Sony Erricson has stormed the World Mobile Congress with something as sensational as Hikaru. For the uninitiated, Hikaru is W 995. It’s a no touch-screen device from Sony and comes along well in the wake up Homebrew and Firmware Upgrade controversies for Sony’s PSP. The product exudes a lot of warmth and gives a feeling of being stylish, highly functional yet easy going on the senses.
8.1 mega pixel camera
Its 8.1 mega pixel camera is a revelation. It allows picture perfect imaging with an eye for detail. The pixels do not get stretched and you will have something akin to HD clarity. It has 16x digital zoom. This allows the camera an easy take of the peripheral range. This makes it a ready winner in case of landscape photography and places where there are too many faces. We wish mobiles could have scene recognition and face detection software but so far what is there looks quite good. Auto focus and flash make it good for exposure and dimly lit settings respectively. It possesses an image stabilizer which makes it cushioned against the shaken snaps; a phenomenon which occurs because mobile begins to shake a little while taking snaps.
Internet connectivity
Its turbo 3G and Wi-Fi capabilities bring it at par for most of the advanced internet features. Yes, it might not be a Smartphone specifically meant for the corporate and Sony’s forte surely lies in music still but you will still have plenty of net speed and very easy data transfer and storage facility. Going by industry rumors, the first upgrade will put in an RSS feed which will allow users to keep updated through syndication to various blogs and websites.
Accessories
It has a 2.6 inch LCD display. This makes the interface quite at par. On top of this, there are numerous facilities like an extravagant Bluetooth, Image Stabilizer for shake-control, GPS facility with Google Maps, FM tuner with Song Recognition Software and to top it all, a Micro SD slot card. Media Go is a proprietary program that allows you to transfer and organize music, images, graphics and video at your own sweet will. The charger is quite up to the mark and provides a decent standby and a talk time. Presently it’s available in cosmic silver, energetic red and of course the progressive black.
To sum it up
To sum up, the phone looks great with its dual slider QUAD band look. It has reached the market with great hoopla and its perfectly standing by them. Let it pass the test of time and going by the validation of World Mobile Congress, the phone will certainly become a best seller sometime soon in future.
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