| The Sony Ericsson brand is well known for it’s | | | | connectivity is also provided allowing users to take |
| range of multifunction mobiles, and especially those | | | | advantage of various hotspots located around the |
| incorporating the famous Walkman music player. Due | | | | country. Bluetooth v2.1 is installed as standard allowing |
| for release in Jan 2010, the Vivaz will offer something | | | | users to transfer data and files with other Bluetooth |
| different from the brand. The Vivaz doesn’t really | | | | compatible devices, |
| look like what you’d expect from a Sony Ericsson. | | | | |
| A touch screen covers the front of the phone | | | | The camera on the Vivaz is certainly impressive. |
| eliminating the need for a keypad usually found on the | | | | Boasting 8MP, which operates at a pixel resolution of |
| manufacturer’s phones. | | | | 3264x2448 pixels. A range of added features includes |
| | | | | auto-focus, LED flash, touch-focus, face and smile |
| The Vivaz handset will measure 107x51.7x12.5mm and | | | | recognition as well as geo-tagging. The ability to |
| weighs in at just 97g, allowing a comfortable user | | | | record video is included at 1280x720 pixels which |
| experience. Sony Ericsson has gradually been | | | | comes with a video light. All these features will let |
| releasing more and more touch screen phones. This | | | | users shoot high quality video and photographs with |
| unit incorporates a 3.2” TFT touch screen capable | | | | the minimum of effort. |
| of displaying up to 16million colours at 360x240 pixels. | | | | |
| This will display the phones content vibrantly and | | | | From a manufacturer whose phones are known for |
| clearly. | | | | their music playback ability, the Vivaz does not |
| | | | | disappoint. A range of audio files are supported by the |
| Alert types available on the phone will include vibration | | | | phone’s media player. These include mp3, WMA, |
| and ringing, with the option to utilize mp3 files as | | | | WAV, RA, AAC and M4A. Several video formats are |
| ringtones. A speakerphone is incorporated into the | | | | also supported. These are WMV, RV, MP4, and 3GP. |
| handset allowing for hands free communication. A 3.5 | | | | To allow for easy transfer to and from a computer, a |
| mm audio jack is also provided allowing the use of | | | | microUSB (v.2.0) is located on the handset. |
| hands free kits. This can also be used to listen to | | | | |
| music via a pair of compatible headphones. | | | | In order to view the HD videos and photos shot on the |
| | | | | Vivaz, users can connect the phone to a TV via the |
| A huge 75MB of internal storage is provided with the | | | | TV out socket. Other features included with this phone |
| Vivaz, but if that isn’t enough the pre-installed 8GB | | | | are an organizer, Quick Office document reader, |
| memory card can be increased up to 16GB using the | | | | gesture control, voice memo recorder and T9 |
| microSD slot found on the handset. | | | | predictive text input. Fans of social networking will not |
| | | | | be disappointed, with apps allowing direct access to |
| Connection to the internet is via a HSDPA connection | | | | Facebook and Twitter. Also offered is integration with |
| at speed of up to 10.2 Mbps, as well as a HSUPA | | | | Youtube and Picasa allowing users to upload pictures |
| connection at speeds of up to 2Mbps. WiFi | | | | and videos directly from their handset. |