The Sony Ericsson Cedar is the latest handset to be launched under the Greenheart label, a range of devices manufactured by Sony Ericsson with recycled materials and using eco friendly methods. Initially, 'eco-friendly' handsets were pretty basic in terms of handset features, but recently the range has been given a real boost with the arrival of some top end devices, showing that you can still be 'green' and enjoy the latest in mobile phone technology.
The Cedar Greenheart is a quad band GSM device, offering 3G, and HSDPA data connections, for fast mobile browsing. There is no WiFi included, but the Cedar does also include Class 10 GPRS and EDGE, for those times when you stray out of 3G coverage. For short range data transfers, the phone includes support for Bluetooth 2.1, and the Micro USB connector allows you to easily connect the handset to a PC via a data cable.
The Cedar is a compact, lightweight device, measuring 111 x 49 x 15.5mm and weighing in at just 84g. The main display is a non touch TFT screen, measuring 2.2 inches, with a QVGA resolution supporting up to 256,000 colours. The internal memory available on the phone is up to 280 MB, which can be expanded with the use of Micro SD memory cards; the Cedar can officially support cards up to 16 GB in capacity.
A full music player is available on the handset, with support for multiple digital music formats, including MP3, AAC, eAAC+ and WAV, MP4, H.263 and H.264. There is a 3.5mm audio jack, so you can choose your own headset, and the built in Bluetooth carries support for A2DP, which supports wireless stereo audio transfer to a compatible Bluetooth headset. The music player is complimented with the inclusion of a stereo FM radio with RDS, and there is also a standard 2.0 Megapixel camera on board, which is enabled to capture video at VGA resolution, up to 30 fps.
The real point about the Greenheart range though, is all about reducing the impact on the environment from manufacture of mobile phones, and to this end the Cedar is produced using recycled plastic for the housing, there is no lead used, and a reduced amount of chemicals, and the device will be sold in compact packaging made from recycled material, the user manual is stored on the phone as a .pdf file rather than in printed form on the box, and the mains charger in the box is a low power consumption charger. All together this adds to a significant positive impact on general resources used to manufacture the device, and any work major companies achieve in this area is to be applauded.
The Cedar Greenheart handset will be available in a couple of colour options, Black/Silver and Black/Red, and comes with some applications pre-installed for accessing popular social networks such as YouTube, Facebook, MySpace and Twitter. As well as accessing social networks, the Cedar is a competent messaging device, with support for push email, with multiple accounts and Instant Messaging, as well as the usual MMS, SMS and standard Email access.
The Sony Ericsson Cedar Greenheart is expected to be available from Q3 2010.
Related Sony Ericsson Cedar Links
- Compare the latest Sony Ericsson Cedar deals
- Compare Sony Ericsson Cedar pay as you go prices
- Read user Sony Ericsson Cedar reviews
- Full list of Sony Ericsson Cedar specs
- View gallery of Sony Ericsson Cedar pictures
- Watch latest Sony Ericsson Cedar video
Pingback: Technology Channel » Sony Ericsson Cedar Greenheart Review