Sony Ericsson today announced Sony Ericsson Live with Walkman Android smartphone that delivers a unique social music experience. A dedicated Walkman hardware button provides instant access to the music player and consumers can also like, share and discover content through a deep Facebook integration.
The Sony Ericsson Live with Walkman features an attractive curved design, a glossy finish and a mineral glass display, the phone has a 3.2" screen and a powerful 1Ghz processor, a front facing camera is enabled for Skype video calling, and a 5MP AF camera can capture 720p HD video recording. Also onboard: Sony's xLOUD enhances audio output, while the latest Android platform for smartphones (Gingerbread 2.3) provides access to over 250,000 applications on the Android Market. Here is more info:
Here are some of the features that turn Sony Ericsson Live with Walkman into a real social music machine:
-Deep Facebook integration: Allows users to instantly access Facebook through the most used areas of the phone such as the picture gallery, music player, phonebook and calendar. -Media Discovery Application: A dynamic application placing the world of music and videos at consumer?s fingertips including Facebook recommendations from their friends. -Infinite button: Tapping it within the media player enables consumers to have instant access to new content about their favourite artist, such as music videos, artist information and lyrics search. -Qriocity music and video content services from Sony: Consumers can access millions of songs from all major labels and watch thousands of movies from all major studios. Only Sony Ericsson Android smartphones provide consumers with unique access to the entertainment services from Sony. -Sony?s xLOUD technology: Enhances audio output of the inbuilt speakers at high levels. -TrackID: Identifies the music track you are listening to within the FM radio and music player. The track can then instantly be shared or downloaded.
Sony Ericsson Live with Walkman detailed specs:
Colors Black and White Facts
Size: 56.5 x 106 x 14.2 mm Weight: 115 g
Camera
5 megapixel camera 8x digital zoom Auto focus Face detection Flash/Photo light Flash/Photo flash Flash/LED Front-facing camera (VGA) Geo tagging HD video recording (720p) Image stabiliser Red-eye reduction Scene detection Self-timer Send to web Smile detection Touch capture Touch focus Video light Video recording
Music
Album art Bluetooth stereo (A2DP) Music tones (MP3/AAC) PlayNow service Stereo speakers TrackID music recognition Walkman player xLOUD
Internet
Android Market Bookmarks Google search Google Voice Search NeoReader barcode scanner Pan & zoom Web browser (WebKit)
Communication
Call list Conference calls Facebook application Google Talk Polyphonic ringtones Skype Sony Ericsson Timescape Speakerphone Twitter (Timescape integration) Vibrating alert Video chat ready
Messaging
Conversations Email Google Mail Handwriting recognition Instant messaging Multimedia messaging (MMS) Predictive text input Sound recorder Text messaging (SMS) Type & Send widget
Design
Auto rotation Four-corner Home screen Keyboard (on-screen, 12-key) Keyboard (on-screen, QWERTY) Live wallpaper Picture wallpaper Touch screen
Entertainment
3D games Media browser Radio (FM radio with RDS) Video streaming Video viewing YouTube
Organiser
Alarm clock Calculator Calendar Document readers Emanual Flight mode Google Calendar Google Gallery 3D Infinite button Phonebook Setup guide Event Timer Widget manager
Connectivity
3.5 mm audio jack aGPS Bluetooth? technology DLNA Certified Google Latitude Google Maps for Mobile Google Maps with Street View Media Transfer Protocol support Micro USB support Modem Native USB tethering Synchronisation via Facebook Synchronisation via Google? Sync Synchronisation via Sony Ericsson Sync Synchronisation with computer Synchronisation via Microsoft Exchange ActiveSync Synchronisation: Microsoft Exchange ActiveSync via Moxier client USB mass storage USB High speed 2.0 support USB support Wi-Fi Wi-Fi Hotspot functionality Wisepilot turn-by-turn navigation
Phone memory (user-free): Up to 320MB Memory card support: microSD, up to 32GB
Battery life
Talk time GSM/GPRS: Up to 14 hrs 15 min Standby time GSM/GPRS: Up to 600 hrs Talk time UMTS: Up to 6 hrs 42 min Standby time UMTS: Up to 850 hrs Music listening time: Up to 17 hrs 30 min Video listening time: Up to 6 hrs 30 min
Sony Ericsson Live with Walkman 1200 mAh battery stereo headset 2GB microSD memory card Charger micro USB cable for charging synchronisation and file transfer user documentation