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Benefon ESC!

The first GSM phone with the integrated GPS receiver with a set of unique features.

General features

Made in Finland
Announced in February 2000
Dual band GSM 900/1800
Battery type: Li-Ion 650 mAh and Li-Ion 1200mAh
Standby time: 140 and 240 hours
Talk time: 6 and 10 hours
Charging time: 2 and 3 hours
Waterpoof, shockproof, stainless steel frame
A large graphical display (100 х 160 pixels), which shows up to 20 text lines
Dynamical font size
EFR support
Dimensions: 129х49х23 mm
Weight: 150g. (Li-Ion 650 mAh) and 169g. (Li-Ion 1200mAh)

Memory

Phonebook: up to 255 phone numbers (only in SIM-card memory)
Lists of the last calls with time indication:
- 10 received
- 15 dialed
- 10 missed

Ringing tones, call management
- Speed dialing (9 phone numbers)
- Turning off the microphone
- Conference-call
- 40 ringing tones, a possibility to edit and download ringing tones
- Adjusted volume
- Silent mode
- Vibrating alert

SMS

Work time - digital, SMS, fax-modem (9.6 kbps)
Predictive text input (T9 system)
Concatenated messages (up to 160/640 characters)
Replay/Forward features for SMS

Communications capabilities

Built-in modem connected with COM slot, standard AT interface

Organizer:

Time и date
Alarm clock
Calendar
Schedule with reminders of meetings
Autopower on/off
Calculator
Currency converter
3 games

Software: BeneWin Pro with Maps

Cable for PC
Informational system BeneMaps support
A possibility to edit a phonebook and to make backup copies
Receiveing/editing/sending SMS from PC
Composing and editing of melodies with a help of BeneWin Maestro
Adjusting of the phone settings

GPS

12-channel high-quality GPS-receiver
An integrated flip-antenna GPS, an external antenna connector
Information:

location
rate of movement

minimal
average
maximal

distance
direction
time

Geographical Information System - BeneMaps, connected with Arbonaut® mobile map. This service adapts maps, produced by GEODATA, and и allows to download them via Internet with a help of Web browser
The maps include almost the whole territory of Europe
A possibility to use and process different maps:

touristic
city
topographic
geographical

Additional information:

key points
route extent
house numbers

Transmission of current coordinates over SMS
A possibility to work with NMEA 0183 interface
Friend Find feature
It enables to find another person with the same phone (Benefon Esc!) and shows on the map how to reach him
SOS feature
When it is switched off the phone send a message with the current coordinates and a beforehand programmable phone number is dialed

Eldar Murtazin (eldar@mobile-review.com)
Published - 28 February 2003

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