Here you can switch on or off Wi-Fi, activate Bluetooth, kick off pre-loaded apps, or operate the browser with just a quick bit of scroll and select action. The controls are fairly conventional, with shortcuts onthe D–pad, softkeys under the screen, plus a familiar Sony Ericsson Activity Menu button propelling you into a handy menu of useful functions, mobile internet browser and info options. The menu system is mostly typical mid-range Sony Ericsson, with the navigation pad being used to negotiate most elements of the grid-based main menu, sub menu lists and tabbed sets of options. Measuring 95(h) x 48(w) x 14.3(d) mm and weighing a reasonable 98g, it's a pocket-friendly size and feels good in-hand. ![]() The motion sensor accelerometer that underpins Shake Control is also used to auto-rotate screen orientation between portrait and landscape in certain media and browser functions, depending how the user is holding the phone. But, as you still need to press a button to use Shake Control, it's just as simple, and less fiddly, just to press the forward/rewind or volume buttons instead (unless you have the music player operating in the background, in which case you can save yourself one whole button press using shake operation). The button's positioning makes it a touch awkward to hold and shake, though it does work adequately. Press and hold while shaking in certain directions and you can switch tracks back and forward, increase and lower volume, or shuffle track playback. This very tiny key fires up the music player, and when tunes are playing can also be utilised for working the Walkman's Shake Control gadgetry. A satellite icon on the D-pad also provides hotkey access to the various location-based services.Īnother Walkman control button sits inconspicuously on top of the phone. It also has a nice, springy action for responsive texting and number punching.Īs far as Walkman buttons are concerned, the central navigation D-pad, which is the hub of the menu control system, takes care of music business too, with music controls marked on it. The one-piece surface of the numberpad is subtly bumped and marked to help fingers work the spacious keys accurately. Motorola Aura owners looking for a fresh way to draw a crowd might look at this as their next purchase, but if you're looking to do anything but talk (and occasionally browse an eerily translucent version of Engadget), make no mistake, this isn't your phone.A large-ish 2.4-inch, QVGA 262k-colour display is a bright and clear platform for showing off its multimedia wares, while the slider mechanism is solidly built but smooth-running. We can't quite get over it - it's the ultimate conversation piece. ![]() That said, seriously, look at that shot we took up there: the display is insane. The UI is about the simplest possible incarnation of Sony Ericsson's typical dumbphone platform, owing largely to the fact that the display's just grayscale you've got an FM radio (with a headset attached) and a basic music player and browser, but if you're in North America, don't expect any 3G. If it weren't for the screen, you'd be looking at a $30 prepaid candybar here - you don't have a camera, a high-res display, or any sexy metal or soft-touch bits to give the phone a premium feel. It's that simple.Īnyhow, we've just taken delivery of a Pureness today and have had a few fleeting moments to check it out. ![]() One look at that wild transparent display and you'll either be smitten or confused and dismayed by the $1,000 sticker price. Yeah - not even Sony Ericsson is attempting to frame or formulate a legitimate business case for the sinfully hedonistic Xperia Pureness, because they don't have to. Not because it's powerful not because it offers amazing bang for the buck not because the manufacturer negotiated some lucrative exclusivity agreement with a major carrier, and certainly not because it's introducing some groundbreaking new smartphone operating system. Occasionally, a phone exists simply because it can.
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