Sony Ericsson appears to have taken a page clear out of Nokia's book with the Z555, a fashionable flip (subject to personal opinions, of course) that looks like a hinged homage to Espoo's
Prism series. The innards aren't much to talk about -- the GSM comes in one of two triband flavors depending on your region, and there's nary a hint of 3G to be found -- but the draw here is something Sony Ericsson's calling Gesture Control, which allows you to control a handful of phone functions (ringtone mute and alarm snooze are specifically called out) by waving your hand in close proximity to the handset. You also get a hidden external OLED display, 1.3 megapixel cam, stereo Bluetooth, and pretty much all the colorful rectangles you can handle. Look for both regional versions of the phone to launch by the end of this quarter.
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Hashbrown_Hunter @ Jan 6th 2008 8:28PM
meh
Baluki @ Jan 6th 2008 8:34PM
I like how the screen is indistinguishable from the rest of the cover. How do they do that anyway?
Alan Partridge @ Jan 6th 2008 8:43PM
OLED under plastic. Sony use it on a lot of mp3 players and phones to create 'floating displays'
Tony C @ Jan 6th 2008 8:45PM
The entire front panel is likely glass or polycarbonate with a two-way mirror finish and a small OLED panel just below the surface.
Ed @ Jan 6th 2008 9:00PM
Complete Unreadability! How cool!
Seriously, SE needs to either stop making budgetphones or stop making them crappily. They're making a bad name for themselves for consumers unwilling to pay for a phone.
fh @ Jan 6th 2008 9:22PM
It's probably closer to what phone makers including SE have been doing in Japan (and certainly not exclusive to Nokia) on the DoCoMo network. The design is actually popular: the top screen isn't intended to be a high-resolution display, but instead flashes status icons so that you can check the status of your phone at a glance.
pheer6224 @ Jan 7th 2008 12:07AM
I want more symbian uiq. More I say!
Ume @ Jan 8th 2008 4:52AM
那个专利的应用在W380上就有啊...