Whenever you look for the great mid-range Android-based smartphone, the Sony Live with Walkman will be really suitable for you to obtain. This can be another great creation of the vendor besides the Sony Ericsson W8 as being the very first device which has been integrated with the Walkman brand. So now, let’s have a look at the following technical specifications of Sony Live with Walkman smartphone.
Design, Dimension and Display
Similar with Vivaz or X8, the Sony Live with Walkman comes with the curved-back style and made from plastic-type material. The device measures 106 x 56.5 x 14.2 mm and weighs about 115 grams that makes it very fits nicely on your grip. As a result, it is very ideal for your daily use since it can be considered as the pocket-friendly smartphone ever. At the front side, you will have the 3.2 inches TFT capacitive touch-screen (320x480 px) with 16 million colors, 180 ppi pixel density and multi-touch feature. The screen resolution and the pixel density are definitely not the highest quality that you can get from this smartphone.
Performance
In terms of hardware components, Sony Live with Walkman has been equipped with the single-core 1 GHz Snapdragon processor, GPU Adreno 205 along with the 512 MB RAM. For the internal storage, there will be the 320 MB of storage which can be expanded with external microSD card up to 32 GB (2 GB included). For the main system, the Android OS 2.3 (Gingerbread) combined with the Timescape UI have been added to this smartphone. The company planned to upgrade this default operating system to the newer platform namely the Android 4.0 or also known as Ice Cream Sandwich.
Camera System
For the digital photography needs, Sony Live with Walkman sports the 5 megapixels camera that is very identical with the Xperia Neo V. The camera has been added with autofocus, LED flash, geo-tagging, image stabilization, smile and face detection, touch focus and it can be functioned as the HD camcorder with the 720p quality. There is also the front-facing camera which can be used for video-calling that features the VGA quality.
Data Access and Connectivity
For accessing the world-wide-web, the phone runs on GPRS and EDGE for the 2G network along with the HSDPA for the 3G network with the speed up to 7.2 Mbps. For the wireless network requirements, there will be the Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n (hotspot), DLNA, Bluetooth 2.1 with A2DP+EDR. For the local connections, you can use the microUSB v2.0 that also supports the USB On-the-go function. As the complement, you will have the HTML browser along with the Adobe Flash support.
Battery Power
To back up the overall performance, there will be the standard battery of Li-Ion 1200 mAh that should deliver the stand-by time of up to 350 hours (2G) and about 400 hours (3G). This will also deliver the talk-time of about 14 hours on 2G mode and nearly 6.5 hours on 3G mode. The battery will also provide up to 17.5 hours for the music playing.
Price, Pros and Cons
The price range of Sony Live with Walkman is about $213-249. The advantages of this handset are the compact design, longer battery life, excellent touch responsiveness, great music speaker and beautiful user interface. However, it doesn’t come with higher camera spec and better screen resolution. [IS]
