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Siemens S55

One of the most expected models of the year. It is first phone from Siemens with a colour display and bluetooth support. Besides Siemens S40 (elaborating of Bosch), Siemens S55 is the first phone of this company which is a tri-band phone. An external camera, which can be switched to a system connector, is available as an extra accessory.

  • General features
    • Announced in: September 2002, beginning of sales - 1Q, 2003
    • eGSM900/GSM1800/GSM1900
    • Battery type: Li-Ion 700 mAh
    • Autonomy:
      • Standby time: up to 220 hours
      • Talk time: up to 6 hours
      • Re-charging time: about 2 hours
    • A battery of increased capacity (700 mAh) is available as an accessory
    • Graphical display, which can show up to 256 colours, it has a resolution of 101х80 pixels, what allows to display up to 4 text lines.
    • Java
    • SAR 0.52 W/kg
    • Available colours: Arctic Blue, Sterling Silver
    • Weight: 85 g.
    • Dimensions: 101 x 42 x 18 mm
     
  • Memory
    • Lists of the last calls:
      • 10 dialed numbers
      • 10 received numbers
      • 10 missed numbers with time and date indication
    • Application memory is dynamical, free space can be also used to transport files.
    • Up to 5 caller groups, 3 of them are changeable, the other two are out of group and received. One can assign a special icon and a ringtone to each group.
    • Phonebook: up to 500 phone numbers+ SIM-card memory. Up to 14 fields can be added to one name. For example, a user can add several phone numbers, post address, URL, 2 e-mails, birthday. One can set a reminder to birthdays. It's also possible to assign a graphic picture to each name in the phonebook.
    • Organiser memory: for up to 500 events (three types of records, reminder, event, business)
    • A reminder of birthdays and anniversaries
  •  

  • Ringing tones, call management
    • Vibrating alert
    • 16-tones polyphonic melodies
    • Speed dialing: for up to 8 phone numbers
    • Autodialing (up to 10 attempts)
    • EFR, HR, FR, AMR
    • Voice dialing (up to 20 voice tags)
    • User's profiles
    • Voice commands (up to 10 voice tags)
    • Handsfree mode
    • Babysitter

 

  • Messages
    • MMS
    • EMS
    • A possibility to send and receive ringtones and animated pictures
    • A possibility to send a group SMS message
    • Predictive text input T9
    • Templates
    • Concatenated messages ( up to 760 characters)
     
  • Connectivity
    • WAP 1.2.1
    • MMS
    • GPRS class 10
    • IrDa
    • Bluetooth
    • E-mail client РОР3/SMTP, supports attachments
    • Over the Air interface
    • USB/RS232/IrDA/Bluetooth synchronization with PC, a possibility to synchronize data of the mail programme, organiser and phonebook
    • SyncML

 

  • Organiser and extras
    • Voice memo. A possibiity to assign records to organiser events or alarm-clocks.
    • Organiser with different types of events. Maximun length is 50 characters for one event. One can set reminders, including recurrent reminders. Monthly, weekly and daily calendar view is available.
    • To-do list (up to 50 characters in each note), different levels of priorities can be setup
    • Reminders, here a small text (up to 150 characters) can be added
    • A possibility to record a melody using a micraphone
    • Time, date
    • Countdown timer, stop-watch
    • Alarm-clock, it can alarm in special days of the week
    • Calculator, currency converter
    • Notes, which can be secured by a password
    • Screen savers, which can be secured by a password
    • Games: StackAttack2, Battle Mail + downloadable Java games

Eldar Murtazin (eldar@mobile-review.com)
Published - 24 February 2003

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