The Sony Ericsson Vivaz (U5i) is a smartphone, announced by Sony Ericsson on 21 January 2010. It was released on 5 March 2010 in the color schemes Moon Silver, Cosmic Black, Galaxy Blue and Venus Ruby.
The phone is compact and has its focus spread to multiple functions, photography, HD video recording, music playback and internet connectivity. The camera is located on the back, together with the LED flashlight. It is not covered by any special slider. The side of the phone features four buttons on one side: one for activating the camera functionality and starting/stopping video recording, one for taking pictures once the camera is enabled, and the remaining two in the form of a rocker for volume control / camera zoom depending on the active mode. The other side has a covered Micro-B USB slot for charging and connecting to a computer.
The front of the phone is dominated by the resistive touchscreen, with a 360x640 resolution. Below the touchscreen are three buttons, green (left), white (center) and red (right).
Software-wise, the Vivaz uses the Symbian operating system (S60 series 5th Edition). It also uses the PlayNow service, Sony Ericsson's mobile content platform. In addition to the usual GPRS/UMTS/EDGE connectivity, the Vivaz also has Wi-Fi (b and g standards) and Bluetooth.
Since June 2010, its variant, the Sony Ericsson Vivaz Pro (U8i) is also available which is a similar phone to Vivaz, but sports a slide-out QWERTY keyboard and a 5-megapixel camera.
The Vivaz, the Vivaz pro and the Sony Ericsson Satio are the last Sony Ericsson phones to run Symbian. After that, all Sony Ericsson smartphones run Android under the Xperia brand.
Features
16:9, 3.2 inch widescreen
8-megapixel camera U8 Vivaz 5.1-megapixel in U8i Vivaz Pro version. U8i Vivaz Pro build in - Fully Function QWERTY keyboard, - Accelerometer sensor for UI auto-rotate, Scratch-resistant surface, Turn-to-mute and snoozing alarms. Handwriting recognition Symbian S60 5th Edition Operating System Touch navigation
Dimensions
Dimensions 107 x 52 x 12.5 mm
Weight 97 gm
Display
HD TFT resistive touchscreen
16 million colors
360x 640 pixels
3.2 inches
CPU
Texas Instruments OMAP3630 Cortex-A8 @ 720 MHz
3D Accelerator PowerVR SGX530 graphics
Memory
RAM: 256 MB
Storage: 75 MB
Memory card support: up to 32 GB microSD (8 GB card included)
Connectivity
aGPS: First time location detection might take longer than usual
Bluetooth technology
Modem
PC Synchronization
USB support
USB mass storage
Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g, DLNA
PictBridge
Google Maps
TV Out(AV)
Camera
8.1 MegaPixel HD
Digital Zoom - up to 4x
LED Flash
Video recording (640x480 @ 30 frame/s, 1280x720 @ 24 frame/s) 720p
Geo-Tagging
Face detection (Smiling Face Detected) Image stabilisation (Still Image) Video Player MP4/H.264/H.263 player Video Call (Using rear camera)
NetWork
Network 2G : GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900, Network 3G : HSDPA 900 / 2100 HSDPA 850 / 1900 / 2100
Internet
Web Google (Google Talks, Gmail, Google Map, GPS Maps) Web Yahoo (Messenger Chat latest version) Web MSN - Hotmail (Msn messenger Chat) Web browser - WebKit Web feeds
Location
Google maps 3.0
Wisepilot (30 days Trial) Location
Log
Dialed (30 Days) Received (30 Days) Missed ( 30 Days)
Applications
TrackID
Media Server
Neo Reader
SMS Preview
YouTube
Record Sound
Web Publish
Facebook Application
Twitter Application
Entertainment
3D games
Java
Media
Radio - FM radio with RDS (Radio Data System) YouTube HD Games
Messaging
Exchange ActiveSync
Instant messaging
Picture messaging (MMS) Predictive text input Sound recorder Text messaging (SMS) Conversations
Communication
Polyphonic ringtones
Speakerphone
Vibrating Alert
Video calling(Main 8.1 Mega Pixel Camera)