Sony Ericsson Aspen Review: a Slick Gadget
Sony Ericsson Aspen Review:
Sony Ericsson introduces the first Smartphone that is officially said to run Windows Mobile 6.5.3. That is the Sony Ericsson Aspen belonging to the Greenheart family of Sony Ericsson. You can also personalize your homescreen with this phone. The fully QWERTY keypad allows you to improve your typing skills.
Design:
It looks similar to the Blackberry and Nokia E71 in design. It is delicate and an attractive handset. It has the dimensions 117 x 60 x 12.5 mm and a weight of 130g. It has a TFT resistive touchscreen. It has a 2.4 inches screen with 320 x 240 pixels which can display up to 16 million colors. It has a QWERTY keyboard. XPERIA Panels and Accelerometer sensor for auto-rotate are also included. The QVGA display is touchscreen, you can connect to the device via the touchscreen and also through the keypad. The screen is resistive and allows good support for handwriting recognition as well. The device when used for web browsing can make the use of the auto rotate feature.
Aspen will be available in two colors —White Silver and Iconic Black.
Aspen
Telephone Experience:
Sony Ericsson Aspen is phone with great connectivity. It allows the users to connect via the quad band GSM and provide great worldwide coverage. It supports the Wi-Fi so that the users can connect to the internet anytime anywhere. The device also supports Bluetooth connectivity and provides fast data transfer. The users can also connect to their PC via a Micro USB connector. It also provides office applications so that the users can easily create and get access to their documents. The users can easily connect to their social networks. The phone gives you a great package of entertainment via radio, images, music and videos.
Phone Management:
You can make the shortcuts for several applications on your homescreen. Modern office is at your fingertips. You can view and edit the office files. You can do multi-tasking with Sony Ericsson side view and customizable panels. You can access fun applications and group your contacts in the groups of family, coworkers, friends etc.
Multimedia quality:
Aspen can be said to contain all the entertainment in it. You can play a number of games in it similar to the ones you play on your PC. It also supports the 3D games. It supports all the applications that you use on your PC. You can use SKYPE, FACEBOOK, and YOUTUBE etc on your Aspen. You can also download the videos from YOUTUBE. Video Streaming is also supported. The Sony Ericsson Aspen has got all the features that should be available in a modern phone. It has the FM radio that you can listen anytime to get the news and entertainment. You can time up to 20 channels in FM radio according to your own choice.
It has got some of the latest features that you cannot find together in any other handset. It has the Microsoft mobile windows 6.5.3 Professional to enhance the connectivity. You can use the amazing QWERTY keyboard while documentation and messaging. The Sony Ericsson Aspen has a great sound quality as well.
Camera:
aspen camera
The Sony Ericsson Aspen has a 3.2 megapixel camera. The camera gives the very good quality results and can zoom up to 4x (digital). With such a camera you can easily capture distant objects. The camera also has a self timer. The self timer is a very good facility to take your own pictures yourself. With the camera you can capture the precious moments of your life. You can also make the video of whatever you want. You can keep the images and videos in your phone and can also transfer it into your PC. You can transfer your images and videos to your PC via a Micro USB or via Bluetooth.
Applications:
The Aspen Sony Ericsson provides you with a number of applications that are as follow:
- Browsing
- Internet
- Dictionary
- Camera
- Calculator
- Entertainment
- Connectivity
- Instant messaging
Video Review:
For those who prefer visuals over reading, you can see the phone in action over here.
Price:
Phone is priced at only 42,000 pkr and about $ 494 USD, phone to what we believe is pretty good for its price and one should not hesitate in going ahead and shelling that money over this phone
Nutshells:
The following features make Sony Ericsson Aspen distinguished in the complete lineup:
- QWERTY keyboard for fast messaging
- Fast browsing
- Access to office files and also the facility to create office files
- Multimedia facilities for great entertainment
- Delicate and attractive to carry
- A business phone with a lot of entertainment including 3D gaming facility