Philippine Cell Phones

Sony Ericsson XPERIA Rachael

What is even more exciting is that along with the official shots that have obviously popped up a little prematurely, we also received a short video-demo of the Sony Ericsson Rachael UI.

The original resolution of the video is 852 x 480 pixels, which suggests that this will also be the resolution of the Rachael display. Coming with the sweet 16:9 aspect ratio this is the highest resolution screen we have seen so far on a mobile phone.

It seems that Sony Ericsson have put some extra hard work in customizing the Android UI, adding some nice touches of their own. Messaging and social-network integration is pretty duly covered, as suits a full QWERTY-enabled handset.

In case you need a quick memory refresh of the Sony Ericsson XPERIA Rachael features known so far, here it goes. The phone is based on the Qualcomm QSD8250 Snapdragon platform that provides a 1GHz CPU and dedicated graphics acceleration. The connectivity options of the chipset are also top-notch with Wi-Fi, GPS and 3G with HSDPA all onboard.

The fully-touch operated phone comes complete with an 8-megapixel autofocus camera, a 3.5 mm jack and a standard miniUSB jack. Probably the best part of the Sony Ericsson Rachael is its 4″ touchscreen.

Sony just announced their new cellphone Sony Ericsson T707a, which is a very eyeball-drawing cellphone in 2009, now more and more people begin to talk about it. So here we are going to discuss Sony Ericsson T707a, and see how wonderful it is.

The most cool thing about Sony Ericsson T707a is it has a stylish clamshell with light effects that glow when calls are received and gesture control to end calls and snooze the alarm. This is the most important reason people love it like crazy.

Sony Ericsson T707 will offer three color variants (Mystic Black, Spring Pink, Bright Blue). It also has a 2.2-inch main TFT display with QVGA resolution and a monochrome OLED additional one. The device also has a 3.2MP camera (capable of photo and video blogging), along with an FM radio with RDS. This is very good for those who are interested in multimedia.

What’s better, photos taken with its 3.2-megapixel camera can be uploaded to social networking sites using the HTML web browser. So you can upload your cool photos to your web blog any time you want.

Sony Ericsson T707a has these cool features:

* Give best friends their own, unique pulsating light effects and when a call from one of them comes in, users will know who it is in a flash
* Gesture Control lets users mute an incoming call or snooze the alarm by simply sweeping a hand over the phone
* Capture life as it happens with the 3.2-megapixel camera
* Share photos with friends or post pictures on a blog with just a few clicks
* The Day and Night theme makes the desktop and menus in the phone change as day turns to night

We have to wait some time, because The Sony Ericsson T707a will be available in the second quarter. Since there are so many people crazy about it, I think they should allow pre-order, but I haven’t known that. Hope they will do that.

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Specifications:

Screen

* Main screen: TFT, 256,000 colors
* 240 x 320 pixels, 2.2 inches
* External screen: Monochromatic OLED
* 128 x 36 pixels, 1.1 inches
* Gesture control
* Navigation keys

Weight & Dimension

* 95 g, 3.4 oz. (including battery)
* (93.0 x 50.0 x 14.1) mm
* (3.7 x 2.0 x 0.6) inc.

Memory

* 2000 entries: with multiple contacts storage
* 30 (received, dialed & missed calls)
* Internal memory: 100 MB
* Expansion Slot: microSD
* Memory Stick Micro (M2), up to 16 GB

Camera

* 3.15 MP, 2048 x 1536 pixels
* LED flash, Digital zoom
* Video recording
* Geo-tagging
* Photo fix

Battery

* Standard battery
* Stand-by time up to: 400 h (GSM), 400 h (HSDPA)
* Talk time up to: 10 h (GSM), 4 h (HSDPA)
* Video call time up to: 2 h

Others

* SMS, MMS, EMail, Push Email
* WAP 2.0, HTML (NetFront)
* Hands free
* Youtube
* Speaker phone
* Scratch resistant
* FM-Radio with RDS
* Music player: MP3, eAAC+, WMA, WMApro

The Sony Ericsson J110i is a slim mobile phone which comes with easy to use features. The phone comes with larger text & larger icons on the coloured display which provides the user with easy to view & read information. The screen provides the user with up to 65,000 colours on a STN type screen & comes with a single icon menu system which is highly useable. The handset comes with no opening mechanisms & is a bar type designed handset which is slim & compact. The handset measures 99mm x 44mm x 17mm & weighs only 75 grams which is extremely light for the user to carry.

The phone comes with a SMS text messaging feature which allows the user to create, send & receive text messages on their mobile phone. The service is easy to use & allows the user to store sent & received messages in their messaging inbox & outbox. The user can create a message with text input only which can be as long as the user desired, as one page of text is just not enough when the user is telling friend & family all about the fun things that happened in their day. The Sony Ericsson J110i comes with a predictive text input method which will assist the user when creating a text, as the users words will be anticipated & finished by the service which allows the user to create a message with less input clicks of the keypad.

Sony Ericsson J110i Features :

* Display: STN screen
* Screen resolution: 96 x 64 pixels
* Displaying colour: 65K colours
* Vibration alert
* Down loadable themes: Wallpapers
* Weight: light weight of 79 grams
* Dimensions: 99 x 44 x 17 mm
* Ringtones: 16 channels polyphonic
* Messaging options: SMS and EMS
* colour: Smooth Grey, Precious Purple and Soft Cream
* Built-in handsfree
* Calculator and Reminder
* Games: Down lodable
* Battery:Standard battery of Li-Ion
* stand by: Up to 400 hours
* Talk time: Up to 9 hours
* 2G Network GSM phone

The user can store all their friends & families details in the phone book which allows the user to store names & numbers easily. The user can update their phone book by adding, deleting & editing their friends & families details. The phone book hold up to two hundred names & numbers so the user will have plenty of space for family, friends & work colleagues details. The handset comes with everyday feature which will be of use to the user which include a built in alarm clock facility, timer & calculator. The user can set the vibration alert feature when in a meeting or quieter environment which allows the user to not be disturbed by a ringing handset, but a discrete vibration will let user know if a message arrives on their handset or a incoming call is being made. The phone comes with a speaker phone facility which allows the user to take a call over the phones loud speakers which will leave the user hands free.

The Sony Ericsson J110i works over a dual band network which covers GSM 900 & 1800. The phone has a fast port connectivity which allows the user to connect their handset to the charger & other compatible accessories. The user can enjoy up to nine hours of talk time from a fully charged battery & up to four hundred hours of standby time which means the user will not need to recharge their battery all the time. The phone supports polyphonic ringtones which the user can change to suit their ringtone needs. The phone comes with a selection of preinstalled polyphonic ringtones for the user to choose from. The J110i comes with embedded games which allows the user to enjoy a relaxing moments with their fun filled mobile phone complete with preloaded games.

The Sony Ericsson W960i offers its user the perfect music companion which comes with easy to use features. The phone comes with a built in Walkman® music player which comes with music playlists & supports album art which can be displayed on the phones large touch screen. The user can enjoy a truly portable & fun music experience on the W960i. The built in FM radio supports RDS which allows the user to enjoy listening to their favourite radio station whilst viewing information which is sent from the radio station & displayed on the large screen. The user can listen to their radio whilst reading information sent from the radio station. The music phone comes with some useful music features which include a music recognition feature known as TrackID™ which is powered by Gracenote mobile music.

The phone supports MP3, polyphonic & AAC ringtones which provides the user with a wide choice of sound on their handset. The user can enjoy a wireless music experience by using the Bluetooth® stereo A2DP connectivity which is available on this stylish music phone. The user can use the Mega Bass™ feature allows the user to enjoy high quality bass frequencies through the phones speakers or when using the headphones. The Sony Ericsson W960i comes complete with Disc2Phone software which allows the user to enjoy a drag & drop music transfer from their CD’s to their handset.

Specifications & Features

Screen 2.6 Inch 262k Touch Screen (240 x 320 Pixels)
Imaging 3.2 Megapixel Camera, 3 x Digital Zoom, Camera Settings, Video Player, Video Record, Video Clip
Messaging SMS, MMS, Email, Sound Recorder
Sound Walkman Music Player, Album Art, FM Radio RDS, MP3 & AAC Tones, Mega Bass, Bluetooth Stereo
Entertainment Java™ Games, 3D Games, Embedded Games
Organiser Phone Book, Alarm Clock, Flight Mode, Speakerphone, Handwriting Recognition
Connectivity 3G, Bluetooth, USB,WLAN
Network Tri Band Technology (GSM 900/1800/1900) UMTS 2100
Memory & Talk Time 8 Gbytes Memory, 9 Hours Talk Time 370 Hours Standby
Weight & Size 119 g, 109 x 55 x 16 mm

This is great, but what’s not so great is that some applications are slow to start up the first time, and the phone itself takes an age to switch on. If you are the kind of person who likes to turn their mobile off overnight to save battery power, the long morning startup could irritate.

Now, what about the camera? You can get more detail by checking out our separate W960i camera review for the full gen, but suffice it to say here that the camera is adequate, if not hugely capable. The 3.2-megapixel lens is a fair way behind the top end these days, but there is autofocus and a macro mode, while a reasonably good double-strength photo light helps things along.

The C905 is the latest camera offering from Sony Ericsson featuring a fully spec’d 8.1 mega pixel camera with auto focus, face recognition, a new feature called Smart Contrast, image stabilization, BestPic, red-eye reduction, xenon flash as well as photoflash for both photos and videos. It’s got a video stabilizer feature as well. You can geo-tag your photos with the built-in GPS with further support for A-GPS, and the large camera resolution makes it possible to do prints in up to A3 sizes! Your photos will automatically flip to landscape mode, when you tilt your phone, as it’s got a built-in accelerometer. You’ll be able to watch your photos on a beautiful 2.4 inch QVGA-resolution scratch-resistant mineral glass TFT display. Feel like sharing your photos on a TV-set? That’s possible as well with the TV-Out Cable ITC-60, also to be announced on the 17th.

Key features:

* 8.1 MP autofocus camera with Xenon flash and active lens cover
* Dedicated camera mode switch, two camera/gaming keys over the display
* Face and Smile detection, smart contrast, image stabilizer, geotagging, red-eye reduction
* Quad-band GSM/GPRS/EDGE and HSDPA (3.6 Mb) / tri-band HSDPA for US version
* Scratch resistant mineral glass 2.4″ TFT 256K-color display
* Built-in GPS with A-GPS function, Wayfinder Navigator software
* Wi-Fi b/g with DLNA and SIP VoIP support, Bluetooth (with A2DP), USB v2.0
* Enhanced user interface with basic multi-tasking
* Media Center, Smart search, Manage Messages, extended TrackID
* FM radio with RDS and TrackID
* 160 MB built-in memory, M2 card support, 2GB included

That’s not all, though… C905 will be the first feature phone by Sony Ericsson to sport built-in WiFi with DLNA-support, so all media in your home can be shared. It’s also got the latest in Bluetooth connections, supports USB 2.0 data transfers, and can be synchronized with Exchange ActiveSync.

The Sony Ericsson C905 measures 104 x 49 x 18 (19.5) millimetres, and weighs a massive 136 grams. It’ll be available in Copper Gold, Ice Silver & Night Black in early Q4, with a bundled 2 GB Memory Stick Micro M2. It comes in three variants, two with full support for UMTS and HSDPA in the certain regions (even America). The battery is good for 380 hours of standby or 9 hours of talk on GSM networks, or 360 hours of standby or 4 hours of talk on 3G networks. This unit is at Php 28,000 maybe more or less with add-ons and package that comes with it.

Sony Ericsson K618i supports a 2.0 MegaPixel camera with 2.5x digital zoom, less than W810i that can zoom up to 4x. The camera gives the user high quality images and the digital zoom digitally crops and magnifies the centre of an image to make the subject appear nearer or further away. Press once the dedicated camera button and the integrated camera activates. The 2.0 Megapixel camera has 256MB internal memory with extra memory available through memory stick micro cards. Further more, it comes with Mobile Blogger, a application that allows users to post their pictures directly to their own website or blog spot on the web. This way family and friends can easily access the site and view the pictures in no time. You can also record motion video to your phone with the video recorder. Thanks to the viewfinder display, you can you can see what will be in the picture before you take it.

Basic Features

* Alarm Clock
* Business Card Exchange (a function that lets you send and receive digital business cards with name, numbers and other contact information)
* Calculator
* Calendar
* Conference Calls
* Contacts (phone book with fields for name, numbers, email information)
* File Manager (folder structure storage to help you store and organize pictures, sounds and other phone content)
* Memory Stick (flexible storage system that makes it easy to transfer files between devices)
* Notes
* PIM Sync (synchronize organizer in PC with phone)
* Phone Book
* Speakerphone (loud speaker suitable for using the phone as an office handsfree)
* Stopwatch
* Tasks
* Timer
* MusicDJ (a sampler music tool with MIDI drum, guitar, keyboard, bass and brass loops in different music styles that you can combine to make your own polyphonic ringtones)
* 3D Gaming
* Mobile Blogging
* HTML Browser with RSS Reader and Smart-Fit Rendering
* USB mass storage

The cellphone is also ready to make video calls. When making a video call, you can see the person you’re talking to in the main display and they can see you. The service requires that you have UMTS. A video call can be made using the front facing video VGA camera, that has a resolution of 640 by 480 pixels. This phone is priced range in Php 6,800 to 7,000 or maybe more for the add-ons and gadgets that comes with it.

The Experia X1 has a dimension of 53 x 110 x 16.7 millimeters and a weight of 146 grams. This is the first phone in Sony Ericsson history that has been employed with a 3.5mm plug for earphones, a feature which is also unique for a Windows Mobile phone. It also includes navigation cross with central button which is very much emphasized in the mobile phone’s facade. It also features a QWERTY keyboard which is comfortable to press. This keyboard will be revealed when the 3-inch WVGA (800 by 480 pixel) touch screen is slid aside.

Size

* 110.5 x 52.6 x 17.0 mm
* 4.4 x 2.1 x 0.7 inches

Weight

* 158.0 gr
* 5.6 oz

Screen

* 800 X 480
* 65,536 color touchscreen

Available colors

* Solid Black
* Steel Silver

Memory

* Up to 400 MB Phone Memory
* MicroSD™ support (up to 16 GB)

Xperia runs on Windows Mobile 6.1 professional and it contains programs like Google maps, messenger, windows live, eJava, QuickGPS, Adobe reader LE and Handango In Hand. The transfer to the Opera 9.5 from Internet Explorer is also an improvement. Other highlights of the Xperia X1 include 512MB ROM and 256RAM, support for HSDPA.

Sony Ericsson’s latest cellphone, the W710i clamshell, combines your typical Walkman phone functions with fitness applications that include a pedometer, calorie counter and a timer that records your run’s lap times and average speed. The pedometer, once started, works in the background and discretely displays the number of steps you’ve taken in the external LCD. You can fire it up in the morning, slip this compact clamshell in your pocket, and go about your day’s business. When you finally get home, you can check how far you’ve walked during the day, as well the number of calories you’ve burnt.

The outer display also displays the tracks currently playing when in Walkman mode. Surrounding it are rubberized buttons to control the player’s functions. Sound quality was excellent via the slightly uncomfortable earphones. The W710i also supports A2DP via Bluetooth – so this should work perfectly with most Bluetooth stereo headsets. It’s a good thing Sony Ericsson ships the handset with a 512MB M2 stick – as the 16MB of internal memory just isn’t enough.

The other nit of the phone includes a 2-megapixel snapper . While pics look great on the sharp 262k-color display, once transferred to a PC, image noise becomes evident. This is further exacerbated when shooting indoors, or in low light.

That’s not to say that the W710i is a bad phone. On the contrary, it’s a good – but not great – phone. While multimedia performance is up to par with the rest of the Walkman phone range, it’s just a shame the W710i’s camera can’t quite keep in step.

Current Price: P16,700

Price: P29,000

A review of the K750i tell us it has a candybar form factor, 32 MB internal memory, and a MSD Card Slot. Simply sleek and functional. Average Price: P24,500.