Sony Ericsson C510
Discontinued 8th January 2009
Billed as the most affordable Cyber-shot phone to
date, the Sony Ericsson C510 comes with a seemingly
modest 3.2 megapixel camera - but there's more to good
photographs than just the pixel count.
What makes the C510 a true "Cyber-shot"
device is a combination of features such as autofocus,
a camera light, face and smile detection, photo
blogging capabilities and picture editing tools. One
thing that Sony Ericsson are proud of is their "Smile
Shutter" function that detects when the subject
is smiling and then takes the photograph automatically..
this will also be added to the existing C905
through a software update.
There are a couple of other neat features too. The
display auto-rotates between wide and tall orientations
when the handset is turned, the C510 also has a feature
called Snapfish
allows pictures to be uploaded and printed professionally,
and usefully the lens on the C510 also has a sliding
cover to protect it.
The
C510 is a quad-band GSM phone with support for UMTS
/ HSDPA 2100. There's also a US version, the C510a which
has tri-band UMTS support too, and a C510c version for
China that lacks 3G. Sony Ericsson actually say
that the C510 has "HSPA" which
might imply that it is capable of high-speed uploads
as well as downloads.
Besides all of this, the C510 is a pretty normal
3.5G mobile phone with Memory Stick Micro expandable
memory, Bluetooth, an email client, web browser and
everything else you would expect. It's a typically understated
Sony Ericsson design to look at - it looks quite smart
but is fairly unremarkable when it comes to styling.
The C510 is relatively lightweight for a 3.5G handset
at 92 grams, and the talktime on 3G is a useful 4 hours
with a maximum of 10 hours on GSM.
The C510 is pretty close in specification to the
existing Sony
Ericsson C702, except that the C510 lacks GPS. Perhaps
this phone can best be considered as the replacement
for the K660i
or K770i.
Sony Ericsson say that the C510 should be available
during Q1. No pricing was given, but our best guess
is that a SIM-free C510 should retail for roughly €200
or so.
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Sony
Ericsson C510 at a glance
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Available:
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Q1
2009
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Network:
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GSM
900 / 1800 / 1900 + UMTS
2100 (C510 and C510c) or
GSM 850 / 900 / 1800
/ 1900 + UMTS 850 /
1900 / 2100 (C510a)
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Data:
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GPRS
+ EDGE + UMTS (3G) + HSPA
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Screen:
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240
x 320 pixels, 262k colours
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Camera:
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3.2
megapixels
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Size:
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Medum
monoblock 107 x 47 x
13mm / 92 grmas
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Bluetooth:
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Yes
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Memory
card:
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Memory
Stick Micro (M2)
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Infra-red:
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No
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Polyphonic:
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Yes
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Java:
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Yes
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GPS:
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No
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Battery
life:
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4 hours talk / 14 days standby
(3G) 10 hours talk /
16 days standby (GSM)
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