Slim, compact and stylish, the M600 about to hit Middle East

Sony Ericsson announced the release of the M600 last February, introducing the various features that enable this slim device to function as a personal advisor with a fully-specified email tool and mobile phone rolled into an extremely stylish, featuring a touch screen and handwriting recognition devise. Sony Ericsson has today announced that the wait for the M600 in the Middle East is nearly over.

"Estimates show that there are approximately 650 million business email users* around the globe, and the demand for true mobile email is growing rapidly," said Husni El-Assi, General Manager of Sony Ericsson, Middle East and Africa . "While there are some standalone email messaging devices available, many people will welcome fast and easy messaging tools integrated into their mobile phone."

New push email applications, remote synchronisation and expandable memory give owners a UMTS phone and email connectivity in a device that easily fits in their pocket - at just 15mm thick, it is one of the slimmest business UMTS devices of its kind available.

For such a slim device, the M600 has an impressive 80MB onboard memory for storing email attachments and multimedia content. An additional 64MB Memory Stick Micro™ (M2™), which is a new ultra-small recording media designed for highly compact mobile devices, is provided in the box. The M600 is the first Sony Ericsson product to feature this new memory card.

The software platform and user interface, make multitasking - for example browsing the Internet whilst making a voice call - a reality. M600 also takes full advantage of its UMTS capabilities with fast and easy email handling (even with large attachments) and high bandwidth multimedia downloads. Document handling offers and PowerPoint, Word and Excel editors and an Adobe PDF viewer.

With so many connectivity possibilities, Sony Ericsson has taken great care to ensure mobile security. McAfee, the powerful anti-virus and firewall software for cellular applications and Pointsec encryption are offered as Try & Buy packages and Certicom VPN client for secure access to corporate networks is offered free of charge.

The M600 is available in Granite Black and Crystal White and will be on the shelves soon.