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The Sony Ericsson Vivaz was the first smartphone to feature 720p video recording, but amongst other things it suffered from a very poor on-screen keyboard that made email, messaging, and Internet browsingsomewhat tedious affairs. Hoping to rectify this is the Vivaz pro, which adds a physical keyboard into the mix. Just like the Vivaz, the Sony Ericsson Vivaz Pro is a surprisingly slim and sleek device. Partly this is due to the simple fact it is smaller than many high-end touchscreen smartphones, with a screen just 3.2-inches from corner to corner. However, at just 15mm thick it is one of the thinnest slider phones we've seen. Tapered ends also help to make this phone feel even slighter than it actually is. There are some nice design touches as well. The front buttons, which are incorporated into a silver strip along the bottom, are mirrored by a symmetrical silver strip at the top, while the Sony Ericsson logo is small enough to remain unobtrusive. Likewise, we like the way all the features on the back are lined up, keeping the phone from looking cluttered despite a fair number of potential eyesores.

Other immediate concerns are the position of the headphone socket, which being on the side means any headphones without an angled jack will snag on your pockets, and the microUSB data transfer and charging socket, which is covered by a plastic flap. While we can appreciate the merits of protecting the socket from dirt ingress and knocks, these plastic flaps are a right pain when you actually want to connect a cable. As such we prefer either to lose the cover altogether, like on the HTC Desire, or have a sliding door, like on the Samsung Galaxy S.On-board storage is limited to just 75MB, but a microSD slot sits under the backplate, giving you the option of adding up to 32GB more storage – you get an 8GB card in the box.

Product Specification:

General:

2G Network : GSM 850/900/1800/1900

3G Network : HSDPA 900/2100

HSDPA 850/900/2100

Announced : 2010, February
Status : Available.Released 2010, May

Size:

Dimension : 109 x 52 x 15 mm

Weight : 117g

Display:

Type : TFT resistive touchscreen, 16M colors

Size : 360 x 640 pixels, 3.2 inches (~229 ppi pixel density)

   QWERTY keyboard
         Accelerometer sensor for UI auto-rotate
         Scratch-resistant surface
         Turn-to-mute and snoozing alarms
         Handwriting recognition

Sound:

Alert Types : Vibration, MP3 ringtones

Loudspeaker : Yes

3.5mm Jack : Yes

Memory:
Phonebook : Practically unlimited entries and fields, Photocall
Call Records : Practically unlimited
Internal : 75 MB storage
Card Slot : microSD, up to 16GB, 8GB included

Data:
GPRS : Class 10 (4+1/3+2 slots), 32 - 48 kbps
EDGE : Class 10, 236.8 kbps
3G : HSDPA, 10.2 Mbps; HSUPA, 2 Mbps
WLAN : Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g, DLNA
Bluetooth : Yes, v2.1 with A2DP
Infrared Port : No
USB : Yes, microUSB v2.0

Camera:
Primary : 5 MP, 2560х1920 pixels, autofocus, LED flash
Featured : Touch focus, geo-tagging, face and smile detection,
                image stabilizer, video-calling
Video : Yes, 720p@24fps, continuous autofocus, video light
Secondary : No

Featured:
OS : Symbian Series 60, 5th edition
CPU : 720 MHz processor, PowerVR SGX GPU
Messaging : SMS (threaded view), MMS, Email, IM, Push Email
Browser : WAP 2.0/xHTML, HTML (NetFront)
Radio : Stereo FM radio with RDS
Games : Yes
Colors : Black, White
GPS : Yes, with A-GPS support; Wisepilot navigation
Java : Yes, MIDP 2.1
         Google maps
         Facebook and Twitter apps
         YouTube and Picasa integration
         WMV/RV/MP4/3GP video player
         MP3/WMA/WAV/RA/AAC/M4A music player
         TrackID music recognition
   TV out (VGA resolution)
         Organizer
         QuickOffice document reader
         Voice memo
         Predictive text input

Battery:

Standard battery, Li-Po 1200 mAh

Stand-by : Up to 430 h (2G) / Up to 440 h (3G)

Talk Time : Up to 12 h 30 min (2G) / Up to 5 h 10 min (3G)

Sony Ericsson Vivaz Pro