Sony Ericsson F305
Sony Ericsson F305 – Motion gaming mobile phone
The Sony Ericsson F305 is a funky and stylish gaming focused mobile phone. The handset is a slide design mechanism and comes in a choice of two polished coloured casings, which include; Mystic Black and Polar White. The F305 comprises easy to use external keys as well as an internal keypad with a nicely sized 2 inch TFT screen displaying up to 262K colours with 176 x 220 pixel resolutions, all making for clear, bright and colourful viewing. The Sony Ericsson is such a neatly compact gaming gadget that any user will find entertaining and amusing. It weighs a trim 97.5g and is 96mm x 47mm x 14.6mm in size, and makes for great holding comfort in the hand when the user is in either gaming mode or just simply making a call. The user can expect up to a massive 8 hours of talk time and a whopping 700 hours of stand by time but these may vary depending on how much game playing the user will do.
Sony Ericsson F305 – Games & Entertainment
Now lets get to the heart of this mobile and that is the gaming facilities and the entertainment. The F305 has designated gaming keys and a motion sensor to make the gaming experience even more exciting and engaging. The embedded games that are featured on the Sony Ericsson F305 include; Bowling, Bass Fishing, Jockey, Johnny Crash, Tropical Madness, The Sims, Jewel Quest, Racing fever, Asteroids, Quadrapop and Lumines presenting the user with a fantastic choice of games. There is the option to download even more games if the user wishes to do so, but please do check before doing so as there may be a charge for this.
Sony Ericsson F305 – Music Player & Camera
The built in music/media player of the Sony Ericsson F305 supports popular music formats and features an integrated Bluetooth® stereo with A2DP and an FM stereo radio with RDS, allowing the user to listen to their favourite radio stations and DJ's while on the go. The handset also comes with some great added features, which include TrackID and PlayNow® providing a more enhanced music experience. The user can really personalise and customise their Sony Ericsson F305 with their ring-tone. The F305 comes with a great selection of ring-tones, which include; polyphonic ring-tones and MP3 & AAC music tones. The F305 comes with 10 mega-bytes of internal memory and has the support for a Memory stick \ Micro M2 that will provide the user much more storage space for all their music files and downloads.
The Sony Ericsson F305 comes with a 2 mega-pixel camera that features a 2.5x digital zoom allowing the user to get up close to their chosen subject when capturing a snap. The user can also make great use of the Photo Fix and the Picture Blogging tools so the user can share their photos with friends and family quickly and easily.
The video recording facilities allows the user to record moving video footage spontaneously whilst having the F305 always close to hand. Once the user has recorded their video footage they can play it back instantly and watch it back on the large TFT display screen. The user can also play around and have fun with the Video Streaming and Video Clip features. Capturing memories will never be a problem as long you have your mobile in-hand.
Sony Ericsson F305 – Internet & Connectivity
The Sony Ericsson F305 uses a WAP browser providing the user with a great World Wide Web experience, so keeping up to date with all the latest news and information while on the move will never be a problem. The user can enjoy high speed data transfers and connections with the EDGE technology. Connecting to other compatible devices is very straight forward as the Bluetooth® and USB technologies are used to do so. The F305 operates on a Quad-band network and covers GSM 850/900/1800/1900 providing a fantastic world wide roaming experience.
Sony Ericsson F305 – Messaging & Applications
The Sony Ericsson F305 comes with the usual messaging services that we have all become accustomed to which include; SMS, MMS (multi-media messaging) and emailing. The F305 now has some new additions, which are Predictive text input and a Sound Recorder. The sound recorder feature allows the user to record a voice clip, insert it into a message, and forward it to other compatible users. The emailing service provides the user with keeping up to date with the workload even while away from the office.
The user can really benefit and enjoy the embedded application tools, which come with the Sony Ericsson F305. Some of the applications supplied include; Flight Mode, Style Up Covers, Tasks, Calculator and an Alarm Clock to name only a few. For more information on the application tools please check out the specification list below for details.
Brand / Type |
| Brand |
Sony Ericsson |
| Type |
F305 |
| Form factor |
Slide |
| Color |
Black, White |
Network |
| Phone Network |
EDGE, GPRS, GSM |
| Service |
850, 900, 1800, 1900 |
Connectivity |
| Bluetooth |
v2.0 with A2DP |
| Infrared |
No |
| Wi-Fi (WLAN) |
No |
| USB |
2.0 |
| Fax / Data |
No |
Display |
| Main display |
Color TFT |
| Color display |
262.144 colors |
| Dimensions |
N/A |
| Resolution |
176x220 pixels |
| External display |
No |
Memory |
| Internal memory |
10MB |
| External memory |
8GB |
| Memory slots |
1 |
| Storage types |
MemoryStick Micro |
Basic |
| Battery |
Lithium Ion |
| Standby time |
400 hours |
| Talk time |
8 hours |
Calling |
| Vibrate alert |
Yes |
| Photo ID |
Yes |
| Ringtones |
AAC, MP3, Polyfone, Realtone / Truetone |
Camera |
| Camera |
Yes |
| Megapixels |
2.0 megapixels |
| Maximum photo resolution |
1600x1200 pixels |
| Digital zoom |
2.5x |
| Optical zoom |
No |
| Auto focus |
No |
| Flash |
Yes |
| Recording video |
Yes |
| Second (front) camera |
No |
Messaging |
| SMS |
Yes |
| MMS |
Yes |
| T9 text function |
Yes |
| E-mail |
Yes |
| Internet browsing |
No |
Entertainment |
| FM radio |
Yes |
| Java |
Yes |
| Audio player |
AAC, ACC, eAAC, MP3 |
| Video player |
3GP, MPEG4 |
Features |
| Add ringtones |
Yes |
| Organiser |
Calculator, Calendar, Currecy convertor, Reminders |
| Video call |
No |
| Other features |
Motion gaming, Stereo speakers, Built-in handsfree, Voice dial, Voice memo, Track-ID |
Format |
| Weight |
3.5 oz. |
| Dimensions (H x W x D) |
3.8x1.6x0.6 in. |