White paper | Xperia™ ZR 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 Version 5 May 2013 Fifth released version Sony Mobile Developer World For the latest technical documentation and development tools, go to www.sonymobile.com/developer.
Bring it everywhere Xperia™ ZR is the new waterproof* smartphone from Sony. So you can film in HD and take photos under water, capturing sharp visuals in any conditions. It’s also dust and scratch resistant. Bring it to the pool.
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White paper | Xperia™ ZR ** 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. When using screen mirroring, the image quality may sometimes be negatively impacted if there is interference from other Wi-Fi networks.
“WALKMAN” application Image stabiliser xLoud™ Experience Object tracking Picture Effect Quick Launch Red-eye reduction Scene recognition Self-timer Send to web Smile shutter™ Sony Exmor RS® for mobile Image sensor Superior Auto Sweep Panorama Touch capture Touch focus White balance May 2013...
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Multimedia messaging (MMS) IPX5 and IPX8 (Water-proof)** Speakerphone Predictive text input IP5X (Dust-proof) Twitter™* Sound recorder On-screen QWERTY keyboard Text messaging (SMS) Sony Mobile BRAVIA® Engine 2 Voice input Screenshot capturing Throw Touch screen Wallpaper Wide color gamut Connectivity Organiser Entertainment 3.5 mm audio jack (CTIA)
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White paper | Xperia™ ZR ** In compliance with IP55 and IP58, Xperia™ ZR is protected against the ingress of dust and is waterproof. Provided that all ports and covers are firmly closed, the phone is (i) protected against low pressure jets of water from all practicable directions in compliance with IP 55;...
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™ ZR Wi-Fi® Supported standards IEEE 802.11a/b/g/n and Wi-Fi® Wi-Fi Direct® and 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™ ZR 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 device to a Wi-Fi® network. The files can then be accessed from other DLNA Certified®...
White paper | Xperia™ ZR 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™ ZR Positioning – location based services Supported standards: • OMA Secure User Plane Location (SUPL) v1.0 and v2.0 • 3GPP™ Control Plane location (incl. Emergency location) • Qualcomm® GPSOneXtra™ Supported satellite systems: • GPS • GLONASS* * NOTE: GPS and GLONASS are used together to calculate the position.
White paper | Xperia™ ZR Video Recording Encoder format Supported in file format Video: 3GPP (.3gp), MP4 (.mp4, .m4a) H.263 Profile 0, H.264 1080p (1920x1080) High Profile Audio: AAC-LC stereo, AMR-NB Audio/Video Streaming Streaming transport RTSP, HTTP / HTTPS, HLS DRM (Digital Rights Management) –...
White paper | Xperia™ ZR Web browser Google Chrome™ for Android™ is pre-installed.* Related information: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.android.chrome * Google Chrome™ is not available for all markets. May 2013...
Paper is noted as such. Types of memory The types of memory described and numbered below are consistent with the terminology used in Sony mobile device menus and in other content relating to 2013 Xperia™ devices: 1. Dynamic Memory (also known as RAM) is used by applications that run when the device is turned on.
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Settings > Applications > Manage Applications. In the Xperia™ ZR, about 4.6 GB of Internal Storage is available out of the box. Please note that in Sony Mobile 2013 products, “Internal Storage” is now the combination of what was previously known as “Device Memory” (for applications and their data – also previously known as “/ data”) and “Internal Storage”...
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4. SD Card (known as “/ext_card” from a programmer’s point of view, or by other names in other Android products) is the name for the removable SD memory card in all 2013 Sony Mobile products. As described above, this External Card memory is generally more limited in that any application can read from it, but many applications cannot save to this card.
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White paper | Xperia™ ZR Note 3: For a developer, it is important to note that from a programming point of view the location names used to refer to the different memory areas described in Note 1 are still valid, i.e., the area used for applications (“/ data”) is still present, as is the area used for content (“/sdcard”).
White paper | Xperia™ ZR 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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