This is one of the few Sony Ericsson phones with “S” symbol in the beginning of the name. Announced in the early May, it is still not commercially available, but we managed to get our hands on a prototype unit and will present it to you in a for of a preview.
Now here's a mobile that harmonizes the world around you. The new entrant Sony Ericsson S500i offers colour accents and changing desktop themes, to ensure complete tuning with your environment.
Simply set in-phone themes and external light effects, and watch how the device changes its persona - as day shifts into night, as season changes, or as weekend begins.
More, the hidden illumination of the keypad adds more excitement. More than aesthetics, the handset offers picture & video fun, along with the advantage of direct blogging.
While the media player sets your adrenalin high, the Disc2Phone music management software helps synchronize. Sony Ericsson S500i also offer Bluetooth, EDGE, GPRS, and GSM network.
The S500 is available in two color versions: stylish gold and black-green, which has very futuristic design. Our unit is in the second one, and although the label below the display says SE123 , it is a S500. It is mid-level “your average phone” and is not part of either the Cybershot or the Walkman family, but still packs multimedia features.
S500 is mid-sized slider with average weight and relatively slim profile measuring 0.6” (14mm). It fits nicely in the hand, and for the opening of the slider, spring mechanism assists you.
We don’t like that its movement is not smooth and when you open it to the half, the mechanism pushes it sharply to the end. Also, the upper slider doesn’t cover the whole bottom part, and you cannot push from the bottom, but should push the front side instead.
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