The Sony Ericsson Spiro Is A Viable Alternative

The Sony Ericsson has recently announced a new arrival to its range of sliding Walkman handsets. The Sony Ericsson Spiro offers the winning combination of pleasing aesthetics and styling along with an appealing specification list which is primarily aimed at music fans.

For storage of music tracks and other files, 5 MB of internal storage is provided as standard. However, should further storage be required and the micro SD slot can be employed by installing a memory card of up to 16 GB. The internal phonebook can store up to 2000 entries and boasts the popular Photocall feature. This allows a photo to be assigned to a particular contact within the phonebook which is in turn displayed on screen whenever that person is in contact. Will be

The Sony Ericsson spire and measures 92x 48x 16.8 mm making it a pocket friendly handset which is also a pleasure to hold and use on the move. The handset is available in a number of different colour variants including contrast black, the sunset pink, spring green and stealth black offering appeal to style conscious users who view their phones as a fashion statement.

Thanks to the inclusion of the Sony Ericsson's renowned Walkman Technology, the Spiro is a very functional music player which accommodates a number of file formats of not only music tracks but also video files. Additional entertainment options include a stereo FM radio player and a number of pre-installed games along with access to a library of downloadable games. An organiser and T9 predictive text input add to the everyday functionality of the handset. Facebook and twitter applications cater for social networking fans allowing them to share their thoughts with friends and family in a matter of seconds and fire these popular websites.

In order to stay connected to the internet and cellular networks in all but the most isolated of locations, a number of connectivity methods are utilised by the Sony Ericsson Spiro. Class 10 versions of both EDGE & GPRS offer the primary means of cellular network connectivity. Bluetooth and micro USB connections are both provided as standard allowing the Sony Ericsson Spiro to connect to a number of other compatible hardware devices such as mobile phones and computers. This allows a range of different tasks to be carried out such as backing up contact information from the phonebook all transferring of media files.

The handset features a digital camera boasting 2 mega pixels which operates at a pixel resolution of 1600x 1200. The result of this is still images of reasonably high quality, and the camera can also shoot video as an alternative method of image capture.

The 2.2 inch TFT screen utilises a pixel layout of 240x 320 pixels to display up to 256K colours. This gives it a high level of display quality measures perfect for viewing video clips and photos images.

Sony Ericsson has always been at the forefront of things when it comes to slider phones. This latest effort goes to show that there is still room for this, the phone despite the onslaught of touchscreen Smartphones.

If you like the Sony Ericsson Spiro check out the Sony Ericsson X10