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Image formats 
 
The table below explains the various image formats supported by the P800, together with 
indicative file sizes for a QVGA (320 x 240 pixel) image. 
 
Format Example 
File Size Description 
BMP 226kB Microsoft Windows Bitmap. A graphics format defined by 
Microsoft supporting 1, 4, 8 or 24 bit colour depth. No 
compression, so files can be very large. Used for icons and very 
small images. 
 
GIF 42kB Graphics Interchange Format. Highly...

Media Format and Application Summary  
This table summarises the P800 applications and shows which audio, image and video formats are supported by each. It also shows the storage 
locations that can be accessed in each case. A description of the MPEG-4 and 3GPP video formats is provided in the Video Player section of this 
document. 
  
Audio Formats 
Image Formats 
Video Formats 
Storage Access 
Application 
Usage Case 
AAC 
AMR 
AU 
iMelody 
MIDI 
MP3 
RMF 
WAV 
BMP 
GIF 
GIF/animated 
JPG 
MBM 
PNG...

Notes to Media Format and Application Summary Table 
 
1  The number dialled or incoming CLI is matched to a contact. The picture stored against 
that contact is displayed in thumbnail format. 
 
2  The speed dial button is linked to a contact. The current picture of that contact is 
displayed in thumbnail format. 
 
3  Audio must be encoded in file or stream. Audio-only file or stream is supported. 
 
4  The source may be in the formats and locations indicated. 
 
5  A copy of the image is stored in the...

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Data Flow Summary 
 
The diagram below shows a generalised view of the ways in which data can be imported, stored 
and exported. Data is stored in a generic multimedia structure for images, audio, documents, 
video and other. Therefore an image received as an e-mail attachment can be saved and used by 
any application capable of reading it. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Beaming 
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Application Behaviour 
This section highlights certain application capabilities that are useful to understand. 
 
Browser 
The Browser is able to read HTML based content from local storage. More importantly, a long tap 
on an object such as a picture will display a menu, from which it is possible to save the object to 
storage. This enables images to be collected and saved in internal or Memory Stick storage. 
 
Folder Mechanism 
Almost all applications...

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P800 Audio Player 
 
The P800 Audio Player is a multi-format digital 
audio player which enables the user to play a 
selection of favourite songs. Audio Player Specification 
Formats:   MP3, WAV, AU, AMR, MIDI, RMF, 
  iMelody 
Features:  Playlists, Loop, Automatic pause
 
 
Songs may be stored in the internal P800 user storage and on Memory Stick. The folder system 
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Imaging 
 
Built-In CommuniCam 
 
The P800 has a built-in camera capable of taking still pictures up to 640 x 480 pixel (VGA) 
resolution (307200 pixels) and 24 bit colour depth. 320 x 240 (QVGA) and 160 x 120 (QQVGA) 
pixel sizes are also selectable. The camera may be used in Flip Closed mode for fast point-and-
shoot pictures using the screen as the viewfinder. The lens is recessed into the back of the P800. 
With the flip open, the viewfinder is...

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Pictures 
 
Pictures is the  P800’s image viewer. It enables you to view and organise your photographs.  
including pictures taken by the built-in camera plus images loaded from elsewhere, such as 
received via E-Mail or stored on a Memory Stick. Pictures supports image types JPEG, BMP, GIF 
(including animated), MBM, PNG and WBMP. 
 
   
 
Thumbnail viewing – images 
may be ordered by name, 
date, size or type. Tap an 
image to see it full-screen....

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Video Playback and Streaming 
 
The P800 Video Player plays video content that is locally stored or streamed. It can also play 
audio-only material which is encapsulated within an MPEG file or stream. 
 
MPEG-4 Standard 
 
MPEG-4 was developed in 1998 by the Motion Pictures Expert Group, and has been incorporated 
into the 3GPP specifications for mobile multimedia. The earlier standards, MPEG-1 and MPEG-2 
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The name ‘streaming’ refers to the technique it is based on. Previously it was necessary to 
download an entire file to the hard disk or mobile phone and then play it, whereas through 
streaming the user can begin to watch or hear the content of a requested file after only a short 
delay. The data in the file is broken into small packets that are sent in a continuous flow, a 
stream, to the end-user’s computer or mobile phone. It is then possible to...