Sony Ericsson Live with Walkman Review

General     

2G Network     GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900

3G Network     HSDPA 900 / 2100 - WT19i

HSDPA 850 / 1900 / 2100 - WT19a

Body


Dimensions     106 x 56.5 x 14.2 mm

Weight     115 g

Display


Type     TFT capacitive touchscreen, 16M colors

Size     320 x 480 pixels, 3.2 inches (~180 ppi pixel density)

Multitouch     Yes

Protection     Scratch-resistant glass

Sound


Alert types       Vibration, MP3 ringtones

Loudspeaker     Yes, with stereo speakers

3.5mm jack       Yes

                         - Sony xLOUD enhancement

Memory     

Card slot     microSD, up to 32GB, 2GB included, buy memory

Internal     320MB storage, 512 MB RAM

Data 


GPRS     Up to 80 kbps

EDGE     Up to 237 kbps

Speed     HSDPA, 7.2 Mbps

WLAN     Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, DLNA, Wi-Fi hotspot

Bluetooth     Yes, v2.1 with A2DP, EDR

USB          Yes, microUSB v2.0, USB On-the-go support

Camera 


Primary     5 MP, 2592x1944 pixels, autofocus, LED flash, check quality

Features     Geo-tagging, image stabilization, smile and face detection, touch focus

Video     Yes, 720p, check quality

Secondary     Yes, VGA

Features


OS     Android OS, v2.3 (Gingerbread), planned upgrade to v4.0

Chipset     Qualcomm MSM8255 Snapdragon

CPU     1 GHz Scorpion

GPU     Adreno 205

Sensors     Accelerometer, proximity, compass

Messaging 


SMS (threaded view), MMS, Email, Push email, IM

Browser     HTML, Adobe Flash

Radio     Stereo FM radio with RDS

GPS     Yes, with A-GPS support

Java     Yes, via Java MIDP emulator

Colors
     
Black, White

- SNS integration

- MP4/H.263/H.264/WMV player

- MP3/eAAC+/WMA/WAV player

- TrackID music recognition

- Google Search, Maps, Gmail,

YouTube, Calendar, Google Talk

- Document editor

- Voice memo

- Predictive text input

Battery 


Standard battery, Li-Ion 1200 mAh

Stand-by     Up to 350 h (2G) / Up to 400 h (3G)

Talk time     Up to 14 h 15 min (2G) / Up to 6 h 42 min (3G)

Music play     Up to 17 h 30 min

Misc

SAR EU     1.00 W/kg (head) 

Design and Build Quality

The Live with Walkman comes dressed in a soft white colour with shiny silver buttons along the sides and a bright orange Walkman logo. It’s extremely similar in looks to the Xperia Mini and has a similar footprint to the Xperia Active.

The top consists of the Walkman button (for quick access to music), a 3.5mm jack, the Walkman light and the power ON button. The right consists of the volume rocker button and a dedicated camera button, while the microUSB connector is located on the left. The phone is quite small and in the centre slot placement for the charger. This means that when you’re charging the phone, there’s very little you can actually do on the miniscule 3.2-inch screen. 

Moving on with the design, the phone comes with a VGA front camera, the proximity sensor, an ambient light sensor and the notification LED. The SIM card and microSD card are located underneath the 1200mAh battery, so there’s no hot swapping available. 

The back and menu buttons are capacitive whilst the home screen button is a physical one. They’re all backlit, so if you’re a newbie with Android, you’re not going to lose your way in the dark. All the buttons have the right amount of feedback and feel to them. The phone might be slightly tiny, but it fits snugly into the hand and it’s got a weight of 115 grams, so it’s light as well. In terms of design and build, the Live with Walkman is definitely right up there against handsets in the same category.