Sony Ericsson Z310a

In addition to making crystal clear calls, with the Sony Ericsson Z310a in hand you can send and receive email, browse the Web, synchronize your PC calendar and contacts, and more. Built in Bluetooth technology offers wireless freedom for hands free headsets and PC downloads. Other great features include a rounded clamshell design with an internal antenna, a VGA camera, RSS reader, EDGE data, a speaker phone, disappearing front indicators, an external display, and more.

With its quad band connectivity, this phone communicates over GSM or GPRS networks and AT&T offers voice roaming in more than 190 countries and data roaming in more than 130 countries. The Z310a's 65.000 color, 128 x 160 display is housed under the front cover while the semi transparent front of the clamshell sports a hidden display (measuring 96 x 64 pixels in monochrome) that can display time, caller information, and more.

Located just above the outer display are unique disappearing backlit indicator icons that indicate battery and signal strength, message status, and multimedia status. The indicators fade away when not in use, leaving the phone's outer interface clean and sleek looking. The handset's VGA camera is housed on the front cover as well, just above the indicator icons.

The Z310a uses an internal antenna leaving nothing to snag or break off and a five way button just above the dial pad is used to control most of the phone's menus and features. Up and down buttons on the left side of the phone can be used for quick volume control and menu navigation. USB data and charging ports, as well as a headset port, are located on the phone's bottom edge.

The cover includes a monochrome display as well as backlit indicator icons that show battery and signal strength, message status, and multimedia status. The Z310a's call list remembers most of your recent missed, received, and dialed calls. The phone also features a speaker phone for easy, hands free talking. In addition to a vibrating alert, the phone supports polyphonic ringtones as well as MP3 and AAC format ringers, allowing you to use portions of your favorite songs to alert you to incoming calls.

There's even a bundled application that lets you mix your own ringtones with up to 16 tracks. Picture caller ID lets you assign a photo to specific callers. Similarly, a ringer ID lets you assign ringtones to callers. Lastly, the phone also comes with conference call capabilities an ideal feature for both business and leisure applications. Because the Z310a is Bluetooth enabled, wireless communication headsets can be configured with the phone for total hands free operation.

The phone comes with a built in email client with support for POP3 and IMAP4 protocols, while the included Access NetFront Web Browser allows you to surf full HTML web sites. It also supports RSS feeds, allowing you to use your phone to view up to the minute news and other content from selected Web sites and blogs.

Just subscribe to the feed and let it come to you. Support is built in for sending and receiving text, video, graphics and sound via messages. T9 text entry, a technology that makes it easier for people to enter words and text on handsets, is built into the unit a plus for mobile email and text messaging users.