Sony Ericsson Spiro Specification and Review


Key Features

  • Walkman 4.0 Player With PlayNow & Track ID Support
  • Facebook & Twitter Access
  • Conversational Text & Messaging For Chat Style Communication
  • Hi-fidelity Music Playback (features 3.5 Mm Audio Socket)

The Sony Ericsson Spiro is a slide-form Dual Band GSM handset with a QVGA TFT display, supporting up to 256,000 colours, measuring 2.2 inches point to point.

The Spiro sports a fairly straightforward , almost disarmingly modest chassis with a sleek glossy front & a matte battery cover that makes for a nice contrast, besides preventing the mobile from slipping out of your palm during frantic use.

At almost half the price of the Zylo, its Sony Ericsson stablemate, the Spiro makes much more sense, especially if you seek a good music-playing mobile, since it comes with a 3.5mm headphone socket. It is highly recommended that you invest in a good pair of earphones as the included pair doesn't do justice to the phone's impressive playback quality. The handset also supports FM radio with RDS functionality.

As with many Sony Ericsson handsets, the Spiro sports a central, circular Navi key which is flanked by semi circle menu selection keys, which wrap around the call send/end keys. The layout allows for easy traversing of the menus, besides rendering easy control of the media player functions. The Spiro is powered by same Walkman 4.0 software that is featured in much higher end Sony Ericsson mobiles and delivers impressive perfomance with PlayNow support.

The mobile supports the TrackID function which lets you identify a song just by listening it for a few seconds. Although you need to rely on EDGE or GPRS connection to connect to Sony Ericsson's data servers with your request. It also supports Bluetooth v2.1 with A2DP for wirelessly streaming music. The Spiro sports a 2 MP camera at up to 2X digital zoom, which is fine for impromptu snaps to be send to friends via MMS. The mobile supports an impressive 2000 entries phonebook and recognizes microSD cards up to 16GB.

Specifications of Sony Ericsson Spiro

GENERAL
In the Box: 1 each of (Hanset, battery, 2GB MicroSD card, Charger, Data Cable,
User Manual, Stero Headset)
SIZE
Dimensions: 92.0 x 48.0 x 16.75 mm / 3.6 x 1.9 x 0.7 inches
Weight: 90.0 g/ 3.2 oz
DISPLAY
Type: TFT
Resolution: 240 x 320 pixels
Color: 262 Megapixel,144 colour TFT
Size: 2.2 inches
CAMERA
Primary Camera: 2 Megapixel, Digital Zoom - up to 2x
Video Recording: Yes
BATTERY
Type: Standard battery
AUDIO & VIDEO
Music Player: MP3/eAAC+/WAV player
3.5 mm audio jack
Ringtone Formats: Vibration; MP3 ringtones
Speaker: Yes
Radio: Radio - FM radio with RDS Radio entertainment round the clock.
Video Player: MP4/H.263/H.264 player
DATA & CONNECTIVITY
GPRS: Class 10 (4+1/3+2 slots), 32 - 48 kbps
EDGE: Class 10, 236.8 kbps
Bluetooth: Yes, v2.1 with A2DP
USB: Micro USB connector Connect to your PC and other devices.
PLATFORM
Operating Frequency: 2G: GSM 900 / 1800
Java: Yes, MIDP 2.0
GSM/CDMA/Dual Sim/Triple Sim: GSM
MEMORY
Internal Memory: 5 MB
Cards Slot: MicroSD support (up to 16 GB)
Phone Book: 2000 entries, Photocall
Call Records: Yes
OTHER FEATURES
Games: Yes + downloadable
Browser: Web browser - Obigo Q7 Full Internet browser with support for
standard protocols , images and video.
Messaging: SMS (threaded view), MMS, Push Email, Instant Messaging
Miscellaneous: Organizer
Track ID
Twitter applications
Facebook
WARRANTY
1 Year Sony Ericsson India warranty for the phone and 6 months
warranty for accessories

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