[3][4] The P990 has a numeric keypad that flips open to reveal a full QWERTY keyboard below the display on the phone itself.

The P990 runs the Nexperia PNX4008 ARM9 208 MHz processor from Philips, which also includes a PowerVR MBX GPU.

[5] The screen, despite having a smaller length (2.8 inch) than its predecessors, is actually larger in area because of the increased resolution.

The phone also improves over the P910 by including support for Wi-Fi, allowing users to connect to 802.11b wireless networks.

Additional features include RSS feeds, online video streaming, Java ME support, and handwriting recognition.