(keitai-l) Re: Sony phones

From: Michael Sydenham <michaelsydenham_at_hotmail.com>
Date: 05/23/03
Message-ID: <Law14-F24b4g3Sv0YKp000019d5@hotmail.com>
Hi

>well, i was mostly annoyed by the size and weight of newer sony eric
>phones. when they get that big and bulky i find it hard to look at them as
>cool, even though they have some neat features.

The 1301S is pretty small & features dual kisekae.

> > kisekae panels: This was pioneered by Sony Ericsson for AU. These are 
>the
> > exchangeable panels on AU phones. An interesting & fun way to 
>significantly
> > personalise the appearance your phone. Cool enough to be copied by 
>others.
>
>those panels were invented by nokia originally, werent they?

OK I thought you were referring to just their Japanese phones. I didn't 
realise Nokia was first. OK I was wrong there.

>not pioneered
>by sony then, they just picked up a successfull scheme. seems to make the
>phones heavier and bulkier to have covers like that.

hmm - I don't have you checked the 1301S? It is approx the same size as the 
SO504 but the 1301S has dual panels, camera, so that particular kisekae 
phone is not so thick. Though some people think the SO505 is "thick" & maybe 
it is I haven't compared all the 505's size.

> > hikari panels: User-customisable multi-coloured flashing light panel
> > combined with the kisekae idea yields about 30 different illumination
> > patterns upon incoming ring - a new spin on "manner mode".
>
>having different illumination has been common since docomo's 208 or so. or
>am i not getting something?

I didn't mean a multi-coloured LED but was referring to the 1101, which has 
a very broad illumination panel & combined with the covering kisekae's 
design & see through pattern (how much light it lets through), the user can 
setup different illumination patterns via the combination of colour, 
flashing sequences & panel itself. I think this is pretty unique.

> > movie player: My impression is their latest AU phone probably has the 
>best
> > quality movie playback in the industry at this time.
>
>"unique points of these phones"? this goes for all au phones, not just
>sony. and sony was late with movie embedded phones on au. still havent got
>around to release an A5xxx.

Check http://www.sonyericsson.co.jp/company/press/20030514_a5402s.html

I was referring to this particular phone's movie player capability, not just 
AU or DoCoMo. Actually the movie playback quality & level of ezmovie support 
(light vs normal & which size) is extremely variable across the AU 
movie-keitai range. Well if you see this 5402S phone, you'll know what I 
mean hopefully.

>im not against sony or anything. i just think theyre phones have grown a
>bit too much on the fat and heavy side lately. :/

I think that's a generalisation - not all their phones are fat. You could 
say the same thing about other manufacturers phones - some are fat some are 
not so fat.

Regards

Michael.
(not from SE)

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Received on Fri May 23 09:38:55 2003