Sony Ericsson has come up with the Zylo

With not many phones in the sub 10k bracket and not many Walkman devices launched recently, Sony Ericsson has come up with the Zylo stylish and compact slider phone in their Walkman series. The black (colour that we got for review) and very good looking Zylo boasts of a 2.6-inch screen that dominates the front with the Sony Ericsson and Walkman logos displayed in a prominent manner above and below it.



Below the screen is an honestly jumbled up keypad. There is the search button on the right and the media button on the left, just below the screen. The arrow keys around the D-pad act as shortcuts and to the extreme left and right are the call connect and disconnect buttons. At the bottom are the shortcut and back buttons. The shortcut button takes you to four tabs, New Events, Running Apps, My Shortcuts and Internet. All-in-all, a good deal of mess that definitely needs some getting used to, but once you are in and out of these a few times, you will get a hang of it.



The user interface is good with the menu placed neatly. The widgets are interesting. The Facebook, Twitter, Music Genie and a Walk Mate can be activated and deactivated from here. On being activated, the widgets are visible on the main screen and can be scrolled left or right to be changed. The Music Genie is a dance game along with shortcuts to text message, contact, Internet, calendar and alarm.



In terms of connectivity the Zylo has everything other than Wi-Fi. It features 3G, GPS and the abundance of social networking shortcuts. The application tab features Accuweather, Checkbook, Facebook, Music Quiz, Neoreader to YouTube.



The 3 mega pixel camera takes decent images and allows for a number of options in terms of shoot modes, image size, night mode, self timer up to 10 seconds, metering mode, and effects (B&W, Negative, Sepia). The device allows GeoTagging and direct uploads to Facebook, Twitter, Web albums or can be sent as email as well.



There is a photo fix feature that adjusts the brightness of the image on its own. Also, the video quality is disheartening with a lot of stutter and disturbances. Zylo allows for video calling, but the entire purpose seems to be defeated since this can happen only on the primary camera.



One thing that is very impressive is the Zylo's battery life. I was very pleasantly...


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