The Sony Ericsson S312 Offers Quick Video Recording

Out of the blue and without much ado, Sony Ericsson has announced a new camera phone - the S312. Being marketed as offering a quick way of capturing life’s precious moments either in still pictures or videos, the Sony Ericsson S312 boasts of a 2 megapixel camera which according to Sony Ericsson can be used horizontally and has an illuminated imaging shortcuts. You can also use the phone’s integrated photo fix to edit the photos you’ve taken.

Aside from taking still photos, you can also use the S312’s camera for instant video recording. The S312 has its own dedicated video camera key which gives to capture best moments quickly. Sharing your photos is also a breeze with the S312’s picture blogging functionality which allows you to upload photos to the web instantly.

For its technical specifications, the S312 features a 2-inch TFT scratch-resistant screen, 15MB internal phone memory with support for Memory Stick Micro. You can also use the phone as a media player with equalizer, stereo widening, playnow, and Track ID features. You can also listen to music via stereo Bluetooth hands-free devices.

Other features of the Sony Ericsson S312 include speakerphone, polyphonic ringtones, vibrating alert, email/sms/mms messaging, picture wallpaper, 3D games, Java apps, FM Radio with RDS, video viewing, as well as various PIM features such as alarm clock, calculator, phonebook and more.

The Sony Ericsson S312 is a GSM/GPRS/EDGE phone and can give up to 8 hours of talk time and 400 hours of standby time. It will be available in Dawn Blue and Honey Silver color design.

The Sony Ericsson S312 is slated for a Q2 release.

Sony Ericsson Announces the new Walkman Phone, W205

Aside from the S312 which Sony Ericsson just announced, another phone up for release soon is the basic Walkman phone W205. Probably realizing that everyone is feeling the grunt of the economic recession including mobile phone user, Sony Ericsson made the W205 more accessible to the users. The W205 has the many great features of a Sony Ericsson phone without hurting their budget that much.The Sony Ericsson W205 lets you enjoy your MP3 songs as well as your favorite radio station with its Walkman player, FM Radio and TrackID music recognition feature. It’s a slider phone that lets you set up music playlist that you can listen to various occasions. It also lets you share music with friends through a speakerphone.

The W205’s TrackID function is also a good feature especially for naming tune and artist that you don’t know of. The phone also lets you record a fraction of mp3 songs to use as a ringtone.

But aside from being a Walkman phone, the Sony Ericsson W205 also boasts of other mobile phone features including a 1.3 megapixel camera with 2.2x digital zoom and video recording function, which is decent enough to produce good quality pictures and videos.

You can also use the phone for mobile browsing through WAP 2.0 via the preloaded Opera Mini browser. Other features of the Sony Ericsson W205 include MMS/SMS/, support for various mobile phone downloads, and Bluetooth.

The Sony Ericsson W205 is GSM/GPRS/900/1800 and W205a supports GSM/GPRS 850/1900 phone available in Ambiant Black. It is slated for a Q2 release.