The Sony Ericsson Vivaz Combines Form And Function

Jun 7
07:43

2010

Chris Westley

Chris Westley

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Thanks to a recent UK TV Advertising campaign, the Sony Ericsson Vivaz has proven to be a popular handset since its release in March 2010. It is easy to see the appeal of this slimline Smartphone given its wealth of impressive features ranging from the stunning eight mega pixel digital camera, to Wi-Fi Internet access.

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The Sony Ericsson Vivaz is equipped with one of the most powerful cameras found on any mobile phone today.  Boasting eight mega pixels and a pixel resolution of 3264x 2448,The Sony Ericsson Vivaz Combines Form And Function Articles the resulting still images are of extremely high quality and rival that of many expensive standalone digital cameras.  A number of image enhancing features is included to simplify the task of taking great snapshots ranging from Autofocus, touch focus, face & smile detection and an led flash.  Geo-tagging is also included which utilises GPS to automatically record the location at which a photo was taken.  Camera can also shoot video at 24 frames per second, and this is in 720p quality, meaning the resulting footage is of similarly high quality to still images.

A long list of additional features and applications makes the Sony Ericsson Vivaz an extremely versatile handset and means it offers appeal to a wide range of different users.  In terms of entertainment features, there is a versatile internal media player which supports many different formats of both music and video files and, as well as a stereo FM radio player and a number of pre-installed games.  Track ID music recognition allows users to identify the name and artist of a particular song simply by holding their phone near a speaker or other source of music. Facebook and twitter applications offer appeal to social networking fans who can utilise these applications to gain direct access to these popular sites in order to share their thoughts with friends and family in a matter of seconds.

The TFT resistive touch screen on the Sony Ericsson Vivaz measures 3.2 inches and utilises a pixel layout of 360x 640 to display up to 16M colours which results in excellent quality display on the screen making it perfect for viewing photos and video files.  The screen itself is manufactured from scratch-resistant materials which protects it from everyday wear and tear whilst an accelerometer sensor is also built in which rotates the on screen imagery dependent upon the orientation of the phone, allowing users to view its content in both portrait and landscape forms.

As you may expect from a Smartphone of this calibre, several different connectivity methods are employed in order to provide the Sony Ericsson Vivaz with its optimum levels of connectivity to both cellular networks and the Internet dependent upon location and coverage.  Cellular networks are connected to via class 10 GPRS & EDGE, whilst access to the Internet relies on 3G coverage via an HSDPA connection at speeds of up to 10.2 mega bytes per second.  Wi-Fi connectivity is also included which offers a faster Internet connection whenever it detects the signals provided by wireless Internet routers.

The Sony Ericsson Vivaz offers excellent functionality in terms of entertainment and connectivity, making it ideal for fans and social networking and music playback.