PRO:
- Small size (up to the depth)
- Although the buttons are quite small, it can be with the keyboard - thanks to the good pressure points and the arched buttons - write very well
- The keyboard light is very convenient, but it turns too quickly (see CONTRA)
- The processing is done. The material I find great. Front black piano lacquer and behind a kind of rubber, whereby the device can be kept very well, not scratched when lying down and does not move. Quite successful!
- Great Design! (Sony Ericsson just ...)
- Android Market with countless apps, which you can customize the unit very well individually (and must).
- The price is very cheap for a smartphone
- The speed is mostly wonderful (you should the phone but sometimes turn every few days off and on again.
- Navigation through the menus is a good solution. Especially the buttons in the corners are convenient and the option all apps and widgets to arrange so or move as you like. So you can move useless apps simply on the last page and does not continue to Note
- Communication with the computer works fine wired or wireless. Possibly but you want to install one or the other app in addition)
- Timescape looks nice and keeps an up to date, very nice :)
- The sound is both through headphones and through loudspeakers in order. But I hear so rare music, so I'm not very sophisticated at this point
CONTRA:
- In spite of proximity sensors (which apparently too slow to use) they keep coming times when telephoning with the ear on symbols, which then eg turn on the speaker, mute the microphone, or end the call. That's really, really annoying when again unintentionally a conversation ('the ear') is terminated, or one assumes a call and the opposite can not hear because of a turned-off microphone! Va incredibly professional in conversations annoying!
- There have been repeated too unpleasant long delays or 'hangers' menu. Also crashes of common apps (even integrated) are on the agenda! In the cases, the phone quite annoying! Especially if you want to quickly get to information, notes, calendar entries, etc.
- The device freezes now and then 'just once' from. Regardless of whether this is in the use of Navis, SMS or games
- Sometimes the touch screen does not work as it should. One can not draw solid line over the screen without the line is broken somewhere. This is quite annoying, as you can not even draw the unlock pattern in this case, and thus the mobile phone only once can no longer use ... until the screen would again sometime.
- It is quite thick, so you clearly notice it in your pocket
- Photos may be blurred very fast (much faster than other phones). Here you need a fairly steady hand!
- For every letter from the keyboard a bar at the bottom is always displayed, with which you can change the language. The unnecessarily consumed - the anyway very sparse - screen space.
- The volume-regulation is flawed. At maximum, it is often too noisy but quieter even at one click, you can often understand nothing, because it is so quiet!
- The voice quality has continued to deteriorate over time, as the speaker
- The navigation system, which came with the free Update 2.1 with on board is, I once got stuck while driving, so we have gone too far on the highway. It had only a still picture in the navigation display, so it looked as if the Navi ongoing.
- Sometimes it creates mobile partout not establish an Internet connection. No matter on which mode. Therefore the integrated navigation is not working. Remove Even a restart the mobile phone incl. Battery helps because not always. Silly if you just desperately need the Navi ...
- Sometimes the main navigation buttons do not function immediately to wake up the device from standby
- Sometimes, the device starts up only several times by itself new, before it finally completely starts or remains turned on! Incredibly annoying if you just want to use the machine ...!
- Sometimes the unit will simply no longer, but hangs when Sony Ericsson logo.
- The battery may keep quiet a little longer, and this has significantly improved with the latest operating system update! Nevertheless, the device must daily to the power outlet if you do not use and co-Fi and off, it also keeps times longer than a day.
- The key illumination goes quite quickly again and turn on again until you type a, yielding then only times must touch ANYTHING in order to see the buttons can
-. Since the new update 'removed' the mobile phone repeatedly boxes (Home Screen Apps) by itself They must then add it back manually. Not tragic, but annoying in the long run.
- By default, you get only one widget on a home screen, which many home screens are created and you have to scroll properly
- There are also quite a few default icons or apps displayed on the screen (9 icons per screen), so you have to scroll through possibly many sides to come to an app
- To the previous point is also one that you just can not delete pre-installed several apps! This thus inflate the number of unnecessary apps and consume unnecessary space and resources, as some of them are automatically loaded when Handy Start in the background! :( A Task Killer puts things right, but you have to manually stop the unwanted applications every time you restart the phone :( annoying!
- Addendum: By the time the phone is getting slower. It is now, after a year of use, unbearably slow. Reinstall all the software itself does not help much.
- Supplement 11:09:12: There is still no published new version of Android for mobile phones !! Ie that there are still Android 2.1 is installed on the device!
NEUTRAL / NOT HESITATE:
- The display is of course quite small, but that one buys actually also this phone ...
- The display may be of course a finer resolution. I do not mind it now directly, but a finer resolution would not go
- Synchronization of contacts and calendar with Outlook 2010 can be a Gmail account, but set up cumbersome. Especially to find free programs that synchronize Outlook with Google Account, is not easy (I had in the end 'Google Calendar Sync' and 'Go Contact Sync' used). If it can also cost a bit, is the most comfortable gsyncit
CONCLUSION:
The dimensions are of course quite small, whereby the display is quite small. But it is enough for Google, Facebook, Wikipedia, Navi and co. Only you will probably want then sometimes a larger display. Especially on sites that are not specifically designed for mobile phones.
Since the update to Android 2.1, some things have been improved significantly. Particularly noteworthy here is the battery consumption, the app support the Android Market, and Wi-Fi, which was previously a bit bitchy.
But the many quirks that often seem to occur at random, can frustrate a HUGE one again and again! Especially when they occur more frequently when you are really times depend on the device! Keyword Navi, calendar or important phone calls. I would NOT buy me back. Especially because even the most common functions, such as. Making phone calls, can be exhausting.
After all, some of the weaknesses and limitations of the surface with various apps such as. The LauncherPro can be corrected. Just a pity that you have to only cumbersome and extensively customize the unit to make it work fairly reasonable.
Small addition would encourage free apps:
- 'LauncherPro': To customize the home screen, app icons, etc. A lot of useful features!
- 'Fancy Widget': weather, time and date for the homescreen; all in one space-saving Widget
- 'DroidStats': statistics on call duration, SMS and data traffic. There may be certain limits (eg free SMS or free minutes) adjust, where you get a warning! Brilliant.
- 'Battery Indicator: Displays the battery status significantly more accurate (in%) of
- 'Opera browser' or 'Opera Mini' called: The browser is completely different websites, making them much easier to use and usually are more manageable. Some pages come but messed up completely. I use it now as the default browser
- 'ArcMedia': Play the popular video formats. In addition, but also compressed AVIs! eg DivX, Xvid, etc.
- 'Exchange rates': You can display different currencies and the current exchange rates. In addition, you can quickly enter a value of exchange and then immediately gets the value in the other currencies shown. On holiday extremely practical. Especially if you traveled different countries in one holiday.
- 'RealCalc': a scientific calculator, which is reminiscent of popular models such as the TI TI-83plus
- 'Flashlight': A torch with practical extras. Can also be placed as a widget on your homescreen
- 'Skype': Even on the phone quite useful. Especially when abroad has a WLAN connection and make calls via Skype for free home can
- 'Astro File Manager': The name says it all here. Also suitable for backups.
- 'Dropbox': for file access from anywhere :) incidentally, also on your PC or Mac a very worthwhile program;)
- 'Packages': package tracking for various suppliers such as DHL, DPD, UPS, etc.
- 'Railnavigator': Compounds of the train and co.
- Leo or Google Translator for translations
