Sony Ericsson Z558

Here is a triple GSM phone for Chinese market, which differs from the basic model Sony Ericsson Z550 with a touchscreen display and hand input capability very popular in China. Also it appears the first Symbian phone by Sony Ericsson equipped with a touchscreen.

• Class: middle
• Position in the line: above Sony Ericsson Z550
• Rivals: Nokia 6125
• Description based on official information

• General features
  • Announced in 2006 , on the market since 4 quarter 2006
  • eGSM 900/1800/1900
  • Battery type Li-Pol
  • Battery life:
  • talk mode up to 5.30 hours
  • standby mode up to 320 hours
  • Colour graphical display, high-contrast, up to 262000 colours (TFT), the resolution of 176x220 pixels
  • External monochrome display, the resolution of 128x36 pixels
  • Weight: 92,5 gramms
  • Dimensions: 87,5x45,4x20,5 mm

• Memory
  • Phone book for 1000 names with completely or entirely filled fields. Totally about 2500 numbers. Set a personal call signal for a name, assign own picture.
  • Call log of last 10 calls of all types with time and date specified
  • Memory available to a user forms about 20 MB, shared dynamically among all applications
  • Memory slot Memory Stick Micro™

• Call management, ringing tones
  • Vibracall
  • Polyphonic call melodies, 40 tones polyphony
  • Fast dial for 9 numbers
  • Automatic redial (up to 10 attempts)
  • Automatic or manual network selection
  • Voice dial
  • mp3/aac file as a call melody

• SMS
  • Predictive call input Т9
  • Smiles
  • Concatenated messages
  • Message templates
  • Sending and receiving graphical messages

• Camera
  • Integrated 1.3 camera, (the maximum resolution of 1024x1280 pixels)
  • Records video 3GP
  • Digital zoom

• Multimedia
  • Integrated image editor
  • Melody editor, MusicDJ
  • VideoDJ
  • Play Now
  • Themes, several preset themes, include not only wall papers, but sounds and graphical elements of the interface
  • FM-radio with RDS
  • Integrated video and audio player (MPEG4, H.263, AMR, MP3, AAC)
  • Stream audio and video
  • Photoalbum (My Pictures) - a capability to install extra images, receive images from PC or a camera
  • Java (MIDP 2.0)
  • 3D Games

• Connectivity
  • integrated mail client (SMTP/POP3/IMAP4)
  • Push e-mail
  • Instant Messaging
  • GPRS class 10
  • WAP 2.0 ( xHTML, NetFront browser)
  • Bluetooth
  • MMS
  • Synchronization with PC (USB 2.0, Mass Storage)

• Organizer and extras
  • Integrated file manager
  • User profiles
  • Screen headbands synchronized with sound and editing capability
  • Search for entries in to-do list and organizer
  • Dictaphone (the only limit is free memory).
  • Time, date
  • Alarm clock plain and daily recurrent, reminder
  • Timer, stopwatch with intermediate values and plain calculator.

Michail Machnaev (michail.machnaev@mobile-review.com)
Published — 19 October 2006

News:

[ 03-05 17:36 ]Video: TeleHuman 3D Projection

[ 03-05 17:16 ]Next iPhone May Feature Larger Screen, Smaller Connector, Metal Casing and Thinner Design

[ 01-05 19:32 ]Woz: Windows Phone More Beautiful Than Android

[ 01-05 19:27 ]LG: We're Not Making Any More Windows Phone Devices

[ 28-04 17:11 ]Pirate Bay To Be Blocked In The UK

[ 28-04 16:20 ]Apple & Samsung Top Brass To Meet 21st May

[ 27-04 15:10 ]Another Galaxy S III Leak To Whet Your Appetite

[ 27-04 14:59 ]Video: Google Adds Photo Tours To Google Maps

[ 27-04 14:30 ]Samsung Overtakes Nokia As World's Biggest Mobile Supplier

[ 26-04 18:10 ]First BlackBerry 10 Handset Coming Later This Year .. If You Still Care

[ 26-04 16:11 ]Video: Samsung Uses 'Protesters' To Picket Apple Store

[ 24-04 21:45 ]Video: Google Launches Google Drive

[ 24-04 19:29 ]Chrome 18 Is Most Popular Browser Worldwide

[ 23-04 21:00 ]ZTE Planning Two Smartphone/Tablet Hybrids This Year

[ 23-04 18:42 ]Video: The 'Next Galaxy' Teaser

[ 20-04 18:08 ]Video: PureView Ad Shot Using Just A PureView

[ 20-04 17:34 ]Nokia Looses IPCom Patent Case

[ 19-04 17:47 ]iPhones Sales To Slow Until New iPhone Hits

[ 19-04 17:05 ]Nokia Posts Q1 Results: Sales Down, Big Losses

[ 19-04 17:05 ]Nokia Head Of Sales Resigns

Subscribe