The Sony Ericsson Yari offers slider phone styling with internet access and impressive media playing capability.
With dimensions of only 100 mm x 48 mm wide, this handset offers a compact size combined with comprehensive technology, which is one of the reasons for its popularity.
The handsets 2.
4 inch TFT display screen offers excellent colour reproduction and clarity of image.
The display screen offers a pixel screen size of 240 x 320 pixels and provides the means to display 256,000 colours effectively.
In addition an accelerometer sensor is provided, for auto rotation of image aspect.
The handset comes with class 10 versions of GPRS and EDGE, combined with blue tooth and USB, which are both version 2.
0.
The HSDPA connection offers effective web browsing access at speeds of up to 3.
6 Mbps.
The handset comes with an internal memory of 60 MB, although most offers come with a 1 GB card.
For further memory expansion the built-in microSD slot can be utilised, to increase the memory capacity up to 16 GB.
Entertainment is provided by means of an MP4/MP3 player in conjunction with a stereo FM radio with RDS capability.
The media player offers track ID music recognition, Sensme and shake control which ensures ease of use.
The radio provides an alternative to downloaded music files, and offers a wide array of radio stations.
The handsets 5.
0 mega pixel camera offers effective image taking capability, and provides auto focus, geo-tagging, face detection and an image stabiliser as standard.
For illumination purposes, an LED flash is included.
Video capture at QVGA quality and at 30 frames per second is provided as an alternative to static imagery, whilst a useful video light offers illumination options.
The secondary camera provided with this unit offers video call functionality.
As well as the aforementioned functions and features, the handset also provides an organiser, voice memo and picture editor/blogging feature, whilst a variety of games are provided, with the option to download further games if required.
The Sony Ericsson Yari is an impressively stylish mobile phone, offering a wide variety of useful functionality.
It is a useful addition to the Sony range and has already become a popular alternative to many high end, high cost mobile phones.