Sony Ericsson C510 Mobile Phone

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Introduction

One of its features that is very interesting is the Cybershot, that comes with the Sony Ericsson C510. Even from the 165th - € (without contract) the purchaser receives a perfectly-equipped mobile phone in Candybar Radiation silver colour or black. HSDPA, UMTS, EDGE , radio with TrackID, calendar, and a 3.2 MP camera with flash, Smile Shutter function and numerous options make its functions more superb. How the Sony Ericsson C510 is in practice and what are its proposes can answer our test report.

Sony Ericsson C510 - Cybershot with 3.2 MP Camera

Processing

The battery compartment lid made of plastic, can be easily opened and fits properly


The Volume control buttons and camera are also cleanly fit


The integrated loudspeaker

Processing Characteristics

1. First optical impression / special features to support the design - Beautiful design from all sides. Mat keyboard, chrome elements and mat stainless steel with rear camera cover, showed a very attractive mobile phone that is not made in the design and is subject to change.

2. Housing material / surface quality - Smooth plastic with a mat and high gloss combined. Very nice quality material.

3. Housing dimensions - With a weight of 92 grams and dimensions of 107.0 x 47.0 x 12.5 mm, it looks very good in the hand and fits easily into any pocket.

4. Quality of the keys - Plastic keyboard with equal pressure point. The minimal design of the raised keys do not interfere when writing messages.

5. Goodness (sharpness / resolution) of the display - QVGA display with 262,000 colors and a resolution of 320x240 pixels.

6. Implementation of the folding or sliding mechanism - NA.

7. Quality of the battery compartment lid - The battery compartment cover is made of plastic, is easy to open, close and sits fit.

8. Quality and scope of the supplied items - USB cable, software, user manual, headset, charger.

9. Processing Result - The camera phone is a nice combination make of matte plastic and chrome / stainless steel elements. It lies with its dimensions and the it has very minimal weight, very comfortably handled in the hand. The keyboard has a good constant pressure point. The display 262,144 colors, the clear and sharp. The fit-seated battery compartment lid made of plastic scores for the C510.

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Business Features

1. Supported networks - Triband, GSM: 900, 1800, 1900, EDGE, UMTS 2100, GPRS.

2. Reception and voice quality - Even with only sufficient network coverage the C510 scores with a good point (though not sensational) reception quality. The vocal sounds playing at normal volume minimally overcast, but still quite natural.

3. Voice quality of the speaker - At low volume still acceptable, but at a higher level representation of the distorted voice.

4. Battery life (under normal use) - 3-4 Days.

5. Contacts Storage - Name, New Number, New Email, Web address, picture, ringtone, message alert, voice command, office: title, company, street, additional info, city, state, zip code, country, private: street, additional info, city, state, ZIP, country, info, birthday.

6. Profiles - Normal, Meeting, Vehicle Operations, Outdoor, headset, home, office, all profiles are preset and can be easily customized.

7. Calendar settings - Weekly View Add Appointment: Theme, flag as: date, birthday, holiday, Other, start time, duration, alarm: no, when you turn, 5, 10, 15, 30 minutes earlier, another reminder, start date, details: location, description, Full day: on / off; repeat: no repeat daily, weekly, monthly, annually repeated, date change; Advanced: Search, the default view: Month view, Week view, Day view, memories: Always, Never, if your phone, start: Monday, Tuesday , Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday, and delete: 1 day old, 1 week old, all; help.

8. Notes feature - Adding symbol, writing options: Writing language: German, English, French, Croatian, Italian, Romanian, Greek, Bulgarian, Russian, Albanian, standard ABC, 123; Dictionary: T9 on / off; My words, dictionary, suggestions, spelling; Copy and Paste: Copy everything, Highlight and copy, paste; Help: T9 help, writing tips, saved notes: In the standby display, edit, send as SMS, MMS, Email, Bluetooth, delete, no character limit.

9. Built in voice recorder (dictaphone) - Record, send an e-mail, as a message, via Bluetooth, rename, delete, sound recordings: Recorded message: Use as ringtone, alarm signal, message alert, contact ringtone, file management: copy, move, rename, information: name, size, length, position, passing, playlist, Delete, Playback sounds fairly natural, but it has a light in the background noise. With the opening balance sheet is in spite of the small restriction satisfied.

10. E-mail functionality - Connection type: POP3 and IMAP4. The email account is quickly terminated. The downloading of the settings takes very little time to complete. Emails are fairly and expeditiously Accessed download. Even attachments from emails can be opened easily and require little time.

11. Internet Functionality - The loading of Web pages takes only minimal time. Even with more complex pages it is the C510 a fairly decent view to present. This is clear and well-read - depending on the setting of the text and image size.

12. PC synchronization - The needed USB cable and software are included. As usual, Sony Ericsson, the sync with Outlook is completely smooth and free from error.

13. Other Features - TrackID, location based services: Google Maps, My Favorites, VideoDJ, MusicDJ, PhotoDJ, remote control (Presenter, Media Player, Desktop), games: Bubble Town, Nitro Street Racing, Sudoku, Play Now; tasks, timer, stopwatch, calculator, Memo Code (encrypted notes).

14. Conclusion - This triband mobile phone, comes with UMTS, HSPA and Bluetooth for fast data transfer. 3 to 4 days battery life for mobile phones with this equipment to be commended. Calendar, notes and contacts correspond to the usual Sony Ericsson standards and are not to complain. The voice recorder leaves in the background noise is slight surprising but with otherwise natural. The email account is easy to set and one can retrieve the mail is very fast. Quickly Find and open the respective Web pages and good presentation are also plus points of the C510. About PC synchronization can only find words of praise. It runs with Outlook as with all Sony Ericsson models, smooth and free from error. In addition, the C510 over three games for entertainment, TrackID, PlayNow, Video DJ, Google Maps.

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Multimedia Features

1. Camera equipment - 3,2 MP camera, recording mode: Normal, Smile Shutter, panorama, frames, picture sequence; Scenes: auto, night scene, landscape, portrait, beach / snow, sports, document, image size: 3 MP, 2 MP, 1 MP, VGA ( 640x480); Auto: Automatic face recognition, macro, infinity; flash: Automatic, from, Self-timer: on / off; Exposure Mode: Normal, Spot, White Balance: Auto, Daylight, Cloudy, Fluorescent, Incandescent; Effects: Off, black & white, negative , Sepia, Solarize; settings: Picture quality: Fine, Normal, AF lamp: Auto, Off; review: on / off, add position: on / off; target memory: memory, memory card, auto-turning: on / off, Shutter: Sound, 1, 2, 3, 4, from recruitment reset, counters reset, postprocessing options: Automatically turn on map, send a message, as email, to web page, via Bluetooth, using as wallpaper, screensavers, startup screen, Contact Image; print, order prints, swivel &Zoom; delete; Photo Fix; finishing options with your PhotoDJ: Auto adjustment, light balance, brightness / contrast, color balance, rotate, add effect: Tint, Sepia, Black & White, Solarize, Negative, Cartoon, painting, object : Clipart, add frame, text.

2. Photo Camera quality - In daylight and normal lighting conditions, the camera reached the C510 very pleasing results. Motives are true to life, sharp and bright out. In the darkness, it can also score points. The presentation of the images is in completely normal and for shots in the dark in color is slightly weaker variant. The flash is strong enough, however, the motive is still very clearly visible way. Small note: the zoom does not work if you want for a 3 MP image if it is selected.

3. Video-equipment - Playable formats: MPEG4, Video Length: Normal, for MMS; light: on / off, night mode, self timer, white balance, effects, exposure mode settings, such as camera settings, microphone: on / off; postprocessing options: Play, automatically rotate, Video Size: Original , auto-scaling, fullscreen, send a message, as email, to web page, via Bluetooth, playback mode: One play continuously; information: name, created: am / pm, size, length, video size, audio codec, file type, heading, passing, finishing with the VideoDJ options: Play, Insert Image, Multiple Images, video, text, camera, store, send a message, as email, to blog, via Bluetooth, new video, soundtrack: no, Sound Select; Effects: Transitions: From, overlapping, fade, curtain, pushing, Cross Slide; Image Effects: Off, Pan + Zoom, Pro Clip Set Cutting, text to add, delete, move, copy.

4. Video quality - Under normal lighting conditions, colors are lifelike and clearly presented, the image appears relatively sharp, clean and stable. Power to move faster, but smaller pixels on your veil. But no one hears anything in the background of the recording, which rivals some of the case. In the darkness one can only achieve results when there is light and night mode uses. With low light are outlines and then a weaker color visible.

5. Facilities of the built-in Music Player - Format: MP3, AAC, WMA, WAV, AMR, XMF, MIDI, artists, albums, titles, playlists, audiobooks, podcast, My Music, Settings: Play Mode: Shuffle: on / off, loop: on / off, equalizer: Normal , Bass, Mega Bass (TM), language, height increase, stereo-simulation: on / off, Auto rotate; file: send as MMS, email, via Bluetooth; information: Name, Created: am / um, length, size, artist, title, file type, location, delete, playlist, minimize.

6. Sound quality of music player - The quality of MP3 / Media-Players is pretty good. While the speakers as with most mobile phones on the back position, it can but the song plays still in a fairly lively sound quality. In the mid-range and bass playing it appears pleasantly balanced, but at high tones the sound is a bit harsh. The built-in EQ helps that this gap can at least be weakened.

7. Radio yes / no, sound quality of radio - TrackID, Memory, Channel: delete, replace, rename, delete all, Auto Save, speaker: on / off, frequency, RDS, mono / stereo; Minimize; The frequency is displayed and stored. You can rename the channel name to add. However, it only stores 16 channels. The playback of the selected channel is very good, and it only needs minimal scratching in the background be taken into account. Is well aligned with the antenna improves the reception, as usual.

8. Storage Capacity - 100 MB internal - expandable to 8 GB.

9. Conclusion - The photo / video equipment, which has useful additional settings is simple and easy to use. The results for a 3.2 MP camera is really good. Since a flash is integrated, can be achieved even in the darkness results. Clearly and easily can also use built-in MP3 player. Playlists are created easily and quickly. A radio with RDS and TrackID has the Sony Ericsson W705 also. This can be done with 20 transmitter sites, easier operation. The mobile phone has 100 MB internal memory and is expandable up to 8 GB.

3.2 MP camera


Camera in Action


The headset, which is somewhat uncomfortable, is not high, but stable, and sounds pretty good


Video telephony is also possible with the C510