The Sony Ericsson Aspen – also known as the Sony Ericsson ‘Faith’ – is the third Windows Mobile OS device offered by Sony Ericsson. The phone, which will be released shortly, is aimed at business users with a plethora of features designed to keep people who are always on the go never out of touch.
One of the key marketing features of the Aspen is its Greenheart certification. Greenheart is the series of phones from Sony that deliver top-of-the-range mobile phone technology in an eco-conscious package. What this means is that, not only is the packaging minimal, the phone itself is mostly made from recycled materials.
Visually, the Sony Ericsson Aspen is a nice-looking candy bar design, with a style similar to a traditional BlackBerry or the Nokia E71. The display is a 2.4-inch resistive TFT touch screen that sits above navigation keys and a full QWERTY keyboard. Because the screen is resistive design, it works well with a stylus. There is also handwriting recognition support and an auto-rotate feature.
As to connectivity, all of the major messaging suites are supported, including push email and onboard applications for Twitter, Skype, Facebook, and YouTube. Pocket Office allows viewing of Word, Excel, PowerPoint, OneNote and PDF files. For those moments in-between work, there is a full media player and FM radio.
The camera included is 3.2 megapixels with smart contrast support and video recording capability. The phone is GPS enabled and comes with Google Maps pre-installed.
The release date for the Sony Ericsson Aspen is forth-coming.
