Sony Ericsson S500

Infobox Mobile phone
name = Sony Ericsson S500i

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imagesize = 230px
manufacturer = Sony Ericsson
carrier = flagicon|USA AT&T Mobility
flagicon|UK T-Mobile
flagicon|Canada unavailable
flagicon|Netherlands T-Mobile
flagicon|Austria T-Mobile
available = flagicon|Hong Kong July, 2007
flagicon|Canada unavailable
flagicon|USA October, 2007
screen = 2" 262,144 TFT LCD
240x320 pixels
camera = 2.0 megapixel
operatingsystem = Sony Ericsson proprietary OS
input = -Keypad
ringtone = -Polyphonic (72 tones)
-Truetone (MP3/AAC)
memory = 12 MB internal
memory_card = Memory Stick Micro (M2) (up to 2 GB)
networks = -GSM (850/900/1800/1900)
-Quad band EDGE
-GPRS
connectivity = -Bluetooth (2.0)
-USB (2.0 proprietary)
battery = 900 mAh Li-Pol battery
size = 3.9 x 1.9 x 0.6 in.
99 x 47 x 14 mm
weight = 3.3 oz
94 gr
form = Compact Slider
music =
predecessor =
successor =
related = Sony Ericsson W580iThe Sony Ericsson S500i is a mobile phone manufactured by Sony Ericsson. [cite web|url=http://www.mobileburn.com/review.jsp?Id=3348&source=MOSTREAD|title=Review: Sony Ericsson S500 (MobileBurn)|publisher=www.mobileburn.com
accessdate=2008-01-01|last=|first=] The phone was announced in May 2007 [http://www.infosyncworld.com/news/n/7863.html Sony Ericsson sheds some light on the S500 slider - infoSync World ] ] and released in the 3rd quarter of 2007. [http://www.reghardware.co.uk/2007/05/08/hw_sony_ericsson_mysterious_s500/ Sony Ericsson waxes lyrical over 'nature-inspired' handset | Reg Hardware ] ]

It is a slim slider phone,huh measuring 99 x 47 x 14 mm and weighing about 94 grams with its Li-Ion battery. It has 12.0 MB of internal memory, which can be expanded with a Memory Stick Micro. It includes a 2.0 megapixel camera with 4X zoom, and it provides video recording, streaming, and viewing. The music player can play AAC, AAC+, eAAC+ and MP3 files. The phone also has support for EDGE, GPRS and Bluetooth. [ [http://www.mobiledia.com/phones/sonyericsson/s500i.html Description from Sony Ericsson.] ]

One feature is that the UI and external lights changes color depending on the time of day, day of the week or with the seasons. [ [http://mobilementalism.com/2007/05/09/sony-ericsson-s500-changes-colour-with-the-seasons/ Sony Ericsson S500 changes colour with the seasons : Mobile Mentalism ] ] The largest women's magazine in Switzerland, "annabelle", and Orange Switzerland are releasing the S500 as a fashion mobile phone which is specially targeted at women. This package features the S500 together with other fashionable accessories such as a lanyard. [cite | publisher = Telecom Paper | date = 4 December 2007 | author = Alex Oeschger | title = annabelle and Orange: focus on women]

References

Extrernal links

* [http://www.gsmarena.com/sony_ericsson_s500-1983.php Details of S500i at GSMArena]
* [http://www.akshayy.com/sonyericsson/crossflashing/flash-s500-to-w580/ Tutorial to convert a regular S500i to a W580i]