Sony Ericsson Faith review
Network and connections
Sony Ericsson brings to market an entirely new business device, clearly inspired by Nokia's E series. On the technical side, this Faith comes with a GSM Quadband receiver, to guarantee optimal coverage in any area of the world, also thanks to UMTS support. For browsing the Internet, nothing is faster than the HSDPA modem, which allows speeds equal to home ADSL. The dedicated HTML browser will only have to worry about displaying Web pages correctly. The Wi-Fi antenna is also handy for taking advantage of distributed networks. Bluetooth and a USB output are also present.
Design and features
At first glance, this Faith shows a very simple and clean look, with classic shapes and slightly rounded edges to offer greater ergonomics in the grip. The front houses the large screen, a 2.4-inch QVGA TFT, capable of displaying up to 256,000 colors. The Candybar body houses the extended QWERTY keyboard on the lower part, essential for easily composing messages and E-mails. A directional pad is instead useful for quickly controlling operations.
Main features
The platform version is Microsoft Windows Mobile 6.5 Professional. It guarantees intuitive and fast browsing, as well as great possibility of customizing content. This is also made possible by Java support. The standard applications, on the other hand, are absolutely complete and functional. With the dedicated keyboard, it is really convenient to compose SMS, multimedia messages and E-mail. There is a Document Viewer that allows the correct opening of Office and PDF attachments. It is also possible to manage Instant Messaging applications. The voice side offers speakerphone, voice recorder and support for multi-conferencing.
Entertainment and multimedia
To conclude the description, let's talk about the aspects concerning entertainment. The Sony Ericsson Faith is capable of taking good quality photographs, thanks to the 3.2 megapixel optics which also allows the recording of short videos. The space available for saving one's own data is 110 MB, expandable up to 16 GB. This way it will also be possible to carry audio and video files with you, to be faithfully played back with the dedicated multimedia player. How can we not mention GPS support, to introduce satellite functions to the device. Hence the Geo-Tagging function to automatically recognize the place where a photo was taken. Battery life is high, necessary for any device dedicated to business on the move.