone.
The Standby view is highly customizable, just
about every aspect of its appearance, content,
navigation methods and behaviour can be
changed.
Multitasking
It is possible to have several applications open on
W950 at any time. An open application can either
be closed using the back key or simply left open.
Selecting Task manager displays a list of open
applications. To return to an open application
select it from the Task manager or the Main menu.
Editing features to move text from one application
to another can be used.
Text input methods
There are four text entry methods:
• Keypad prediction - keypad based predictive
text input.
• Handwriting recognition - using the stylus to
write characters directly on the screen.
• On-screen keyboard - a virtual keyboard that
can be launched from the status bar.
•Multitap-standardMultitap keypad input (only
available when Handwriting recognition or the
On-screen keyboard is active).
Keypad prediction
Keypad prediction allows words to be entered by a
single press of a key to input any of the letters
associated with that key. When using keypad
based predictive text input, the primary word sug-
gestion is presented where you are writing; addi-
tional suggestions are presented in a pre-edit box
at the top of the screen.
Word suggestions and next word
suggestions
Word suggestions and next word suggestions are
optional text prediction functions that a user can
enable or disable for all input modes, independ-
ently. As with keypad prediction, primary word sug-
gestions and next word suggestions are presented
where you are writing, with additional suggestions
presented in a pre-edit box at the top of the screen.
For the input methods of Handwriting recognition,
On-screen keyboard and Multitap, the functions of
word suggestions and next word suggestions are
complimentary. This means that when entering text
via one of these methods, you have the option to
select one of the suggested words displayed, or to
ignore them and continue entering text normally.
Additionally if you mistype or misspell a word using
one of these input methods, when the word sug-
gestions functionality is enabled the pre-edit box
may also suggest closely matching words. These
words would either be from one of your selected
language dictionaries, from a word you may have
previously typed, or from items that you have
added to your 'My words' personal dictionary.
Flight mode
UMTS, GSM or Bluetooth™ connection from a
mobile phone may be harmful to the safe operation
of an aircraft.
Flight mode is a special mode that disables all
radio transmissions, but still allows the user to lis-
ten to music, use PIM applications and play
games.
Standby view Screen
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Miscellaneous
Models
Accessories
W950 supports a large range of accessories. See “Accessories” on page 48.
Manuals
A User guide, Quick guide and a Web guide for W950 will be available on www.sonyericsson.com/
support. The Web guide offers more in depth information on W950 functionality.
Languages
The languages for W950 will be available on the Internet for download on
www.sonyericsson.com/support.
Standard W950
• Europe, Middle East, Americas, Latin Asia
• Latin, Cyrillic, Hebrew and Arabic keypad availa-
ble
• Latin character handwriting recognition
•TBD

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Images

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Product comparison
The Sony Ericsson W950 and M600 have important differences in both hardware and software.
The W950 is a Walkman®phone aimed at the music-loving Professional and Selective Pioneer—combin-
ing a sleek mobile phone with a serious music player.
M600 is a compact messaging phone, with an innovative dual function keyboard. M600’s main focus is
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Overview
W950:
• Is a Walkman®phone built on the platform UIQ
3.0 and Symbian 9.1.
•Incorporates Walkman®player with album arts
and graphic equalizer—providing a dedicated
music user interface.
• Is targeted at music-loving Selective Pioneers.
• Comes with a 4 GB in-built flash memory (holds
up to 4000 songs)
• Has a built-in FM radio with RDS support.
• Has extended services such music recognition
from the FM radio and Sound recorder. The user
can obtain title, artist and album information
about unknown songs.
• Supports USB 2.0 high speed for fast transfer
from PC.
• Supports OMA DRM phase 2.
• Supports streaming stereo audio over a Blue-
tooth connection.
• Comes with a stereo headset with remote con-
trol,
• and music management Disc2Phone software.
M600:
• Is a messaging phone built on the platform UIQ
3.0 and Symbian 9.1.
• Is a phone whose users can receive, handle and
send email conveniently and efficiently.
• Is targeted at Rational and Selective Pioneers
• Has a unique dual function QWERTY keyboard.
This concept allows users to switch between
numeric and alphabetic input modes.
• Supports the push email clients for the major
operator solutions.
• Is supplied with VPN software to ensure secu-
rity.
• Is supplied with a 64 MB Memory Stick Micro™
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Added and removed features
Hardware
Added to W950
– Flush 12-key alphanumeric keypad. Also, Walkman®launch button and C (cancel) button.
– Volume control and multimedia play/stop button.
– Dedicated illuminated Walkman®player indicators on the keypad.
– 4 GB internal memory.
– USB High speed support.
In M600, but not W950
– Dual function keyboard.
– Slot for memory stick.
– Personalizable Internet button.
Software
Added to W950
–Walkman®player instead of Media player.
– RDS FM radio.
– Digital Rights Management (DRM) phase 2.
In M600, but not W950
– CDC Java.

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Comparison table
W950 M600
Hardware
Size (mm) and weight 106 x 54 x 15, 112g 107 x 54 x 15, 112g
Colour Mystic purple Granite black, crystal white
System Dual mode UMTS 2100-GSM 900/
1800/1900 Dual mode UMTS 2100-GSM 900/ 1800/1900
Battery BST-33 BST-33
Talk time (hours) GSM up to 7.5 hours
UMTS up to 2.5 hours GSM up to 7.5 hours UMTS up to 2.5 hours
Stand-by time (hours) GSM up to 340 hours
UMTS up to 250 hours GSM up to 340 hours UMTS up to 250 hours
Music mode (hours) 10 hours
Operating system Symbian™ OS V9.1 Symbian™ OS V9.1
MMI UIQ 3.0 UIQ 3.0
Display 2.6" 320 x 240 pixels
QVGA, 262 k colour TFT
touchscreen
2.6" 320 x 240 pixels
QVGA, 262 k colour TFT
touchscreen
Jog Dial 3 way 3 way
RAM memory 64 MB 64 MB
Flash memory 128 MB 128 MB
Application CPU ARM9 ARM9
User memory internal 80 MB + 4 GB Up to 80 MB (without 3D games)
User memory external No 64 MB Memory Stick Micro™ (M2™)
Key lock key No No
Back key Yes Yes
Play key Yes No
Backlight in keyboard Yes Yes
Connectivity USB 2.0 high speed (up to 480
Mbps)
USB mass storage support
USB charging support
IrDA
Bluetooth 2.0
USB 2.0 full speed (up to 12 Mbps)
USB mass storage support
USB charging support
IrDA
Bluetooth 2.0
Software
Music Walkman®player. Media player.
Browser Opera 8.0 browser that supports
frames and Javascript. Opera 8.0 browser that supports frames and Javascript.
Symbian 9.1 9.1
UIQ 3.0 3.0
Multitasking Yes Yes

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Audio formats MP3, AAC, AAC+, eAAC+, AU,
iMelody, AMR, RMF, DLS, Real
Audio, G-MIDI level 1 with 40 voices
polyphony, WAV, XMF and WMA
(Windows Media Audio).
MP3, AAC, AAC+, eAAC+, AU,
iMelody, AMR, RMF, DLS, Real
Audio, G-MIDI level 1 with 40voices
polyphony, WAV, XMF.
Video formats MP4 (MPEG4 and AAC-LC), 3GP
(H.263 AMR NB and AAC), Real
Audio Video and Windows Media
Video 9 (WMV).
MP4 (MPEG4 and AAC-LC), 3GP
(H.263 AMR NB and AAC) and Real
Audio Video.
Image editor Yes Yes
Packaging
Memory Stick No 64 MB Memory Stick Micro™ (M2™)
Includes Try and Buy applications
Case and cleaning cloth TBD TBD
CDs Yes
PC Suite
Try and Buy applications
Yes
PC Suite

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Technologies in detail
This chapter offers a detailed description of the technologies available in this product.

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Multimedia
Walkman® player
The keypad and dedicated hardware buttons are
used to start and stop playback, switch tracks and
adjust volume. A remote control on the handsfree,
lets you use the Walkman® player without even
taking the phone out of the pocket.
Songs may be collected in numerous ways, includ-
ing Internet download and file transfer from the PC.
The phone comes with the Disc2Phone PC soft-
ware that supports extracting songs from CDs,
compression and transfer to the phone. Thanks to
the USB High-speed support, transferring songs
goes quickly. A gigabyte of files can be transferred
in about three minutes.
Music can be further organized on the W950.
Music is grouped by Album, with album art being
displayed on the screen, by Artist or arranged in
user created playlists.
The user can rate songs or assign moods to them.
Based on these ratings and moods, automatic
playlists can be generated, and different visual
effects can be used to visualize moods.
The player also generate automatic playlists based
on, for example, the most or least played songs.
The Walkman® player features an equalizer with
predefined settings like Mega Bass™, Pop and
Classical.
It is intelligently aware of other applications in
W950. Playback is paused when a telephone call is
made or received.
FM Radio
The FM radio works on the 87.5 to 108.0 MHz fre-
quency band.
A handsfree headset or an accessory with a FM-
radio antenna must be attached to the phone for
the FM-radio to work.
The FM radio with RDS offers instant and easy
access to FM radio channels. The RDS function
displays radio text information directly on the
screen, the information is sent out by the radio sta-
tion the user is currently tuned in to. The stereo
handsfree or the phone’s loudspeaker can be used
to listen to the radio.
Using the FM radio it is possible to do the follow-
ing:
• Record a short section of a song and automati-
cally use the TrackID™ Internet service to iden-
tify it.
• The FM radio can be selected as the alarm sig-
nal allowing W950 to work as a clock radio.
• Display frequency, station name, RDS, radio
text and signal strength if the information is
available.
• Automatic or manual station search.
• Enter required frequency manually.
• Save a station and customize its saved name.
• Automatically switch to stations when they are
broadcasting news or traffic announcements.
• Mute the radio.
• Listen to the FM radio in the background while
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Video player
The Video player allows users to view and manage
video clips that are stored both remotely and
locally. The Video player supports the common fea-
tures that are available in PC video players, (play,
stop, reposition within the clip, next and previous
media file) in addition to play back options such as
default view option, repeat current clip and repeat
all clips.
Video clips are played back with 30 frames per
second, giving TV-like quality. It is possible to set
bookmarks, so that watching can be resumed at a
certain point in the movie later on.
Streaming
The video player plays streaming content from the
Internet using RTSP (Real Time Streaming Proto-
col) session control according to 3GPP specifica-
tion.
PlayNowTM
PlayNow™ is a unique direct-link quality music
download application. PlayNow users can connect
to a live list of top music hits, videos, games and
pictures. Content can be previewed before pur-
chasing.
The content available from PlayNow differs from
country to country. Games can not be previewed
and are only available in certain phone modes.
Phone applications
• In call menu: W950 has a dynamic in call menu
that changes to help the user perform actions
quickly and simply.
• Accept Calls: Users can specify which calls to
accept and which calls to reject.
• Rich call functionality: W950 allows SMS, MMS,
and contact cards to be easily sent during a call.
• Call notes: W950 can launch Notes when a call
is ongoing. The note is automatically named
with the other party’s number, name (if known),
time of call and date. The user can start writing
in the note immediately.
• Follow up call: W950 can automatically create
follow up call tasks. The task contains the
phone number, contact name, time of call, and
date of call.
•Speakerphone.
Business telephony
Corporations have traditionally used fixed-line and
DECT phones in the office, but now there is a
strong trend towards the use of mobile phones to
access business telephony features. Of prime
importance, however, is that users can still access
the features and functionality of their corporate