Sony Ericsson Elm - Great Value Mobile Phone

The stylish new Sony Ericsson Elm is a great value mobile phone, which is made out of recycled materials and comes with minimal packaging, is a feature phone that has a lot of the features you’d expect with a high-end smartphone, such as Wi-Fi, 3G, email, apps etc – just without the hefty price tag. Or we can say that, Sony Ericsson Elm is a new member of the Sony Ericsson Greenheart family of devices, handsets that have been produced to deliver a high quality user experience using products and materials that have a lower impact on the environment.

The design of the Elm follows Sony Ericsson’s new human shape design, first seen in the Vivaz and the Xperia X10. Flat on the front with a lovely curve to it at the back, the Elm actually looks great and is really comfortable to use. Furthermore, one can access photos, videos, music and movies via the fantastic Xross Media Bar. They’re stored on the 280MB internal memory, which can be expanded via the MicroSD card slot. 

If you are talking about the multimedia capabilities of the handset, like the phone features Sony's XMB (XrossMediaBrowser) making music, videos and photos easy to browse. It groups things together well, so dive into photos and you not only have the local device photos, but you can also access your Facebook photos there, as well as other web services that you can configure – Flickr , Blogger and Picasa.

The handset comes with GPRS and EDGE connections, both of which are class 10 in conjunction with both microUSB and blue tooth connections. Internet access is available through these handsets inclusion of both HSDPA and Wi-Fi connections that provide the means to access the web at speeds of up to 7.2 Mbps.

Another cool aspect of the Elm is that you can upgrade its storage capabilities to 8GB, which makes ample room for music, video and documents – although this will cost you. The Elm boasts both a high quality 5.0 Megapixel, enhanced by Sony-standard, high-quality Carl Zeiss lens, which includes auto focus and an LED flash. The light can also be used for video recording in low level lighting conditions. Face and smile detection are supported, and the built in GPS chip allows captured images to be geotagged.

The Elm’s excellent music player offers support on a large variety of file formats, including MP3 and AAC. Another big audio application, and new to a non-Walkman handset, is SensMe also included in this handset. SensMe scans your music collection and generates play lists according to a song’s tempo and mood, taking the hassle out of listening to music to that fits your mood. The device also offers video playback, with support for H.263, H.264 and MP4 playback, as well as a You Tube application.