Sony Ericsson Live with Walkman

   Sony Ericsson has announced Today the new Live smartphone with Android and Walkman capabilities. This is about the same phone with Xperia mini but I believe that looks better and is a little more user friendly through the Walkman dedicated hardware button providing instant access to music player and through the infinite button providing access to Sony`s Qriocity service for music and video content. The Live has a curved design, glossy finish and a mineral glass display as Sony Ericsson mentions in the announcement. Most important technical details are:

-- DISPLAY: 3.2 inches TFT capacitive multi-touch 320 x 480 pixels screen, scratch resistant mineral glass.

-- CPU:  1GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon.

-- MEMORY:  512 MB RAM.

-- STORAGE:  320 MB for internal, microSD card slot up to 32GB.

-- CAMERA:  Primary - 5MP led flash camera, HD video recording up to 720p, face detection.

Secondary - VGA, video call, video chat.

-- CONNECTIVITY:  3G, HSDPA, HSUPA, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, micro-USB port, 3.5 mm headphone jack, A-GPS, DLNA.

-- MULTIMEDIA:  PlayNow, TrackID, xLoud, Walkman button, Infinite button.

-- SENSORS:  Accelerometer, Proximity, Digital Compass.

-- BATTERY:  Li-Po 1200 mAh

-- OS:  Android 2.3 Gingerbread, Sony Ericsson Timescape UI.

-- APPLICATIONS:  Google Apps, NeoReader, social apps, Skype, Wisepilot, Media Discovery.

   More than this the Live with Walkman has a deep Facebook integration which allows the user to access the social network from most used areas like music player, picture gallery, calendar or phonebook. No other important details are to be mentioned here except that will be available sometimes in Q4 and this is another Walkman phone from Sony Ericsson which I believe will have a fair price.

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Norton Mobile Security

   In my continuous search for the best Android mobile security, Today I will talk about Norton. I have tested this while was on beta version and now the product is finished under the Lite name for the free version.

   From the beginning I can confirm that Norton keeps the same engine style which requires resources - the same as the PC version. And here I am referring to battery as lasts with  about 5% up to 10% less with this security suite installed. For the rest the Norton Mobile Security is a classic protection software with modules like antivirus for threats, anti-malware and virus prevention. It has an online scanner which notifies the user live if a downloaded application is infected and a remote lock which locks the smartphone in case is stolen.

   If you wish to upgrade to the paid version you get other three modules like web protection for your browser, anti-theft for location and wipe the device. Last module is call and text blocking which works like a black list application. Now I remember while I had this installed in the beta version that there was one time when my phone turned-off automatically as battery was very low. After charging and when I turned it on, Norton detected a new SIM card (and it was the same card) so was asking me for password. I spent about 30 minutes to remember the password (my bad here) and at the end I unlocked my phone. However during this time I was able to call my 3 contacts added as backup in case I forgot the password. This was great but I know that some users had to reset the phone to factory settings as they did not remember the password.

   Did I mention that scans the SD card together with the entire phone memory and that has a notification bar icon? In conclusion this is another mobile security suite for Android which users can install but personally I was not very impressed. It takes about 2-3 MB of internal space.

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Motorola Defy+

   I know that the big news from Yesterday that Google has bought the Motorola Mobility is the news of the year and has decided the bright future of Android I believe. However Motorola has announced the same day their new upgraded version of Defy. The processor is faster and from a newest generation but also the device itself is stronger and more resistant to water, dust and scratch through the IP67 certification. Main specification are:

-- DISPLAY: 3.7-inch capacitive touch 854 x 480 pixels screen

-- CPU:  TI OMAP 1 GHz processor.

-- MEMORY:  512 MB RAM.

-- STORAGE:  2 GB for internal, microSD card slot up to 32GB.

-- CAMERA:  5 MP camera, auto-focus flash, video recording up to 720p.

-- CONNECTIVITY:  3G/4G, HSDPA, HSUPA, Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Bluetooth 2.1 with A2DP, micro-USB, 3.5 mm headphone jack, A-GPS.

-- SENSORS:  Accelerometer, Proximity, Digital Compass.

-- BATTERY:  Li-Po 1700 mAh

-- MULTIMEDIA:  touch sensitive buttons.

-- OS:  Android 2.3 Gingerbread, Adobe Flash, MOTOBLUR UI.

-- APPLICATIONS:  Google Apps, social networking, Motorola Media Link, CardioTrainer, Zinio.

   The new Defy+ comes with some pre-installed applications like CardioTrainer for running monitoring and Zinio for reading e-magazines. The Motorola Media Link allows you to share and stream live music or videos with home devices. The price is expected to be around 270 EUR - which is a great one - and should be in stores starting with September.

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