Ericsson R380s

Ericsson was the first company which presented its smartphone. For a long time R380s was the only device of this class on the market. It is a handy phone as it has an unusual keypad and a touchscreen. The shortcoming is the limit of memory space and no possibilities to extend it.

• Class: smartphone
• Position in the line: the only one
• Rival phones: none

• General features
  • Made in Sweden
  • Announced in 2000
  • Dual band eGSM900/GSM1800
  • Battery type:Li-Ion 950 mAh
  • Autonomy:
    • Standby time: 40-105 hours
    • Talk time: up to 150 minutes
  • A touchscreen with a grey-blue backlighting
  • Flip cover, which partly covers a display
  • Epoc from Symbian
  • Dimensions: 130х49х30 mm
  • Weight: 169 g.

• Memory
  • Memory: 1.2Mb
  • The list of calls with date, time, phone number indication. Also a type of call (speech ro data), status (received or missed) are displayed. The list can be sorted by the day, week or month. One can view only inoming, outgoing or all calls.
  • Phonebook. One can add up to 3 phone numbers, e-mail adress, post adress, web-page dn other information to the one contact. Dial-up and SMS sending from the phonebook.

 

• Voice functions
  • Voice dialing for up to10 phone numbers
  • EFR,FR,HR support
  • Voice dialing / Automatic answer (works with headset or in handsfree mode only)
  • Voice recorder

 

• Ringing tones, call management
  • Vibrating alert
  • 10 ringing tones + a possibility to create 4 of your own
  • A possibility to assign a ringing tone (up to 10) to a phone number

• SMS
  • Remote service control via SMS
  • Concatenated messages support (like in Nokia 3310 and Ericsson T20s)

 

• Connectivity
  • E-Mail client, POP-3 and IMAP4 protocols
  • Ericsson Mobile Internet
  • WAP- browser 1.1, a possibility to copy and to save pages content
  • Cache for wap pages
  • Synchronization with MS-Outlook, Lotus Notes, Schedule+, Lotus Organizer)
  • A possibility to make backup copies of the phone memory on PC
  • Built-in modem
  • Fax
  • IrDa

• Organizer and extras
  • Handwriting recognition (only for English)
  • On-screen keypad
  • 18 languages support, a possibility to install 3 languages at once
  • Organizer - to-do list, meetings, notes, reminders. Everything is synchronized with a calendar.
  • Automatic world time, a possibility to install 2 time zone at once, alarm clock, сalculator
  • Game: Reversi
  • A standard kit: a phone, a battery, portable handsfree, 1 stylus in the batery and 4 reserved ones, one CD with software to synchronize a phone with PC, a manual, a cable for PC

Eldar Murtazin (eldar@mobile-review.com)
Published - 18 April 2003