O2 Xphone II Specifications

In my further postings, I intend to take you through the basic first steps, as I went through them. Actually, it's probably better if I take you through the basic first steps as I should have gone through them, eh?

Once we've done that, I'll start covering the more advanced aspects of using this phone. Along the way, I'll log all the handy little nuggets of information I come across and will try to centralise all the classic questions, tips, files etc.

First, let's take a look at the cold, hard, bare specifications of this l'il puppy, shall we?

Form Factor

• The O2 Xphone II is a smartphone in the bar form factor.

Physical Dimensions

• Size: 44.5 (W) x 107.5 (H) x 18 (T) mm
• Weight: 102 grammes (with battery)

Navigation

• Five-way navigation pad (joystick with centre-push action button

Buttons

• 2 Softkeys
• Back
• Home
• Camera
• 2 phone function buttons: Call, End
• Volume Control button: up/down. (This button also controls the Record Audio function.)
• Power on/off (also accesses Quick Menu)
• 12-button numeric dialing keypad

Lights

• Event notification - Charge status - GSM/GPRS signals - Bluetooth connection
• Screen backlight
• Keypad backlight (With light sensing function that turns on keypad backlight in low light situations. This function can be toggled on/off.)

Operating System

• Microsoft Windows Mobile™ 2003 Smartphone Edition Ozone Update, Second Edition (more info at Wikipedia)

Processor

• TI OMAP 730 CPU 200 MHz. The OMAP is based on the ARM processor.

Memory

• Flash ROM: 64MB
• RAM: 32MB

Display

• 2.2" Transflective TFT LCD
• 64 thousand colours
• 176 x 220pixels
• LED back light

GSM/GPRS Tri-Band

• GSM900: 880-915, 925-960MHz
• GSM1800: 1710-1785, 1805-1880MHz
• GSM1900: 1850-1910, 1930-1990MHz

Generic GSM services

• Call holding, waiting, forwarding, barring
• CLI (Calling Line Identity)
• SMS (Short Message Service), support for long messages up to 640 characters
• Network selection
• Cell broadcast
• Multi-party capability (conferencing) with Mute feature
• Display own number
• Service dialing number

GPRS functionality

• GPRS class B
• Multi-slot standard class 10
• MO / MT SMS (at time of writing, I think this means extended length SMS messages) over GPRS
• PBCCH (Packet Broadcast Control Channel)- Apparently, nobody knows what this is. It increases network capacity somehow but nobody seems to know how...

Camera

• Colour VGA camera (ie. 640x480 pixels=300k pixels)
• JPEG encoder
• Preview mirror for self portrait
• Supports still image and video capture (with or without audio).

Interfaces

• Bluetooth 1.1 compliant class 2
• Infrared IrDA SIR (115 kbps)
• standard Mini-USB 5-pin connector for PC sync and charging/power
• SIM card slot
• MiniSD card slot
• External antenna connector
• Earphone / microphone audio jack (2.5mm ø)

Applications

• Microsoft Windows Mobile 2003 standard applications: Pocket Outlook, Pocket Internet Explorer (supports WAP 2.0/xHTML, HTML), MSN Messenger, ActiveSync, Windows Media Player, Calculator, Games (Jawbreaker, Solitaire)
• Photo Album
• Camera (phone and video capture)
• MMS
• Java virtual machine (J2ME)
• Photo Contacts
• SIM Manager
• SIM Toolkit
• Wireless Modem
• T9 predictive text input

Battery

• Removable and rechargeable Li-ion battery, 1,050mAh
• Standby: 140 hours
• Talk time: 3.5-4 hours
• Battery life varies depending on RF conditions (the strength of the local signal) and actual usage (How much you talk, what applications you use, etc.)

Audio

• Microphone/speaker - built-in microphone and 3-in-1 speaker (earphone/speakerphone/ringer?)
• Built-in handsfree operation
• Headphone - MP3 stereo (2.5mm jack)
• Supports WAV/WMA/MP3/AMR/AAC
• Ring tones: 32-chord polyphony, WAV, WMA, vibrate
• NOTE: you can use MP3 ringtones and system sounds but only by using a third-party application

I have munged these specifications together from the O2 and GSM Arena websites, as well as the O2 Xphone II User Manual. Please do not depend solely on these specifications as I have tried to detail them here for any important decisions (like purchase). Confirm any vital details directly with the manufacturer or the retailer.