Sony Ericsson Z500a (Unlocked) Cellular Phone

There are things you have to be aware of when buying this phone. You can not get technical support if you are outside of Europe and Asia for this product. This product is comparable to the iPhone:
Sony Ericsson Satio Apple iPhone 3G S
.Processor
ARM Cortex-A8 600 MHz w/ 3D accel 600mhz w/ 3D accel

.Screen
16:9, 3.5 inch 16m color LCD touchscreen 3.5 inch 16m color LCD w/ multitouchscreen and fingerprint-resistant oleophobic coating

.Screen Res.
640x360; 210 ppi 480x320; 163 ppi

.Memory
256mb 256mb

.Battery Life (3G)
Unknown, I assume 5 hours talk, 350+ hours standby* 5 hours talk, 300 hours standby

.Battery Life (2G)
Unknown, I assume 13 hours talk, 380+ hours standby* 12 hours talk, 300 hours standby

.Operating System
S60 5th edition Symbian OS OS X Mobile

.Wifi/Internet
802.11b/g, tethering 802.11b/g, limited tethering

.Cell Frequencies
UMTS/HSDPA (850, 1900, 2100 MHz) GSM/EDGE (850, 900, 1800, 1900 MHz) UMTS/HSDPA (850, 1900, 2100 MHz) GSM/EDGE (850, 900, 1800, 1900 MHz)

.Storage Comes with 8GB MicroSD card 16gb, 32gb

.Memory Card MicroSD None

.Camera (mp) 12.1 Megapixel 3 Megapixel

.Camera (zoom) 12x digital, auto focus, touch focus None, auto focus, touch focus

.Camera (other) 2 cameras, Xenon Flash, face detection, image stailization, red-eye reduction, smile detection, geo-tagging 1 camera, Geo-tagging, (various features added by 3rd party apps, such as photo filters)

.Battery Removeable Non-removeable

.Bluetooth
Bluetooth 2.? + EDR. Stereo A2DP Bluetooth 2.1 + EDR. Stereo A2DP

.GPS
GPS, Turn by turn navi, Google Maps GPS, Compass, Turn by turn navi, hundreds of apps for navigation including TomTom

.E-Mail
Email, Exchange ActiveSync, can view all Office attachments Email, Exchange ActiveSync, can view all Office attachments

.USB Proprietary USB Connection Proprietary USB Connection


.FM Radio FM radio with RDS None

The SATIO is a great product. I am very pleased with it. The phone is best when the software is debranded which means the software is that of the manufacturer without the add ons of a cellular service provider. Sony's download service for media, PlayNow needs to be available worldwide much like iTunes for apple so that users can add applications and music. This is a separate issue from the phone but is one that affects the phone since there are no other safe sources other than the PlayNow site from which to get applications, movies, and music for the SATIO. The RoadSync application only works with Gmail because it only works with exchange servers which a free gmail account supports unless you get a paid yahoo and hotmail account. If you set up your email account and you have hotmail then you should do the following for your OUTGOING MAIL SERVER:
Password - it should be same as for incoming mail
Outgoing mail server smtp.live.com
Access point as you wish - mine is always ask
Security ports should be StartTLS
THIS IS THE NEW SETTING THAT HAS RECENTLY CHANGED. BEFORE SSL/TLS WAS FINE BUT NOW THE MICROSOFT SERVER IS REJECTING SSL/TLS EMAIL
Port - make sure it is 25 or 587(submission port)
Some users have reported that it only works if you use Port 587 for outbound. This depends on whether or not not ISP is port blocking or not. I suggest you try 25 and if you still cannot send emails via hotmail, then change to 587.

If you are a Sony fan and don't mind what others reviews say about it but always you make YOUR OWN REVIEW ,I will say:
If want a camera that its advanced in all aspects chose Satio.
If you want a phone that also has every single feature you wish to get in a handheld device,but never get it before chose,Satio.
If you are a Sony fan,that you know nothing in this technological world its perfect,but wish something different than the usual,then you can chose SATIO.
In short words this device is the best camera featuring phone,NO you don't gonna find the velocity of a computer,not even the resolution of nothing else that its not called a PHONE,but its worth the try,done with pros...
Now the cons,
This is different so if you are familiar with another thing, well be prepared for change, the wifi its a bit slow,no like iphone,but iphone its not even a good camera,so then you must try your own,
You wish to have a normal headphone hook, but this is bot the case,conector its bulky,not much....but if you are a picky person,then...
Ahh and last,This is like gold in your hands, bad guys always aware of it....

Overall:
Extremely good device if you are a person want try something different this is the phone-camera -gps-video player-radio-game console-Internet browser.....i will say this IS THE MATCHMAKER.

W D'aries.

If your looking really nice phone without lot of app like iphone this is it.
pro: A++++ Camera infact it looked bater then my sony 10mp
Grate touch screen
work very nicely
Con: it doesnt have much to offer in app very little thing to do with the phone after camera

camera is 12 pixels, dont need a digital camera any more, was comparing to iphone and its better, it has a flash and the camera its better.

These are older model but a tough serviceable phone if you don`t mind a little bigger heavier phone than compared to the new models. Has a camera and video not great but OK. Hard to beat for the money.