The innovative design of the S55, which rivals its sibling, the C55, features a bridgeless keypad, tri-band technology, full colour screen, GPRS, WAP, EMS and MMS as well as the all important Java™ for downloading games and other applications. With sophisticated features, easy pictorial navigation system and a detachable camera with integrated flash, the S55 is designed for life in the fast lane and will prove to be a big hit with the ‘mobile style conscious’. Taking snaps day or night is easy with this handset as it features an integrated flash (as to be manually selected) and viewing the images and adding music and/or text to the picture is great for sending the MMS to anywhere in the world. You can also save the images as background wallpaper – a continuous memory of a special occasion perhaps!

With a flexible memory, the S55’s space can be allocated where you need it most – whether it’s for diary entries, in the address book or for messages. The Bluebooth technology and extended organiser software helps the busy user keep track on both their work and social life and automatically synchronises contacts and schedules wirelessly with PC and PDA.

With the latest Java ™ technology, the S55 offers plenty of practical business as well as fun entertainment applications such as the built-in game (Jet Ski) which is preloaded along with travel and business guides. There’s also an animated fitness instructor – Fit@ Work – for those who want to exercise whilst on the move!

The handset’s bright colour screen is capable of displaying seven lines of text along with animated graphics and colour pictures, numbers can be divided into eight groups (each one with a distinctive ringtone) and a sizeable address book which will store up to 500 entries, all of which are stored within the phone’s memory. Polyphonic ringtones are supported but you can also add your own selection via SMS/MMS or PC connection.

The S55 allows five WAP portals to be set up, with 10 access profiles for WAP and MMS and another 15 profiles available for Java download.

By using GPRS and the integrated e-mail client, images can also be sent from mobile to PC and can be displayed in a personal photo album on line at Siemens for everyone to see!

Unlike its predecessor and other Siemens handsets, you cannot replace the front-panel and battery cover on the S55.