It follows on from the Xperia X10 announced in November 2009, and is the second phone in the new family of communication entertainment phones coming to market in the first half of 2010.
”With Sony Ericsson Vivaz™ communication truly becomes entertainment with high quality HD video allowing consumers to produce and broadcast their best experiences with the latest video capture and sharing features”, the company said.
Officials added that an open platform also allows users to personalize their entertainment experience by downloading great applications through PlayNow™ and the Symbian™ Developer Community.
“User-generated content, especially video, is exploding on the web. With Sony Ericsson Vivaz™, we have created a mobile phone that makes it easy to catch life in high quality video and upload that self expression onto the web to share with the world”, said Lennard Hoornik, Head of Marketing, Sony Ericsson.
The Sony Ericsson Vivaz™ supports UMTS HSPA 900/2100 and GSM GPRS/EDGE 850/900/1800/1900, UMTS HSPA 850/1900/2100 and EDGE 850/900/1800/1900. It will be available in selected markets from Q1 in the colours Moon Silver, Cosmic Black, Galaxy Blue and Venus Ruby.
Among other features it boasts of are an 8.1 megapixel camera, face and smile detection and a Sony Ericsson Media Player.
by Goodman Majola
