Sony Ericsson Kurara

Features

YouTube™ compatible

Watch your favourite clips over and over again. And when that funny moment you just caught on video deserves a wider audience, upload it for all to see. Your phone is fully YouTube™ compatible.

Touch UI

The touch user interface makes navigation truly intuitive - whether you're browsing the media menu, adjusting your camera settings or playing music.

Find the way - aGPS

You'll never get lost again. Your phone has built-in aGPS. Location-based services help you find the way to your destination. Or add location info to your images - use the geo-tagging function.

Face detection

Want the people in your photos to come out sharp and clear? With the Face detection function activated, the camera automatically finds - and focuses on - the face in your viewfinder.

Use your headphones

Got a favourite pair of headphones? Connect them to your Kurara through the 3.5 mm audio jack.

Comes with Facebook

With Facebook integrated, your Kurara makes it easy to stay social. You have your friends' status updates on your phone screen. And when you snap a photo, you can upload it straight to your Facebook page.

Anything on TV tonight?

Your holiday snaps. The video from last weekend's birthday bash. Connect via TV out and voila - that big old screen in your living room just got interesting.

Drag, drop, enjoy - Media Go™

The perfect entertainment organiser - Media Go™ makes it easier than ever before to bring your media with you, wherever you go. Transfer your media files between your phone and PC via drag and drop. File conversion is hassle-free, too: Media Go™ automatically converts films and music files to give you the best possible quality.

Just tap your screen

Instant access to music, games and applications: just tap your screen and choose. The PlayNow™ service brings you unlimited entertainment - at the fastest possible speed with turbo 3G or Wi-Fi™.

Accelerometer - auto-rotate

Enjoy your pictures in portrait or landscape mode. To move between modes, simply rotate the phone and the picture follows.

Size - 107.0 x 52.0 x 12.5 mm , 4.2 x 2.0 x 0.5 inches

Weight - 97.0 g, 3.4 oz

Screen - 360x640 pixel, 16,777,216 colour 16:9 nHD touchscreen (TFT)

Memory -  Phone memory 75MB, SanDisk microSD™ (up to 16GB)

Camera

• Auto focus
• Automatic focus for optimal clarity.
• Camera - 8.1 Megapixel
• Capture and share special moments.
• Digital Zoom - up to 4x
• Get close to your subject.
• Face detection
• Flash / light type - Photo light
• When lighting conditions are poor, your picture can still be good.
• Geo-tagging
• Have your photo tagged with information on where it was taken.
• Image stabiliser
• Avoid blurriness caused by slight hand movements.
• Send to web
• Smile detection
• Let the camera automatically snap the shot when your subject flashes a smile.
• Video light
• More light when shooting video.
• Video recording

Music

• Album art
• Choose music by browsing CD album art or other images
• Bluetooth™ stereo (A2DP)
• Music from phone to headset over a wireless connection.
• Media Player
• An in-phone media player for music and video
• Music tones - MP3, AAC
• Use original artist recordings as ringtones.
• PlayNow™
• Download music and games to your phone.
• TrackID™
• Record a few seconds of a song and get track, artist and album information sent to your phone in seconds.

Internet

• Bookmarks
• Quick access to your favourite Web sites.
• Google™ search
• Find what you’re after with the Google™ search function.
• Web browser - WebKit
• Full Internet browser with support for standard protocols, images and video.
• Web feeds

• 3D games
• Enjoy quality games with full color and depth.
• Facebook™ application
• Stay in touch with your friends on Facebook™ through your phone.
• Java
• Add extra applications and games to your phone.
• Radio - FM radio
• Radio entertainment round the clock.
• Video Clip
• Video clip viewing and transfer to another phone or PC
• Video streaming
• Realtime video streaming, e.g. live cam
• YouTube™
• View your favourite YouTube™ videos, or upload your own - access is easy via the YouTube™ application.

• aGPS
• Use GPS-powered location-based services.
• Bluetooth™ Technology
• DLNA Certified™
• Connect wirelessly to other devices.
• Google Maps™
• Find your way to your destination.
• Modem
• GSM internet dial-up support
• PictBridge
• Send your images straight from your phone to a printer.
• Synchronisation PC
• Synchronise and share phone content with PC
• TV out
• Go for a bigger screen – connect the phone to a TV, projector or other device.
• USB mass storage
• Connect and move items between computer and phone.
• USB support
• PC to phone USB cable support
• WiFi™
• Utilise high-speed Internet at Wi-Fi™ hotspots at airports and other facilities.
• Wisepilot™ turn-by-turn navigation*
• Get live instructions for how to find your way to your destination - and have fun en route.

Messaging

• Conversations
• Say it via chat-style text messaging.
• Email
• Check your email inbox wherever you are.
• Exchange ActiveSync®
• Stay seamlessly synchronized with your Microsoft® Exchange email server.
• Instant messaging
• Online chat. On the move.
• Picture messaging (MMS)
• Colourful multimedia messaging.
• Predictive text input
• Fast and easy text messaging.
• Sound recorder
• Take voice notes or record a sound clip to send in a message.
• Text messaging (SMS)
• Send text greetings anywhere in the world.

• Speakerphone
• Loudspeaker suitable for using the phone as an office handsfree
• Vibrating Alert
• The phone vibrates and you can feel when a call comes in
• Video calling (Main camera)

• Show what's happening around you in real time video.

• Auto rotate
• Switch from vertical to horizontal mode by rotating the phone. Whatever you're viewing will rotate to suit.
• Picture wallpaper

• Background picture on-screen when the phone is in standby mode