Yo Guyz....
I just gotcha 5610 Xpress Music Phone. well, n here r my initial impressions, if it could help any one of u.
Pros:
-Nice n glossy looking phone, same form factor as a W810i, a bit slimmer though.
-Nice light in the music slider n around the navi d-pad.
-Slide Mechanism smooth, but of course requires some effort to slide open.
- not so bad d-pad.
-Very good keypad, glossy n comfy. pleasure to type.
-Active stand-by shortcut bar.
-Brilliant glossy 2.2" Screen.
-Very intuitive n cool music slider under the screen. u can toggle between the music player, home screen the radio.
-Excellent Sound. Dedicated sound chip. i must confess its overall better than walkman series, with a gud headphone though.
-Sharp speakers
-Natural looking photos with the 3.2mp cam.
-flash n autofocus.
-Videos in VGA res at 15 fps. better than most phones.
-Opera Mini n Yahoo Go!.
-Can use as a Removable disk when connected to a PC. data storage, in other words.
Cons:
-Using the phone for sometime in closed slider postion makes ur wrist n thumb ache. at least for me, bcus i also owned a W810i which had its navi d-pad in the centre. 5610 navi d-pad is below, so its better to slide it open n use if u use it for a long time.
-A bit hard navi d-pad keys, certainly not fun to play around, requires quite an effort. i long for a joystick.
-rest of the keys on the face are almost same as the d-pad, making a mechanical clicking noise.
-Camera shutter key not so good. too small n does not provide a proper feedback for autofocus.
-Pathetic volume rocker. tiny steel like keys, pain in he neck to press, unlike the projected volume keys of W810i.
-Speakers not as powerful as N73ME.
-Active- standby bar n go-to key could've been replaced by the very practical Shortcurt/Application Switcher key in Sony phones, because u can toggling between applications from anywhere is a breeze n u can return to ur application as u had left it. n it also acts as a shortcut key.
-The music slider opens the music player in a jiffy but it'll return back to the home screen, exiting ur ongoing application.
-I terribly miss the play/pause button frm the W810i with which u can play n pause frm literally anywhere, any app, any game.
-While watching videos, if not paused or stopped will make it run in the background, with the volume on.
-The phone is not lightning fast.
-Photos just a bit dull , but natural. though they dont look like 3.15mp cam photos, i noticed no gr8 difference between the W810i 2mp ones n these ones.
-User interface cannot compete with the overall Walkman series interface, which looked into every detail ever so beautifully.
-No 3.5mm jack.
-Headphones not the best. i am using my walkman headphones attached to the 2.5mm adapter.
-Radio gets switched on in the background n pressing the power/end call button for 3 seconds switches it off.
-No separate power button, Sony phones just have single press power button, unlike nokias which we have to keep it pressed for ages to switch it on n off.
-No proper Lock key method. lock key is provided as a shortcut in the Go-to section.
well, more on it later. i am not crooning or complaining, but on the whole, its a pretty gud phone, just runs short of being the most practical n user friendly phone. Good for a change.
wish me luck!
I just gotcha 5610 Xpress Music Phone. well, n here r my initial impressions, if it could help any one of u.
Pros:
-Nice n glossy looking phone, same form factor as a W810i, a bit slimmer though.
-Nice light in the music slider n around the navi d-pad.
-Slide Mechanism smooth, but of course requires some effort to slide open.
- not so bad d-pad.
-Very good keypad, glossy n comfy. pleasure to type.
-Active stand-by shortcut bar.
-Brilliant glossy 2.2" Screen.
-Very intuitive n cool music slider under the screen. u can toggle between the music player, home screen the radio.
-Excellent Sound. Dedicated sound chip. i must confess its overall better than walkman series, with a gud headphone though.
-Sharp speakers
-Natural looking photos with the 3.2mp cam.
-flash n autofocus.
-Videos in VGA res at 15 fps. better than most phones.
-Opera Mini n Yahoo Go!.
-Can use as a Removable disk when connected to a PC. data storage, in other words.
Cons:
-Using the phone for sometime in closed slider postion makes ur wrist n thumb ache. at least for me, bcus i also owned a W810i which had its navi d-pad in the centre. 5610 navi d-pad is below, so its better to slide it open n use if u use it for a long time.
-A bit hard navi d-pad keys, certainly not fun to play around, requires quite an effort. i long for a joystick.
-rest of the keys on the face are almost same as the d-pad, making a mechanical clicking noise.
-Camera shutter key not so good. too small n does not provide a proper feedback for autofocus.
-Pathetic volume rocker. tiny steel like keys, pain in he neck to press, unlike the projected volume keys of W810i.
-Speakers not as powerful as N73ME.
-Active- standby bar n go-to key could've been replaced by the very practical Shortcurt/Application Switcher key in Sony phones, because u can toggling between applications from anywhere is a breeze n u can return to ur application as u had left it. n it also acts as a shortcut key.
-The music slider opens the music player in a jiffy but it'll return back to the home screen, exiting ur ongoing application.
-I terribly miss the play/pause button frm the W810i with which u can play n pause frm literally anywhere, any app, any game.
-While watching videos, if not paused or stopped will make it run in the background, with the volume on.
-The phone is not lightning fast.
-Photos just a bit dull , but natural. though they dont look like 3.15mp cam photos, i noticed no gr8 difference between the W810i 2mp ones n these ones.
-User interface cannot compete with the overall Walkman series interface, which looked into every detail ever so beautifully.
-No 3.5mm jack.
-Headphones not the best. i am using my walkman headphones attached to the 2.5mm adapter.
-Radio gets switched on in the background n pressing the power/end call button for 3 seconds switches it off.
-No separate power button, Sony phones just have single press power button, unlike nokias which we have to keep it pressed for ages to switch it on n off.
-No proper Lock key method. lock key is provided as a shortcut in the Go-to section.
well, more on it later. i am not crooning or complaining, but on the whole, its a pretty gud phone, just runs short of being the most practical n user friendly phone. Good for a change.
wish me luck!
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