Manufacturer and Model

Manufacturer
Philips
Phone model
290
Year of release
2007

Appearance

Case type
Monoblock
Body length
101 mm (millimeters)
Body width
45 mm (millimeters)
Body thickness
12.2 mm (millimeters)
Weight
82 g (grams)
Volume
54.83 cm³ (cubic centimeters)
Body materials and finishes
  • Plastic
Colors

Internal storage

Built-in memory
  • 6 MB (megabytes)
place #186

SD card

Types of Supported Memory Cards
  • microSD (Micro Secure Digital Card, TransFlash)
Hot swappable memory card

Battery

Battery capacity
620 (milliampere hours)
Battery type
Li-Ion (lithium ion)
Battery charging time
2 h (hours)
Call duration in GSM networks
3 h (hours)
Standby time in GSM networks
200 h (hours)

Screen

Screen diagonal
1.8 in (inches) place #182
Screen resolution
160 x 128 pixels place #151
Pixel density
114 ppi (pixels per inch)
Screen technology
TFT
Color depth
18 bit (262144 colors)
Aspect ratio
1.25 (5:4)

Main photo/video camera

Camera megapixels
0.3 Mp (megapixels) place #50
Maximum photo resolution
640 x 480 pixels
  • vga (640x480)
  • qvga (320x240)
  • 768x1024
Digital zoom
4 X
Shooting settings
Other photo settings
  • Night mode
  • Special effects view mode
Video capability
Maximum video resolution
160 x 120 pixels
Movie speed
15 fps (frames per second)
Movie settings
Movie settings list
  • Automatic modes
  • Night shooting

SIM card and calls

Number of SIM-cards
1
MP3 ringtones
Polyphonic ringtones
Vibration mode
Speakerphone
Conference call
Speed dial
Ability to mute the microphone during a call
Extended phone book
Contacts in the phone book
500
Data exchange between SIM card and internal memory

Mobile communications

Cellular generation
2G (9.6 - 14.4 kbps)
GSM support
GSM frequencies
  • GSM 900 MHz
  • GSM 1800 MHz

USB

USB connector
USB connector type
Mini USB (7 x 3 mm)

Connectors and interfaces

USB connector
Mini USB (7 x 3 mm)

Images

Supported image formats
  • JPEG (Joint Photographic Experts Group, .jpg, .jpeg, .jfif, .jpe)
  • GIF (Graphics Interchange Format, .gif)
  • BMP (Bitmap Picture, .bmp, .dib, .rle)

Video

Installed video player
Supported video formats
  • MPEG-4 (MPEG-4 Part 14, .mp4, .m4a, .m4p, .m4b, .m4r, .m4v)
  • 3GPP (.3gp)

Audio

Installed audio player
Supported audio formats
  • MIDI (Musical Instrument Digital Interface)
  • SP-MIDI (Scalable Polyphony MIDI)
  • MP3 (MPEG-1/2/2.5 Layer 3, .mp3)
MP3 support
Number of polyphony voices
64
Dictaphone

Control elements

Standard keypad
Russified input

Documents and office

Installed Organizer (PIM)

Connectivity and synchronization

PC connection

Software features

Installed browser
  • WAP
Installed games

Receiving and sending SMS

SMS messages
SMS T9 support
EMS support
MMS support

Equipment

Equipment
  • battery
  • charger
  • instruction