Sony Ericsson F305


Sony Ericsson will announce the new F305 gaming phone with PlayStation-like buttons and limited motion control next Tuesday. The phone will come in Polar White shown here or Mystic Black. But get ready to squint while you play on its 2-inch TFT display.

Complementing the gaming-related features, Sony Ericsson also included in the F305: a 2 inch TFT display with 262K colors and 176 x 220 pixels, quad-band GSM connectivity (850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 MHz) with EDGE, PlayNow (for quickly downloading more games or music), Bluetooth, Music player, FM radio, a 2.0 Megapixel camera, Web capabilities and expandable memory.


F305 has got a decent music player capable of playing the most standard audio compression codecs, including the über-compressed eAAC+ codec. The phone memory is a bit limited though at only 10 megabytes, so you’ll have to expand the memory with a Memory Stick Micro card. Your music can then be transfered via a USB connection. You can stream your music wireless in stereo, as the phone features the Bluetooth A2DP profile. You can also have a listen to the radio with the built-in FM radio, and recognize the music playing with TrackID.

The display on the front of this Polar White or Mystic Black phone is a 2-inch large TFT display with a resolution of 176 x 220 pixels, and up to 262.144 colours. While the resolution isn’t exactly excellent, it’ll make the rendering of 3D games quicker, and more games are available for phones of this screen resolution.


The F305 measures a good 96 x 47 x 14.6 millimetres, and weighs in at just 97.5 grams, making it a bit heavier than it actually looks. F305 will be out in selected markets in Q3 this year. We expect the price tag to be relatively low, considering this is a low/mid-end phone.



Sony Ericsson F305 will hit the market in the third quarter of 2008 (July, August or even September). Its price is not known yet, but we do know that the new gaming slider will be available in two color versions: Mystic Black and Polar White.

Features

  • Motion gaming, Horizontal gaming mode
  • Cross key + Dedicated gaming buttons, Gaming shortcut key, 3D games
  • Stereo speakers
  • Java MIDP 2.0, PlayNow™
  • Media player, MP3/AAC/AAC+/ eAAC+
  • Bluetooth™ stereo (A2DP)
  • Stereo FM radio, TrackID™
  • 2.0 megapixel camera
  • 2.0” 176 x 220 TFT display
  • WAP 2.0 xHTML, MMS, Predictive text input, SMS,Sound recorder
  • Style-up™ covers - two provided in box
  • USB mass storage
  • Bluetooth™ technology
  • Calendar, Phone book, Alarm, Stopwatch, Calculator, Tasks, and Timer.



In the box you will find the F305 handset obviously plus Colour matched Stereo Headset HPM-60, Wrist strap, User guide, Charger, Spare back cover and Battery.



The new F305 with Motion Gaming
  • Motion Gaming with three preloaded motion games, “Bowling”, “Bass fishing” and “Jockey” – encounter gaming in a completely new way
  • Additional motion games developed by Gameloft™ plus 50 more 2D and 3D games available for download at PlayNow.
  • Loud stereo speakers– enhance your gaming experience or share the latest music with friends
  • Horizontal game play and dedicated gaming keys – play games the way you want
  • 2.0 megapixel camera and Bluetooth™ - a complete media experience
  • Expandable memory – Memory Stick Micro™ (M2™) slot.