Sony Ericsson C510 Cyber-shot Mobile Phone

The Stereo FM radio with RDS was really very average. In most outdoor locations it picked up the signals quite well, but didn’t seem to be able to locate all of the available station. During the commute, the radio was quite useless as all it seemed to do was pick up static, even in those parts of the city where I would normally get a decent signal. Sony Ericsson’s TrackID feature for music recognition can be applied to the radio as well as stand alone using the handset’s microphone to record samples of audio from external sources. A voice recorder is also available for voice memos.

Sony Ericsson’s VideoDJ, MusicDJ and PhotoDJ applications are available for creating and editing various forms of media, but of course, only to certain extent. They’re nevertheless very entertaining and can help pass the time while traveling or when you’re just sitting around doing nothing.

Connectivity
The C510 is a 3G ready device with HSDPA. That’s quite redundant right now but it’ll be ready when WE are. For the time being we’ll have to settle for its EGDE/GPRS/WAP capabilities for net access. It has support for downloading IMAP and POP3 email as well as SE’s proprietary IM application. It doesn’t have a GPS antenna but does support A-GPS via Google Maps that’s preinstalled and adds to the cameras settings with its Geo-Tagging feature. The Play Now Application is also available for users to download content. However for some strange reason I could not seem to access it. It could be because I’m a Loop Mobile user as the error message I kept getting was for me to contact my operator. This was evident even with the W705, but never before. Strange prejudice.

The freebie applications included with the handset had AccuWeather and PhotoMate that does nothing more than consider you a real noob and explains the camera settings in simple English. Helpful, but a little silly. __STARTQUOTE__The C510 is a 3G ready device with HSDPA. That’s quite redundant right now but it’ll be ready when WE are. For the time being we’ll have to settle for its EGDE/GPRS/WAP capabilities for net access.__ENDQUOTE__There’s also a standby world clock. Photos can be uploaded to sites like MySpace and eBlogger. The problem is that the images don’t actually get uploaded via the web but are sent out as an MMS. You’re paying for those. A ShoZu like application would have been more useful. The RSS news reader is also present to keep you updated on the latest happenings from the sites that you usually follow.