Sony Ericsson Z555

Introduction:
Sony Ericsson showed a few new phones at CES 2008. The clamshell Z555 impressed with its extravagant design, similar to the one of Nokia Prism, and the gesture control present in W380 also. Mainly, the beautiful vision is what makes it attractive for people not ready to spend loads more on the famous Nokia model.



Design:
The design of Z555 is similar to that of the W380 Walkman, but its edges are more rounded and it has a relief diamond-like pattern, which gives it a quite stylish vision. The two colors, which the phone is expected to be offered in, are Diamond black and Dusted rose. On the beautiful front panel we find the camera, the speaker and the OLED display below them. On the left as well as on the right side the phone is identical with the W380 – it has a charger port and a memory card slot indication on one side and a volume control key on the other.




• Z555i - 900/1800/1900 Mhz
• Z555a - 850/1800/1900 MHz for America
• Z555 - GSM 900 / GSM 1800 / GSM 1900
• 1.9 Inch TFT Display with 256K colors/176 x 220 pixels
• External OLED, mono Display 128 x 36 pixels
• Wallpapers & Screensavers
• Vibration
• MP3 & Polyphonic plus Download Ringtones
• 30 received, 30 missed & 30 dialed calls (Call Records)
• 1000 x 20 fields & Photo call Phonebook
• 12 MB built in memory plus Memory Stick Micro (M2) Card slot
• EDGE Class 10, 236.8 kbps
• GPRS Class 10 (4+1/3+2 slots), 32 - 48 kbps
• Bluetooth v2.0 with A2DP
• USB v2.0
• Available colours are either in Diamond Black or Dusted Rose
• Games
• WAP 2.0/xHTML Browser plus RSS reader
• SMS, EMS, MMS, Email, Instant Messaging
• 1.3 Megapixel Camera with 1280×1024 pixels
• Dynamic themes & Gesture Control
• Media player & FM radio
• Java MIDP 2.0
• Organiser, Image viewer, Built-in hands free, Voice memo & T9
• Up to 360 hours standby time
• Up to 8 hours 20 minutes talk time
• 95 x 49 x 16.5 mm• 95 grams




Interface:
With the Z555 and the W380, Sony Ericsson introduces its new Gesture Control system. Unlike Nokia phones, such as the Arte series, there isn't a dedicated sensor, and the system uses the phone's camera. By waving your hand in front of the lens, the phone will "snooze" your alarm or silence the ringing of an incoming call and send it to the voice mail. Currently, only those two simple actions can be performed, but in the future we may see a smarter system which recognizes different gestures.