Sony Ericsson Xperia Ray Quick reference guide
White paper
March z2011
Variant name
Urushi
White paper
June 2011
ST18i, ST18a
ray
™
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Publication number: 1253-2401.1
Purpose of this document
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Table of contents
Product overview ........................................................................................................4
Xperia™ ray ...........................................................................................................4
Sony Ericsson signature features ..........................................................................5
Facts – dimensions, weight, performance and networks ......................................6
Application overview list ........................................................................................8
Categorised feature list ..........................................................................................9
Technologies in detail ...............................................................................................11
Device-to-device communications (local) ...........................................................11
Bluetooth wireless technology..........................................................................11
Wi-Fi® ...............................................................................................................12
DLNA™ (Digital Living Home Alliance)..............................................................13
Messaging ...........................................................................................................14
MMS (Multimedia Messaging Service)..............................................................14
Email .................................................................................................................14
Positioning – location based services .................................................................15
Provisioning (OMA CP) ........................................................................................15
Multimedia (audio, image and video) ...................................................................16
Synchronisation (OMA DS, EAS, Google Sync™) ...............................................17
Web browser .......................................................................................................17
Trademarks and acknowledgements ..................................................................18
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Product overview
Xperia™ ray
Sleek and irresistibly elegant with a clear vibrant display, the Xperia™ ray combines compactness with
high functionality and style. Here’s a summary of the main features:
•Elegant smartphone with aluminium frame, mineral glass – and only 9.4mm thin
•Great stills and videos even in low light with Exmor R™ for mobile
•Reality Display with Mobile BRAVIA® Engine
•Fast, powerful smartphone with all the apps you need
9.4mm thin
Just 9.4mm thin and 100g light, the Xperia™ ray can fit neatly into the palm of your hand, or slide
comfortably into a small shirt or jeans pocket. Its flat aluminum frame adds further grace and style. But it’s
got more than just good looks. The Xperia™ ray combines the best of Android with the latest goodies
from Sony Ericsson.
Vibrant visuals
The Xperia™ ray delivers HD video and 8.1 megapixel photo capturing. Capture exceptionally clear
photos and videos even by candlelight with Exmor R for mobile, a back-illuminated CMOS sensor that
uses light more efficiently than conventional front-illuminated pixel technologies. Mobile BRAVIA ENGINE
further enhances the visual experience, combining magically with the scratch-resistant mineral glass and
3.3 inch Reality Display. The black screen finish cuts down on light lost through reflection, resulting in a
clearer image. And if that’s not enough, you get to browse the web in FWVGA resolution.
Power to go
The Xperia™ ray’s durable 1500mAh battery combines with the pre-installed power save mode
application to give you up to five times more staying power. So you can chat, watch videos and enjoy your
music for as long as you want.
Grow with Android Market
With the Android Market application installed as standard on your Xperia™ ray, you can easily download
everything from games to everyday tools and entertainment apps. With more than 200,000 apps available,
there are thousands of ways to personalise your life.
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Sony Ericsson signature features
The Xperia™ ray comes with a range of Sony Ericsson features as standard. Below is a summary of the
key signature features.
Sony Ericsson Timescape™
The place to meet your friends
The Timescape™ application manages all your communication with one person in one place. You can
effortlessly browse by category your Facebook™, Twitter™, email and text communications, as well as
view your photos. Now everything is all together and in chronological order, so you don't have to open dif-
ferent applications to see what's going on.
Sony Ericsson infinite button
Everything you want – from everywhere
Tap the infinite button in the Timescape™ application and smart filter each category of communication by
person. For example, when viewing a text message from a friend in Timescape™, tap the infinite button to
view a list of all chat messages with that friend.
Sony Ericsson Sync™
Your mobile life on the web
Synchronise your phone data using Sony Ericsson Sync so that you always have a backup. While you’re
at it, match your phone contacts with your Facebook™ contacts. All your synchronised phone data is right
at your fingertips and in your account on www.sonyericsson.com.
Sony Ericsson Local connectivity
More control over your media
Using Sony Ericsson Local connectivity, you can exercise more control over how media files get trans-
ferred and stored. For example, you can select MTP mode to transfer files if you want to limit the risk of
data corruption or select MSC mode if you want to have more control over the data storage.
Sony Ericsson Home screen application
The place you call Home
Customise your Home screen with widgets, shortcuts, folders, themes, wallpaper and other items.
Where’s best for you? Email top right? Music player bottom left? You decide. With four extensions to your
Home screen, you’ve got plenty of space to put things where you want. Just remember to flick left or right
to find them.
Note: Some of the services mentioned above may not be available in all markets.
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Facts – dimensions, weight, performance and
networks
Operating system Google™ Android™ 2.3 (Gingerbread)
Processor 1 GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon™ MSM8255
Size 111x 53x9.4 mm
Weight 100 grams
Available colours Black
Gold
Pink
White
Main screen
Colours 16,777,216 colour TFT
Resolution 854x480 pixels
Size (diagonal) 3.3 inches
Scratch resistant Shatter proof sheet on scratch-resistant glass
Input mechanisms
Text input On-screen QWERTY keyboard, 12 key input
Touch screen Capacitive (multi-touch)
Touch gesture Yes - multi-touch
Memory
Internal phone storage 1 GB (up to 300 MB of user accessible memory)
RAM 512 MB
Expansion slot microSD™, up to 32 GB
Camera
Camera resolution 8.1 megapixel
Front-facing camera Yes
Digital zoom 16x
Video recording Yes - HD 720p
Sensors
Accelerometer Yes
Proximity sensor Yes
Ambient light sensor Yes
Magnetometer Yes
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*Values are according to GSM Association Battery Life Measurement Technique.
Note: Battery performance may vary depending on network conditions and configurations, and phone
usage.
Networks
ST18i UMTS HSPA 900 (Band VIII), 2100 (Band I)
GSM GPRS/EDGE 850, 900, 1800, 1900
ST18a UMTS HSPA 800(Band VI), 850 (Band V), 1900 (Band II),
2100 (Band I)
GSM GPRS/EDGE 850, 900, 1800, 1900
Data transfer speeds
GSM GPRS Up to 86 kbps
GSM EDGE Up to 237 kbps
UMTS HSPA cat 6 (upload) Up to 5.8 Mbps
UMTS HSPA cat 8 (download) Up to 7.2 Mbps
Talk time (GSM) Up to 6 hours 50 mins*
Standby time (GSM) Up to 430 hours*
Talk time (UMTS) Up to 7 hours*
Standby time (UMTS) Up to 440 hours*
Music listening time Up to 36 hours
Video playback time Up to 6 hours 45 mins
Battery 1500 mAh
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Application overview list
Sony Ericsson signature applications
Sony Ericsson Home sceen application
Sony Ericsson Music Player
Sony Ericsson Timescape™
Sony Ericsson services
PlayNow™ service*
TrackID™ application
Sony Ericsson Sync™
Other applications
Facebook™ *
Microsoft® Exchange ActiveSync®
Wisepilot™ turn-by-turn navigation (free trial version)*
*This service is not available in all markets.
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Categorised feature list
Camera
8.1 megapixel camera
16x digital zoom
Aperture f/2.4
Auto focus
Face detection
Face recognition
Photo light
Front-facing camera (VGA)
Geo tagging
HD video recording (720p)
Image stabiliser
Scene detection
Self-timer
Send to web
Smile detection
Sony Exmor R™ CMOS sensor
Touch capture
Touch focus
Video light
Video recording
Video stabiliser
Music
Album art
Bluetooth™ stereo (A2DP)
Music tones (MP3/AAC)
PlayNow™ service**
SensMe™
Sony Ericsson Music Player
TrackID™ music recognition
application**
xLOUD™ Experience
Internet
Android Market*
Bookmarks
Google™ search**
Google Voice Search**
NeoReader™ barcode scanner
Pan & zoom
Web browser (WebKit)
Communication
Call list
Conference calls
Facebook™ application
Google Talk™
Noise Shield
Polyphonic ringtones
Sony Ericsson Timescape™
Speakerphone
Twitter™ (Timescape™ integra-
tion)
Vibrating alert
Video chat ready
Messaging
Conversations
Email
Google Mail™
Instant messaging
Picture messaging (MMS)
Predictive text input
Text messaging (SMS)
Design
Auto rotate
Keyboard (on-screen, 12 key)
Keyboard (on-screen, QWERTY)
Picture wallpaper
Reality display with Sony Mobile
BRAVIA® Engine
Touch screen
Wallpaper animation
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* Applications from the Android Market™ vary widely in size, from less than 100 KB for small utilities to 3-4
MB for full games, music player applications, or other major offerings. The average size, if a representative
selection of useful and fun applications is selected, is about 1 MB. This means that, on average, more than
100 applications can be downloaded and used on your device without negatively impacting performance.
With the ready availability of the Android Market™ application in the phone, it is also very easy to delete
and later reinstall infrequently used applications.
** This service is not available in all markets.
Entertainment
3D games
Media browser
Motion gaming
Radio (FM radio with RDS)
Video streaming
YouTube™ *
Organiser
Alarm clock
Calculator
Calendar
Document editors
Document readers
E-Manual
Flight mode
Google Calendar™
Google Gallery 3D™*
Infinite button
Phone book
Setup Wizard
Widget manager
Connectivity
3.5 mm audio jack
aGPS
Bluetooth™ technology
DLNA Certified™
Google Latitude™
Google Maps™ with Street View
Media Transfer Protocol support
Micro USB support
Modem
Native USB tethering
Synchronisation via Facebook™
Synchronisation via Google™
Sync*
Synchronisation via Sony Erics-
son Sync
Synchronisation with computer
Synchronisation via Exchange
ActiveSync®
USB High speed 2.0 support
USB mass storage
Wi-Fi®
Wi-Fi® Hotspot functionallity
Wisepilot™ turn-by-turn naviga-
tion*
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