White paper | Xperia™ SP HSPA Purpose of this document Sony product White papers are intended to give an overview of a product and provide details in relevant areas of technology. Document history Version March 2013 First released version Version 1...
White paper | Xperia™ SP HSPA Table of contents Product overview ......................2 Xperia™ SP HSPA – Experience the brilliance of Sony inside and out ....2 Signature features ....................4 Facts – dimensions, weight, performance and networks ........5 Categorised feature list ..................7 Technologies in detail ....................9...
- no matter what you’re viewing. The Reality Display is powered by Mobile BRAVIA® Engine 2. That means razor sharp images, vibrant colours and the enhanced contrast you recognize from Sony TV’s. Easy connectivity with one-touch functions The NFC-enabled smartphone lets you share pictures with other phones in a single touch.
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White paper | Xperia™ SP HSPA * Separate accessory, not included. ** Your TV must support screen mirroring based on Wi-Fi CERTIFIED Miracast™ for the screen mirroring feature to work. If your TV does not support such screen mirroring, you need to purchase a wireless display adapter separately.
White paper | Xperia™ SP HSPA Signature features The Sony Xperia™ SP HSPA comes with a range of features as standard. Below is a summary of the key signature features. Xperia™ Local connectivity More control over your media Using Local connectivity, you can exercise more control over how media files get transferred and stored.
Glove mode HD Voice Handwriting recognition Light effects Noise suppression Instant messaging On-screen QWERTY keyboard Polyphonic ringtones Multimedia messaging (MMS) Sony Mobile BRAVIA® Engine 2 Xperia™ Socialife™* Predictive text input Screenshot capturing Speakerphone Sound recorder Throw Twitter™ application* Text messaging (SMS)
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Stopwatch YouTube™* Micro USB support Tasks Native USB tethering Timer PC Companion Screen mirroring Sony Bridge for Mac Synchronisation via Microsoft® Exchange® ActiveSync® Synchronisation via Facebook™ Synchronisation via Google™ Synchronisation via SyncML™ USB charging USB High speed 2.0 support Xperia Link™...
Technologies in detail NOTE: The information outlined below is general and levels of compliance to standards and specifications may vary between products and markets. For more information, contact Sony Mobile Developer World or your Sony contact person where applicable. Device-to-device communications (local) Bluetooth™...
White paper | Xperia™ SP HSPA Wi-Fi® Supported standards IEEE 802.11a/b/g/n and Wi-Fi® Wi-Fi Direct™, Wi-Fi Protected Setup Connectable devices Wi-Fi® access points Wi-Fi Direct compatible devices Frequency band 2.4 GHz/5 GHz Data transfer rate Up to 150 Mbit/s Security WEP Open Authentication WEP Shared Authentication WPA Personal and WPA2 Personal...
White paper | Xperia™ SP HSPA DLNA Certified® (Digital Living Network Alliance) Supported Device Classes M-DMS – Mobile Digital Media Server Media Types: images, music and video Summary: The digital media server exposes the media files in your phone to a Wi-Fi® network. The files can then be accessed from other DLNA Certified®...
White paper | Xperia™ SP HSPA Messaging MMS (Multimedia Messaging Service) According to OMA Multimedia Messaging Service v1.0 + SMIL Email Bearer type (IP) GPRS, EGPRS, UMTS Character sets BIG5 Traditional Chinese GB18030 ISO-2022-JP Japanese ISO-8859-1 ISO-8859-2 Eastern Europe ISO-8859-5 Cyrillic ISO-8859-7 Greek ISO-8859-9 Turkish ISO 8859-11...
White paper | Xperia™ SP HSPA Positioning – location based services Supported standards: • OMA Secure User Plane Location (SUPL) v1.0 & v2.0 • 3GPP™ Control Plane location • Qualcomm® GPSOneXtra™ Supported satellite systems: • GPS • GLONASS* * NOTE: GPS and GLONASS are used together to calculate the position. Positioning is more robust and accurate in most conditions, if both systems are active.
White paper | Xperia™ SP HSPA Video Recording Encoder format Supported in file format Video: H.263 Profile 0, H.264 3GPP (.3gp), MP4 (.mp4) 1080p (1920x1080) High Profile Audio: AAC-LC stereo, AMR-NB Audio/Video Streaming Streaming transport RTSP, HTTP / HTTPS, HLS DRM (Digital Rights Management) –...
Paper is noted as such. Types of memory The types of memory described below are consistent with the terminology used in Sony mobile phone menus and in other content relating to 2013 Xperia™ phones: 1. Dynamic Memory (also known as RAM) is used by applications that run when the phone is turned on.
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Storage. You can also view more detail about how much memory is used by applications in Settings > Applications > Manage Applications. Please note that in Sony Mobile 2013 products, “Internal Storage” is now the union of what was previously known as “Phone Memory” (for applications and their data. “/data”) and “Internal Storage”...
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In contrast, Sony Mobile has done the integration in a manner which makes it possible to preserve user content in this situation; therefore, when performing a Factory Data Reset, the default will still be to only remove applications and their data, and an option box must be checked if also all content is to be removed (as might be desirable when selling the device second-hand, for instance).
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White paper | Xperia™ SP HSPA In reality, “sdcard” is a so-called symbolic link to “/data/media”, but from inside an Android application, “/ sdcard” can still be used (for instance, use “sdcard/DCIM/100Android” to find all camera images). Continuing to use /sdcard to access the content area ensures compatibility across different products and Android releases in this regard.
White paper | Xperia™ SP HSPA Trademarks and acknowledgements All product and company names mentioned herein are the trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective owners. Any rights not expressly granted herein are reserved. All other trademarks are property of their respective owners. Visit www.sonymobile.com for more information.
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White paper | Xperia™ SP LTE Purpose of this document Sony product White papers are intended to give an overview of a product and provide details in relevant areas of technology. Document history Version March 2013 First released version Version 1...
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White paper | Xperia™ SP LTE Table of contents Product overview ......................2 Xperia™ SP LTE – Experience the brilliance of Sony inside and out ....2 Signature features ....................4 Facts – dimensions, weight, performance and networks ........5 Categorised feature list ..................7 Technologies in detail ....................9...
White paper | Xperia™ SP LTE Product overview Xperia™ SP LTE – Experience the brilliance of Sony inside and out High definition entertainment in a premium design. Xperia™ SP has the looks of a true design connoisseur’s smartphone. The super-sharp HD screen covers almost the entire front.
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White paper | Xperia™ SP LTE * Separate accessory, not included. ** Your TV must support screen mirroring based on Wi-Fi CERTIFIED Miracast™ for the screen mirroring feature to work. If your TV does not support such screen mirroring, you need to purchase a wireless display adapter separately.
White paper | Xperia™ SP LTE Signature features The Sony Xperia™ SP LTE comes with a range of features as standard. Below is a summary of the key signature features. Xperia™ Local connectivity More control over your media Using Local connectivity, you can exercise more control over how media files get transferred and stored.
Glove mode HD Voice Handwriting recognition Light effects Noise suppression Instant messaging On-screen QWERTY keyboard Polyphonic ringtones Multimedia messaging (MMS) Sony Mobile BRAVIA® Engine 2 Xperia™ Socialife™* Predictive text input Screenshot capturing Speakerphone Sound recorder Throw Twitter™ application* Text messaging (SMS)
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Stopwatch YouTube™* Micro USB support Tasks Native USB tethering Timer PC Companion Screen mirroring Sony Bridge for Mac Synchronisation via Microsoft® Exchange® ActiveSync® Synchronisation via Facebook™ Synchronisation via Google™ Synchronisation via SyncML™ USB charging USB High speed 2.0 support Xperia Link™...
Technologies in detail NOTE: The information outlined below is general and levels of compliance to standards and specifications may vary between products and markets. For more information, contact Sony Mobile Developer World or your Sony contact person where applicable. Device-to-device communications (local) Bluetooth™...
White paper | Xperia™ SP LTE Wi-Fi® Supported standards IEEE 802.11a/b/g/n and Wi-Fi® Wi-Fi Direct™, Wi-Fi Protected Setup Connectable devices Wi-Fi® access points Wi-Fi Direct compatible devices Frequency band 2.4 GHz/5 GHz Data transfer rate Up to 150 Mbit/s Security WEP Open Authentication WEP Shared Authentication WPA Personal and WPA2 Personal...
White paper | Xperia™ SP LTE DLNA Certified® (Digital Living Network Alliance) Supported Device Classes M-DMS – Mobile Digital Media Server Media Types: images, music and video Summary: The digital media server exposes the media files in your phone to a Wi-Fi® network. The files can then be accessed from other DLNA Certified®...
White paper | Xperia™ SP LTE Messaging MMS (Multimedia Messaging Service) According to OMA Multimedia Messaging Service v1.0 + SMIL Email Bearer type (IP) GPRS, EGPRS, UMTS Character sets BIG5 Traditional Chinese GB18030 ISO-2022-JP Japanese ISO-8859-1 ISO-8859-2 Eastern Europe ISO-8859-5 Cyrillic ISO-8859-7 Greek ISO-8859-9 Turkish ISO 8859-11...
White paper | Xperia™ SP LTE Positioning – location based services Supported standards: • OMA Secure User Plane Location (SUPL) v1.0 & v2.0 • 3GPP™ Control Plane location • Qualcomm® GPSOneXtra™ Supported satellite systems: • GPS • GLONASS* * NOTE: GPS and GLONASS are used together to calculate the position. Positioning is more robust and accurate in most conditions, if both systems are active.
White paper | Xperia™ SP LTE Video Recording Encoder format Supported in file format Video: H.263 Profile 0, H.264 3GPP (.3gp), MP4 (.mp4) 1080p (1920x1080) High Profile Audio: AAC-LC stereo, AMR-NB Audio/Video Streaming Streaming transport RTSP, HTTP / HTTPS, HLS DRM (Digital Rights Management) –...
Paper is noted as such. Types of memory The types of memory described below are consistent with the terminology used in Sony mobile phone menus and in other content relating to 2013 Xperia™ phones: 1. Dynamic Memory (also known as RAM) is used by applications that run when the phone is turned on.
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Storage. You can also view more detail about how much memory is used by applications in Settings > Applications > Manage Applications. Please note that in Sony Mobile 2013 products, “Internal Storage” is now the union of what was previously known as “Phone Memory” (for applications and their data. “/data”) and “Internal Storage”...
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In contrast, Sony Mobile has done the integration in a manner which makes it possible to preserve user content in this situation; therefore, when performing a Factory Data Reset, the default will still be to only remove applications and their data, and an option box must be checked if also all content is to be removed (as might be desirable when selling the device second-hand, for instance).
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White paper | Xperia™ SP LTE In reality, “sdcard” is a so-called symbolic link to “/data/media”, but from inside an Android application, “/ sdcard” can still be used (for instance, use “sdcard/DCIM/100Android” to find all camera images). Continuing to use /sdcard to access the content area ensures compatibility across different products and Android releases in this regard.
White paper | Xperia™ SP LTE Trademarks and acknowledgements All product and company names mentioned herein are the trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective owners. Any rights not expressly granted herein are reserved. All other trademarks are property of their respective owners. Visit www.sonymobile.com for more information.
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White paper | Xperia™ SP Purpose of this document Sony product White papers are intended to give an overview of a product and provide details in relevant areas of technology. Document history Version March 2013 First released version Version 1...
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White paper | Xperia™ SP Table of contents Product overview ......................2 Xperia™ SP – Experience the brilliance of Sony inside and out ......2 Signature features ....................4 Facts – dimensions, weight, performance and networks ........5 Categorised feature list ..................7 Technologies in detail ....................9 Device-to-device communications (local) .............9...
White paper | Xperia™ SP Product overview Xperia™ SP – Experience the brilliance of Sony inside and out High definition entertainment in a premium design. Xperia™ SP has the looks of a true design connoisseur’s smartphone. The super-sharp HD screen covers almost the entire front.
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White paper | Xperia™ SP * Separate accessory, not included. ** Your TV must support screen mirroring based on Wi-Fi CERTIFIED Miracast™ for the screen mirroring feature to work. If your TV does not support such screen mirroring, you need to purchase a wireless display adapter separately.
White paper | Xperia™ SP Signature features The Sony Xperia™ SP comes with a range of features as standard. Below is a summary of the key signature features. Xperia™ Local connectivity More control over your media Using Local connectivity, you can exercise more control over how media files get transferred and stored.
White paper | Xperia™ SP Facts – dimensions, weight, performance and networks Operating system Google™ Android™ 4.1 (Jelly Bean) Processor 1.7 GHz Qualcomm MSM8960Pro Dual Core Adreno 320 Size 130.6x67.1x9.98 mm Weight 155 grams Available colours Black White Silver SIM card Micro SIM Main screen Colours...
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White paper | Xperia™ SP Ambient light sensor** Magnetometer Gyroscope Networks C5306 UMTS HSPA+ 850 (Band V), 900 (Band VIII), 1900 (Band II), 2100 (Band I) MHz GSM GPRS/EDGE 850, 900, 1800, 1900 MHz LTE Band I, Band II, Band IV and Band V Data transfer speeds GSM GPRS Up to 86 kbps...
Glove mode HD Voice Handwriting recognition Light effects Noise suppression Instant messaging On-screen QWERTY keyboard Polyphonic ringtones Multimedia messaging (MMS) Sony Mobile BRAVIA® Engine 2 Xperia™ Socialife™* Predictive text input Screenshot capturing Speakerphone Sound recorder Throw Twitter™ application* Text messaging (SMS)
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Stopwatch YouTube™* Micro USB support Tasks Native USB tethering Timer PC Companion Screen mirroring Sony Bridge for Mac Synchronisation via Microsoft® Exchange® ActiveSync® Synchronisation via Facebook™ Synchronisation via Google™ Synchronisation via SyncML™ USB charging USB High speed 2.0 support Xperia Link™...
Technologies in detail NOTE: The information outlined below is general and levels of compliance to standards and specifications may vary between products and markets. For more information, contact Sony Mobile Developer World or your Sony contact person where applicable. Device-to-device communications (local) Bluetooth™...
White paper | Xperia™ SP Wi-Fi® Supported standards IEEE 802.11a/b/g/n and Wi-Fi® Wi-Fi Direct™, Wi-Fi Protected Setup Connectable devices Wi-Fi® access points Wi-Fi Direct compatible devices Frequency band 2.4 GHz/5 GHz Data transfer rate Up to 150 Mbit/s Security WEP Open Authentication WEP Shared Authentication WPA Personal and WPA2 Personal WPA Enterprise and WPA2 Enterprise...
White paper | Xperia™ SP DLNA Certified® (Digital Living Network Alliance) Supported Device Classes M-DMS – Mobile Digital Media Server Media Types: images, music and video Summary: The digital media server exposes the media files in your phone to a Wi-Fi® network. The files can then be accessed from other DLNA Certified®...
White paper | Xperia™ SP Messaging MMS (Multimedia Messaging Service) According to OMA Multimedia Messaging Service v1.0 + SMIL Email Bearer type (IP) GPRS, EGPRS, UMTS Character sets BIG5 Traditional Chinese GB18030 ISO-2022-JP Japanese ISO-8859-1 ISO-8859-2 Eastern Europe ISO-8859-5 Cyrillic ISO-8859-7 Greek ISO-8859-9 Turkish ISO 8859-11...
White paper | Xperia™ SP Positioning – location based services Supported standards: • OMA Secure User Plane Location (SUPL) v1.0 & v2.0 • 3GPP™ Control Plane location • Qualcomm® GPSOneXtra™ Supported satellite systems: • GPS • GLONASS* * NOTE: GPS and GLONASS are used together to calculate the position. Positioning is more robust and accurate in most conditions, if both systems are active.
White paper | Xperia™ SP Video Recording Encoder format Supported in file format Video: H.263 Profile 0, H.264 3GPP (.3gp), MP4 (.mp4) 1080p (1920x1080) High Profile Audio: AAC-LC stereo, AMR-NB Audio/Video Streaming Streaming transport RTSP, HTTP / HTTPS, HLS DRM (Digital Rights Management) – OMA DRM 1.0 Marlin DRM features the rights and copy protection of downloaded content...
Paper is noted as such. Types of memory The types of memory described below are consistent with the terminology used in Sony mobile phone menus and in other content relating to 2013 Xperia™ phones: 1. Dynamic Memory (also known as RAM) is used by applications that run when the phone is turned on.
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Storage. You can also view more detail about how much memory is used by applications in Settings > Applications > Manage Applications. Please note that in Sony Mobile 2013 products, “Internal Storage” is now the union of what was previously known as “Phone Memory” (for applications and their data. “/data”) and “Internal Storage”...
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In contrast, Sony Mobile has done the integration in a manner which makes it possible to preserve user content in this situation; therefore, when performing a Factory Data Reset, the default will still be to only remove applications and their data, and an option box must be checked if also all content is to be removed (as might be desirable when selling the device second-hand, for instance).
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White paper | Xperia™ SP In reality, “sdcard” is a so-called symbolic link to “/data/media”, but from inside an Android application, “/ sdcard” can still be used (for instance, use “sdcard/DCIM/100Android” to find all camera images). Continuing to use /sdcard to access the content area ensures compatibility across different products and Android releases in this regard.
White paper | Xperia™ SP Trademarks and acknowledgements All product and company names mentioned herein are the trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective owners. Any rights not expressly granted herein are reserved. All other trademarks are property of their respective owners. Visit www.sonymobile.com for more information.