Friday, May 3, 2013
Sony Ericsson Launches Zylo and Spiro Walkman Phones
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Sony Ericsson announced launch of two Walkman phones, the Sony Ericsson Zylo and Sony Ericsson Spiro. Other than its focusing on music features, the walkman phones are also following the trend with integration of social networking capability to follow your friends or update your status.
Compare to Spiro, the Sony Ericsson Zylo has a higher specifications with 2.6-inch display, UTMS/HSPA, Gesture Control, 3.2 megapixel camera, Track ID, microSD card slot and FM Radio Receiver. It supports FLAC (Free Lossless Audio Codec) audio codec for high quality music listening on top of MP3/AAC/AAC+/eAAc+/WMA format. The Zylo also has an interesting feature, letting you play an background sound while you are chatting with your friends. It is preloaded with sounds so that you can pretend to be at work, walking on street or in a restaurant. Sadly, 3.5mm headphone jack is not available on this model. You will have to rely on Sony Ericsson’s own connector to use other headphones. The Spiro will be available in Q3 with Jazz Black, Chacha Silver and Swing Pink.
While the Spiro Walkman phone does not support the FLAC format, it comes with a 3.5mm headphone jack, FM Radio receiver, 2 megapixel camera, microUSB port, TrackID and microSD card slot. It can only supports GPRS/EDGE connectivity though and will be available in Q3 with Contrast Black, Sunset Pink, Spring Green and Stealth Black colors.