Sony Xperia S User Manual

Viewing photos and videos in Gallery
Use Gallery to view photos and play videos that you’ve taken with your phone camera, or
to view similar content that you've downloaded or copied to the phone's internal storage.
In Gallery, you can also view photos and videos you've uploaded to an online service, for
example, to a Picasa™ web album or to
From Gallery, you can also share your favorite photos and videos with friends by using
Bluetooth™ wireless technology, email or messaging. And you can perform basic editing
tasks on photos and set them as wallpaper or contact pictures. For more information,
see Connecting your phone to a computer on page 116.
BRAVIA® ENGINE
Sony's Mobile BRAVIA® ENGINE technology improves the viewing quality of photos and
videos after you take them, giving you clearer, sharper and more natural images.
BRAVIA® ENGINE is turned on by default, but you can turn it off if you want to reduce
battery consumption.
To turn off Mobile BRAVIA® ENGINE
1
From your Home screen, tap .
2
Find and tap Settings > Display.
3
Unmark the Mobile BRAVIA Engine checkbox if it is already marked.
To open Gallery and view your albums
1
From your Home screen, tap .
2
Find and tap Gallery. Photos and videos on your phone's internal storage,
including those you’ve taken with the camera and those you’ve downloaded from
the web or other locations, appear in albums.
If the screen orientation does not change automatically when you turn the phone sideways,
mark the Auto-rotate screen checkbox under Settings > Display.
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1 Tap in any view to return to the main Gallery screen
2 Tap to open the camera
3 Tap to open 3D Album
4 Album of photos and videos taken with the phone camera
5 Album stack – touch with two fingers and spread them apart to view the content
6 Flick left or right on the screen to view more albums
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Sony Xperia S Specifications

General

Processor	Dual-core 1.5 GHz Scorpion
RAM	1 GB
Internal Storage	32 GB
Rear Camera	12 MP, f/2.4, autofocus, LED flash
Front Camera	1.3 MP
Battery	Non-removable Li-Ion 1750 mAh battery
Operating System	Android 2.3 (Gingerbread), upgradable to 4.1 (Jelly Bean)
Dimensions	128 x 64 x 10.6 mm
Weight	144 g
Network	GSM / HSPA
Announced	2012, January
Status	Discontinued
Technology	GSM / HSPA
2G bands	GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
3G bands	HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100
Speed	HSPA 14.4/5.76 Mbps
GPRS	Yes
EDGE	Yes
SIM	Mini-SIM
Protection	Scratch-resistant glass
Chipset	Qualcomm MSM8260 Snapdragon S3
GPU	Adreno 220
Card slot	No
Video	1080p@30fps
Alert types	Vibration; MP3, WAV ringtones
Loudspeaker	Yes
3.5mm jack	Yes
WLAN	Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, DLNA, hotspot
Bluetooth	2.1, A2DP, EDR
GPS	Yes, with A-GPS
NFC	Yes
Radio	Stereo FM radio, RDS
Sensors	Accelerometer, gyro, proximity, compass
Messaging	SMS(threaded view), MMS, Email, IM, Push Email
Browser	HTML5
Java	Yes, via Java MIDP emulator
Talk time	Up to 7 h 30 min (2G) / Up to 8 h 30 min (3G)
Display	4.3 inches
Colors	Black, White
Multitouch	Yes
Features	Geo-tagging, touch focus, face detection
USB	microUSB 2.0
Stand-by	Up to 420 h (2G) / Up to 420 h (3G)