Sony J5e
DISCONTINUED 2001
Summary: T9 predictive text input for quicker and easier messaging WAP mobile internet for advanced interactive text services as these are launched, eg: Entertainment, News, Travel, Banking, Ecommerce, Email, Internet, Fax Direct support for email protocols for easy access to your current mailbox Support for HTML protocols to allow direct browsing of simplified web pages Handsfree speakerphone built in Silent vibrating call alert   Huge phonebook for 500 names/numbers and calendar function 4 greyscale display Includes genuine Sony personal handsfree headset Fax/data support Very light and compact: just 85g Sony's first WAP phone on Orange! Advantages: excellent feature set and predictive text is a real bonus for heavy SMS users,  one of just three Just Talk phones offering a Li-Ion battery for superior performance, easy menu system with Sony jog dial navigation. Unique speakerphone feature. Disadvantages: screen could be larger Alternatives: Nokia 3310e (no WAP) or Ericsson T20s (with WAP)

Easy to hold in the hand thanks to its ergonomic shape, and easy to control using the Sony jog dial the Sony cd5e is one of the best featured Just Talk handsets. With vibrating alert, predictive text input, five prewritten text messages and a one minute reminder to keep track of time - the Sony cd5e is a great all round phone.

Features:

jog dial, dual band, manner key (phone profiles), 100 phone memories, 3D rotating menu, minute minder, vibrating alert, currency converter, calculator, clock, alarm, calendar, conference, SIM toolkit

The "Manner Key" is Sony's formula for discrete phoning, allowing for one-touch access to discretion functions such as single beep, mute and vibrating alarm. The cd5e also offers 30 ringer tones and melodies, which can be individually assigned to phonebook entries.

T9 predictive text input will really change your life if SMS is a daily part of it. This "reads" your thoughts so to speak - and compares your text entry with an integrated dictionary. You then only have to press the key just once for each letter, making writing text messages many times quicker than the old "multi-tap" system. (Click the logo to try the T9 text input demo!)
 
 

Available accessories:

• Headset (as supplied with phone)
• Travel charger: as supplied with phone
• Car Charger
• Car Cradle
• Handsfree Car Kit
• Batteries
• CD ROM software and choice of data cables: RS-232 or USB

 

    (Variation in operation times will occur depending on SIM card, network settings and usage.)
 

Battery	Talk time	Standby	Standard charging
Standard Slim Battery 640mAh Li-Ion overall weight: 85 g	up to 3 hours	up to 5 days	?
Extended Battery 920mAh Li-Ion overall weight: ?	up to 4 hours	up to 8 days	?

NB: Standby time will be severely impaired if using the cd5e with an early Orange SIM card, these were issued in 1994, 1995 and the first half of 1996.