This is a review of my 1 year experience using the phone.
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--first of all I liked the look, the small round keys look good on the bluish black phone.
--**tough build**..have dropped many a time but still working good.
--**scratches** are not easy to happen....
--when you think of SE phone.... **music clarity** have to be excellent....that’s true.
Music through headset is great....
This phone has a **great camera**...that’s its main feature.....
--features of camera which I like.....**image stabilizer**-moving object...or moving phone...at whatever speed ......always a steady picture
--selection for **3MP, 2MP, 1MP and VGA**.
, --**panorama**-can join three pictures if you can not cover the full picture in one,
--**excellent flash**
--**Zenon flash**-with zenon flash you can even adjust your camera for a better picture, take a better position, and can even preview the person you want to capture.....all this in dark ...where you can not see anything..
--all other camera features like **red eye reduction, photo editing.**
--**ZOOMING** is a problem.....the picture scatters
--nice **safety for the lense**.
--you get a complete help for using each and every function of the camera with examples.
--**BLOGGING**--you can blog your pictures directly from the phone.Your blog account is created as soon as you blog your first picture.it is a free service but GPRS should be activated...hence photo upload is chargable.
--two keys on the top take you directly to your** picture galary**.
Some other good features
--**trackid**-i have used many times...Like some song and have no idea about the song?...just select trackid and press start at any point of the song...it will record a clip of 3-5 secs...and you will get the details of the song( GPRS should be activated).Even can be used with Phone Radio.
---**RSS feed**-you get the latest news , event of all around the world( GPRS should be activated)
--good radio reception-"mono"mode is given to get better reception if reception is poor...i have never used it since I never needed it.
--you can listen to the music even if you are charging the phone through the same point...the charger pin comes with a connector behind where you can connect you hands free and enjoy the music.
--battery is very good
--has **google** as a default home page
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---printing of the picture is possible directly through the phone using **HP pict bridge printer...PC not needed.**connect the phone directly to the printer.
--**music DJ
--photo DJ
--video DJ**
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**3G-technology.**...i have heard it will soon be started in india.
**Video calling**--it has a camera in front.....i use it as a mirror.
---------------------------------------negatives-----------------
--**speaker volume is somewhat lower**.....doesn’t give an open sound even with the ring tone....you might miss some calls sometimes....
--**joystick is a bit sluggish**.
--some times you move the joystick in one direction...it does not respond...you do it second time..then even third time...and suddenly it jumps to the third location.
--the two keys on the left side of the joy stick were my major problem.
The back key was once shorted which did not allow me enter the menu.
--the select key was once shorted which made calls by itself if the key guard is opened, you can guess , what more can happen....
However above two problems were resolved by the SE service center.
--the capture button on the top some times does not click the picture easily...rather do it with joystick.
--the charging/hands free point does not detect the charger or handsfree more easily...have to unplug and plug again to detect it .
--you find some thing like "playnow " in the menu .When you visit it , it lets you download ring tones themes...etc, but it is never updated.
I recently got a photo size of 13*18.......the photo studio guy was amazed to see such big size photo that clear.
Overall its a good phone.i dont know if anyone could be unsatisfied.
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