The Sony Ericsson Vivaz U5 was introduced in January 2010 and is the first phone in Sony Ericsson’s new Vivaz product family. The most remarkable thing about it is a 3.2-inch full-touch model that has the ability to 720p HD video recording. You also take very nice pictures with the 8 megapixel camera (with face and smile detection) in high resolution and upload it to sharing sites like YouTube and Picasa. During upload other functions remain available as usual on the Vivaz. Photos can be geo-tagging so you always know where and when you’ve taken. In terms of shape, the Sony Ericsson Vivaz U5 and Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10 Smartphone both have the same rounded corners. However, where the X10 runs on Android and the Vivaz uses Symbian S60 5.0 operating system. The Sony Ericsson Vivaz (Kurara) also has a comprehensive media player, 3G/HSDPA, GPS, stereo Bluetooth, TrackID music recognition, Microsoft Exchange ActiveSync, TV-out and access the online content store PlayNow. Spoken navigation instructions come via GroupWise pilot, this service is not free and limited availability. The Vivaz U5 is available in the colors Silver Moon, Cosmic Black, Galaxy Blue and Venus Ruby. There is also a version of the Vivaz with a sliding QWERTY keyboard, the Vivaz pro.
The Sony Ericsson Vivaz has an 8 megapixel camera with HD video capability with a weight of 97 grams. The dimensions of the phone are 10.70 x 5.20 x 1.30 inches. Speaking time (under ideal conditions) is 320 minutes. The standby time is 440 hours under these conditions. The Vivaz is available in silver, blue, red and black.
The Sony Ericsson Vivaz supports GSM 900, 1800 and 1900 MHz networks. The Vivaz can access fast mobile internet with support of HSDPA and UMTS. The Vivaz can send and receive text (SMS) and multimedia (MMS) messages. Thanks to the email support, you can simply read your own emails. Vibrating alert and polyphonic or MP3 ringtones are of course standard.
The Sony Ericsson Vivaz has 75 MB of internal memory (Flash). In total there is 1 slot for microSD external memory. You can transfer data via USB and transfer to your PC. The Vivaz also has Bluetooth (for wireless communication with other Bluetooth devices such as headsets), WiFi (for wireless communication with home or corporate network) and a VideoOut connection.
The Vivaz can play both audio (MP3, WMA, WAV, AAC, RA and M4A) and video (WMV, RV, MP4 and .3 GP) files. The Vivaz comes with a built-in FM radio and voice recorder. The Vivaz has a built-in camera with 8.00 megapixel resolution, you can record videos along.
The operation of the phone is possible through Touch screen. The Vivaz is equipped with a TFT color (16,777,216 colors). This screen has a resolution of 360 x 640 pixels. The Sony Ericsson Vivaz runs on Symbian S60. Symbian is a mobile operating system developed by Nokia. Symbian S60, principally Edition 3.0 and 5.0, is one of the most widely used mobile operating system on Nokia smartphones. Most Symbian S60 3.0 phones support WhatsApp 5.0 and Angry Birds, both apps can be found in Nokia’s Ovi Market.
Sony Ericsson Vivaz Specifications:
General Specifications :
- System Quadband (GSM 850/900/1800/1900 MHz).
- UMTS 900/2100 MHz, UMTS 850/1900/2100 MHz. - 16,777,216-color touch screen nHD – 360 x 640 pixels (3.2 “).
- Scratch-resistant screen. (Scratch-resistant).
- Auto (Auto Rotation).
- The Handwriting (Handwriting recognition).
- The operating system. SymbianOS – S60 5th edition.
- CPU: 720 MHz. - Ring tones MP3, AAC, Polyphonic.
- Vibration (Vibration in Phone). - Memory 75 MB (built).
- Memory cards microSD – High Live 16 GB. - There are 2 colors (Colors): silver (Moon Silver), Black (Cosmic Black), Blue (Galaxy Blue) and red (Venus Ruby).
Connectivity :
- Data transfer (Data Transfer).
- Wi-Fi ™, DLNA certified ™.
- Bluetooth, Bluetooth ™, micro-USB, TV-out.
- Support for stereo headset (A2DP Bluetooth ™ stereo sound). - Internet use xHTML / WAP 2.0 Browser.
- Supports Facebook, Twitter, Google search, Web feeds.
- Built-in Modem (Build-In Modem). - - Transfer messages (Messaging).
- E-mail Email, MMS, SMS.
- Text chat (Instant Messaging).
Through 3G, HSDPA, EDGE, GPRS.
- Transfer data through Microsoft Exchange ActiveSync. - Support for Java applications – Java MIDP 2.0.
Features :
- Satellite location (Build-In A-GPS navigation).
- The application of Google Maps and Wisepilot. - 8.1 megapixel digital camera with flash (Digital camera).
- The maximum size of 3264×2448 pixels (Image size).
- 4x Digital Zoom (4x Digital zoom).
- Automatic mode (Autofocus).
- Choose a focal point of freedom (Touch Focus).
- Shooting near objects (Macro).
- Panorama mode (Panorama).
- Focus on the face (Face Detection).
- Smile detection (Smile Detection).
- Image stabilization system (Image stabilizer).
- Automatic mode, portrait, landscape, night, sports, documents, portraits at night and on the beach or snow.
- EV -2 to +2 exposure compensation.
- Automatic timer 2 or 10 seconds.
- White balance, light, light, neon, fluorescent and cloudy day.
- Negative effects to the picture, the sun, brown and black and white.
- Press the shutter sound on and off switching for 4 audio sound.
- Location on the map attached to the photo. (Geo-tagging).
- Direct printing (PictBridge).
- Video Call with video calling.
- Video animation (Video recording).
- 1280 x 720 pixels, 24 frames per second format MP4.
- 640 x 480 pixels, 30 frames per second format MP4.
- 320 x 240 pixels, 30 frames per second format MP4.
- 176 x 144 pixels, 30 frames per second format 3GP.
- Auto-save mode and at night.
- Turn on or off the record with sound.
- AF mode and unlimited.
- EV -2 to +2 exposure compensation.
- Automatic recording timer 2 or 10 seconds.
- The flash on or off as needed.
- White balance, light, light, neon, fluorescent and cloudy day.
- Negative effects to the picture, the sun, brown and black and white.
- Location on the map attached to the photo. (Geo-tagging).
- Duration of recording up to 1 hour and 30 minutes.
- Message recording mode, video recording up to 30 seconds. - Video player and video streaming.
- Supports video from YouTube. - Music player, MP3/AAC player.
- Sound and Music (TrackID ).
- Online music download (PlayNow .
- Radio FM Radio.
- 3.5 mm headset jack.
- Audio (Sound recorder).
- Play a three-dimensional (3D games).
- Rally Master Pro, SSX Snowboarding. - Document viewer (Microsoft Office viewer).
- Document viewers PDF (Adobe Reader LE 2.5).
- The application of Water Level and the World Mate.
- Handsfree (Build-In Handsfree).
- Shake control function Ahwtaw machine (Motion Sensor).
- Turn off the music tones down the machine.
- Move the clock time (Snooze) to turn the machine.
- Adjust the display to portrait or landscape orientation by rotating the device. - Alarm clock, calculator, calendar, notes.
- Flight mode: the machine without opening the phone.
Batteries :
- Standard battery, Li-Polymer 1,200 mAh (Standard Battery).
- 430 hours standby (Standby Time).
- The UMTS 440 an hour. - Talk time 13 hours (Talk Time).
- The UMTS 5 hours and 20 minutes. - Calls for 2 hours and 30 minutes (Video call Time).
The Sony Ericsson Vivaz Price in India is Rs. 14350/-.