The New Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini Pro Review

Start spreading the news. Slide out the ergonomic keyboard and start typing. The Type & Send widget lets you handle all your messages in one place. Group your favourite apps in the corners of your home screen. Then use them with one hand. Live life with the other.

HD videos on an Android keyboard smartphone

Capture the volley in sharp HD. Shoot the player with the 5 megapixel auto focus camera. Getting dark? The photo flash catches those beautiful details. Now show your masterpieces in high contrast on the Reality Display with Mobile BRAVIA® Engine. Life looks brighter through an Android touch 3” scratch-resistant mineral glass screen.

Facebook everywhere in Xperia™ mini pro

Don’t forget anyone’s birthday. With Facebook inside Xperia you get all your friends’ birthdays direct in your calendar. Share status, likes, recommendations and more from the music player and photo gallery. Instant enjoyment on your Xperia mini pro.

An Android mini smartphone for business

On the move? Synch your email and calendar on the fly with Exchange ActiveSync®. And with OfficeSuite loaded as standard on your Android mini qwerty phone, you’ll look smooth over your smoothie as you prepare for that perfect pitch. With the powerful 1 GHz processor you can thumb your way through everything lightning fast.

 

You choose - Android Market™

Going out? Finding out? Or perhaps just chilling out? Download any application you want from Android Market™ and customise your Xperia™ mini pro to make it exclusively yours.

Reality Display with Mobile BRAVIA® Engine

Enhanced contrast. Richer colours. The Reality Display with Mobile BRAVIA® Engine makes the 3" screen sharp and crisp.

Now Facebook lives inside Xperia™

Your Facebook albums pop up in your phone’s gallery. Comment directly on the pictures. Share recommendations and likes from the music player. Don't miss any of your friends' birthdays or other exciting Facebook events – they are all automatically visible in your calendar. Facebook inside Xperia is developed in close cooperation with Facebook to make your entertainment truly social. You only need to sign in once to Facebook during start-up of your Xperia™ mini pro– and then all the magic happens.

Make it yours

Take 16 of your favourite apps. Group them in expandable folders in each of the four corners of your home screen. Then use what you want with one hand.

Type & Send

Update your Facebook status. Email a colleague. Send a text to a mate. The Type & Send function lets you handle all your messages in one place: straight from your home screen.

Smart Keyboard

Your keyboard knows what to do before you know what to type. When you slide it out, the Smart Keyboard function predicts what you want to do. Reading an email? “Reply, Reply all or Forward?” automatically pops up. Online? The address and search field is activated.

Getting dark?

Dusk, dawn or just a crummy old light bulb? Sony's Exmor R™ for mobile CMOS sensor lets you capture high-quality, bright pictures and videos in poor light conditions.
Exmor R is a registered trademark of Sony Corporation.

Wi-Fi connect

Connect the quick and easy way. On the move. In cafés. At the airport. Your Xperia™ mini pro has Wi-Fi support.

Your life in brilliant HD

Clips from your summer holidays. Your little baby daughter’s first smile. Shoot it. In brilliant, sharp HD video with one touch of a button.

Email in your pocket

Built-in email client - access your inbox anywhere, check and send email from anywhere in the world.

FM Radio

There's music in the air - just tune in and enjoy. Your phone has a built-in stereo FM radio.

GreenHeart™ - we do it because we care.

We are always thinking about how our decisions impact the environment. That’s in everything we do. From planning and production to shipping and recycling.
GreenHeart™. Our commitment to making the biggest possible sustainable impact. Driven by green innovation. Never compromising. On quality. On design. On features.

Specification

Size
92.0 × 53.0 × 18.0 mm / 3.6 × 2.1 × 0.7 inches
Available colours
Black , White , Pink

Weight
136.0 g / 4.8 oz
Memory
Phone memory up to 400MB
microSD™ support up to 32GB
RAM: 512MB
Memory card included: 2 GB microSD™

Actual free memory may vary due to phone pre-configuration

Screen
320 x 480 pixels (HVGA) / 16,777,216 color TFT

Battery performance

Battery performance may vary depending on network conditions and configuration, and phone usage.

Networks
Talk time
(up to)
Standby time
(up to)
Video call
(up to)

GSM/GPRS/EDGE 850/900/1800/1900
5 hours 40 min
331 hours

UMTS/HSPA 900/2100
5 hours 25 min
340 hours

UMTS HSPA 800/1900/2100
5 hours 25 min
340 hours

 

Music listening time: 29 hours

= To be announced = Not applicable

GreenHeart™

Eco-smart packaging

The phone is packed in a smaller, lighter box to reduce the environmental effects of transport and preserve precious natural resources.

GreenHeart™ headset

An eco-friendly headset, partly produced from recycled plastics.

GreenHeart™ charger

The charger complies with the Energy Star level V and has a standby power-loss that is less than 30mW. This means less power consumption.

E-manual

Save on paper usage. The printed manual is replaced with an electronic version in the phone.

Camera

Flash / light type - LED

When lighting conditions are poor, your picture can still be good.

Video record

Record video clip

Video light

More light when shooting video.

Touch focus

Touch the screen to set the focus area.

Smile Shutter™

Let the camera automatically snap the shot when your subject flashes a smile.

Smile detection

Let the camera automatically snap the shot when your subject flashes a smile.

Send to web

Catch moments with your camera and send straight to your personal web site or blog.

HD video recording (720p)

Record High Definition video with a simple touch of a button.

Geo-tagging

Have your photo tagged with information on where it was taken.

Front-facing camera (VGA)

Your phone is video-chat ready - and the front-facing camera is great for self-portraits, too.

Face recognition

Your phone automatically recognises up to five faces in your picture.

Face detection

Your phone automatically sets the focus on the faces in your pictures.

Auto focus

Automatic focus for optimal clarity.

Aperture f/2.6

Allows more light to reach the image sensor.

Digital Zoom - up to 8x

Get close to your subject.

Camera - 5 megapixel

Capture and share special moments.

Music

xLOUD™ Experience

Maximised, massive speaker sound thanks to the Sony xLOUD engine audio filter technology.

TrackID™ music recognition

Record a few seconds of a song and get track, artist and album information sent to your phone in seconds.

Sony Ericsson Music player

Enjoy your favourite music sorted by artist, album and track. Shuffle and smart playlists supported.

PlayNow™

Download music and games to your phone.

Music tones

Use original artist recordings as ringtones.

Bluetooth™ stereo (A2DP)

Music from your phone to headset over a wireless connection.

Web

Web browser - WebKit

Full Internet browser with support for standard protocols, images and video.

Google™ search

Find what you’re after with the Google™ search function.

Google Voice Search

Use your voice to search the web or to quickly launch a call to a friend.

Bookmarks

Quick access to your favourite Web sites.

Android™ Market

Get apps and games - download straight to your phone.

Entertainment

Radio - FM radio with RDS

Radio entertainment round the clock.

Radio - FM radio

Radio entertainment round the clock.

YouTube™

View your favourite YouTube™ videos, or upload your own - access is easy via the YouTube™ application.

Video streaming

Realtime video streaming, e.g. live cam

Media Browser

Media content in one place for fast and easy access.

3D games

Enjoy quality games with full color and depth.

Connectivity

Google Maps™ - with Street View

Find your way to your destination.

Synchronisation - Exchange ActiveSync® via Moxier client

Stay seamlessly synchronised with your Microsoft® Exchange email server.

WiFi™

Utilise high-speed Internet at Wi-Fi™ hotspots at airports and other facilities.

Wayfinder Navigator™

Don't get lost - your phone comes with a trial version of Wayfinder Navigator™.

USB mass storage

Connect and move items between computer and phone.

Synchronisation via Google Sync

Use your Google account to synchronise the contacts in your phone.

Synchronisation via Facebook™

Match your Facebook™ friends with your phone contacts.

Modem

GSM internet dial-up support

Google Latitude™

See where your friends are - and share your own location with them.

DLNA Certified™

Connect wirelessly to other devices.

Bluetooth™ technology

Connect wirelessly to other Bluetooth™ devices.

aGPS

Use GPS-powered location-based services.

3.5 mm audio jack

Share your music via the extra jack. Use any headphones with a standard-sized 3.5 mm connector.

Messaging

Type & Send

Handle all your messaging straight from your home screen.

SMS long (Text Messaging)

Concatenated text messaging up to 9600 characters. This feature must be enabled when sending text messages with pictures and sounds attached (EMS).

Sound recorder

A mini recording device in your phone that lets you record voice messages or other sounds

Predictive text input

Fast and easy text messaging.

Picture messaging (MMS)

Colourful multimedia messaging.

Instant messaging

Online chat. On the move.

Google Mail™

Gmail for mobile lets you send and receive e-mail wherever you are.

Email:

Built-in email client with inbox, outbox, compose, send and other functions

Conversations

Say it via chat-style text messaging.

Communication

Twitter™ - Timescape™ integration

Let the world know how you feel and what you think - say it with a tweet.

Video-chat ready

Prepared for video chats through the front-facing camera (application dependant).

Vibrating Alert

The phone vibrates and you can feel when a call comes in

Speaker phone

Loudspeaker suitable for using the phone as an office handsfree

Sony Ericsson Timescape™

All your communication with one person in one place.

Noise shield

Filter out the sounds around and make yourself heard.

Google Talk™

Chat-style communication with friends and family.

Facebook™ application

Stay in touch with your friends on Facebook™ through your phone.

Design

Four corner home screen - customisable icons

Quick access to favourite functions via four icons in the corners of the home screen.

Keyboard - QWERTY

Text input made easy.

Keyboard - Onscreen QWERTY

Text input made easy.

Keyboard - Onscreen 12-key

Text input made easy.

Wallpaper animation

Animated wallpaper – moving background pictures. In standby, your display wallpaper has a pleasing graphic pattern with smooth movement and colour blending.

Touchscreen

Intuitive navigation – just touch the screen.

Smart Keyboard

Instant access to relevant functions - just slide out the keyboard.

Reality display with Mobile BRAVIA® Engine

Crystal-clear colours and crisp images.

Picture wallpaper

Background picture on-screen when the phone is in standby mode

Auto rotate

Switch from vertical to horizontal mode by rotating the phone. Whatever you're viewing will rotate to suit.

Organiser

Phone book

The information you need to keep in touch with friends and family.

Notes

Digital notes for things you need to remember.

Infinite button

Just one press to all about your friends or all the artist info you need.

Google Calendar™

Create, add and edit events. Set up reminders and mobile notifications.

Flight mode

Disable the radio receivers and transmitters in your phone so you can safely use other functions.

Calendar

Store appointment information and set reminders.

Calculator

Full-function calculator when you need it.

Alarm clock

Set your phone alarm clock to ring at the time of your choice.

Handwriting recognition

Write as you would with a pen. Your handwriting becomes digital text.