Mitsubishi M320 Dual Band Phone (1) Overclocker 13 Feb 2002
It is amazing how technology has
changed in the past one year. From the black & white handset to colour handsets,
from monotone to polyphonic. Mitsubishi M320 is the latest Mitsubishi phone
targeted at the young professionals.
Furnished in the same car-like silver colour, this phone weighs only 95g, it
supports Dual Band GSM900/1800. It comes with an integrated antenna and supports
GPRS. This phone has one of the largest screen displays supporting 4096 colours.
The large screen of 128 x 141 pixels is definitely a plus for those who loves to
surf WAP sites using GPRS since you can view them in colour screen. Furthermore,
you can customise your background wallpapers in GIF, PNG, JPG picture formats. A
banner can also be placed to add a personal touch. On top of that, you can
choose to transfer ringtones in .pmd format (three chord polyphonic) using IrDA
or through WAP sites. The optional data cable is not on sale yet. Up to
60
polyphonic ringing tones can be stored. There is also a Melody composer to
compose your ringtones.
M320 has one of the best standby
time. We have been using the M320 in our testing for the past one month and we
find that it can last for almost 5 days if we use it sparingly, e.g. a 5 minutes
call a day. Battery type : Li-Ion, Battery capacity : 900 mA/h. In fact, we are
impressed that the phone actually allows us to set a timer where it will auto-on
and auto-off. We set it to turn on at 9am in the morning and auto shut-off at
11pm. We were initially skeptical about it but so far after using it for 1
month, it works flawlessly. This definitely helps to conserve power consumption.
for calls, there are Integrated vibrator and you set call alert type selection :
ring, silent, vibrate, vibrate & ring, vibrate then ring
The phone book can store up to 255 entries. In terms of SMS, you can store up to
150 SMS messages (in/out). T9 input is available for you to quickly key in the
SMS messages to be sent. You can also choose to send to a group of friends. My
SIM card can store up to 10 SMS only. There are also call logs which shows the
individual calls, total call time separately for incoming and outgoing calls.
Most phones just lumps the total usage without separating them into incoming or
outgoing call time usage. You can also use the voice-dial to call your family
and friends.
This phone has pretty good
voice quality. In our tests, we also tried the speakerphone mode, the speaker is
loud and this is definitely a nice feature for those who are afraid health
hazards of handphone usage. (SAR : 0.868 W/kg).
Other
nice features include Games based on
Infusion's
Exen v2 platform, Sleeping mode (clock), One-touch business card
exchange via infrared or SMS (Vcard format), Infrared link, Data / fax modem
inside, Voice Memo (2 min), Organiser (Vcalendar format), Clock and Date,
Alarm with customisable ring tone, Calculator,
Currency converter.
The M320 at first glance
- Dual band EGSM 900 / 1800
- 4096-colour display
- Integrated antenna
- GPRS enabled
- Downloadable colour wallpaper
- Downloadable polyphonic ring tones
- Picture Album
- WAP 1.2.1
- Infrared link
- Data / fax inside
- Weight 95 g
- Size 115.5x47x19.9 mm
- Volume 85 cc
Physical Specifications
- Display : 4096-colour screen (128 x 141
pixels)
- Integrated antenna
- Customisable front panel
- Available colours : Quartz gold ; Frozen
silver ;Marine blue
Radio Specifications
- Dual-Band EGSM 900 / 1800
- GPRS Class 8 (4RX + 1TX)
- Tri-codec voice encoding (FR+EFR+HR)
Energy Consumption
- Talk Time (average) 4 h
- Standby Time(average) 350 h
- Battery type : Li-Ion
- Battery capacity : 900 mA/h
Phone Book and Call Management
- Up to 255 cards stored in the phonebook with
:
- 4 telephone numbers (office, home, mobile and fax)
- E-mail
- Address
- Associated icon
- Up to 255 numbers stored in the SIM card (SIM
dependent).
- Voice dialling function (up to 20 records)
- Direct access to voice mail
- Integrated hands-free
- Caller identification; Call waiting, call
holding
- Call conference (5 maximum)
- Automatic redial
- List of the last dialled numbers
- Call logs (unanswered calls, received calls,
timers, costs)
WAP Services
- WAP 1.2.1 and WAP profile OTA Provisioning
- WAP colour image viewer for GIF, PNG, JPG
picture formats
- M-services compliant for file download (SAR
and Download Fun)
- Picture and ring tone download over WAP
- SWIM security supported
Ringing Tones and Call Alerts
- Up to 60 polyphonic ringing tones
- Downloadable polyphonic ringing tones over
WAP or SMS
- Integrated vibrator
- Quick access to call alert type selection :
ring, silent, vibrate, vibrate & ring, vibrate then ring
- Melody composer
Download and Personalisation Features
- WAP, SMS or infrared download of colour
pictures and polyphonic melodies
- Set pictures as wallpaper or as colour icon
feature
- Set polyphonic melodies as ring tones
feature
- Embedded Picture Album
- Supported picture format : GIF, PNG, JPG
- 5 different menu themes for the choice of
the idle screen
- Two user-customisable soft keys
Messaging Services
- Concatenated SMS handling
- High SMS storage capacity : up to 150 SMS
- Predictive Text Input (T9)
- Customisable SMS templates
Games
- Full screen colour games
- Optional : downloadable colour Games (Exen
v2)
Advanced Services and Everyday Aids
- Sleeping mode (clock)
- One-touch business card exchange via
infrared or SMS (Vcard format)
- Infrared link
- Data / fax modem inside
- Voice Memo (2 min)
- Organiser (Vcalendar format).
- Clock and Date
- Alarm with customisable ring tone
- Calculator
- Currency converter
It is amazing how technology has
changed in the past one year. From the black & white handset to colour handsets,
from monotone to polyphonic. Mitsubishi M320 is the latest Mitsubishi phone
targeted at the young professionals. 