Posted by mediar
Damn, they're still using the same old screenshots from their Arc review, when all the Xperia phones were still using Android 2.3.2. Same goes to their Neo review.
Posted by Bonovox
I think that's cos the interface is the same
Posted by Zzzyzx
On 2011-09-29 19:22:33, jplacson wrote:
no worries, it means volume
Since you also own an xperia x10 mini pro, how is the ray compared to its audio output?
I am an owner of the new mini and I am quite satisfied with the audio quality/output I am hoping it's at the very least the same as that.
Posted by Bonovox
www.mobilenewscwp.co.uk/2011/[....]udoor-campaign-for-xperia-ray/
Posted by Oogamous
http://www.mobilenewscwp.co.u[....]utdoor-campaign-for-xperia-ray
Revised link for above post
Posted by Bonovox
Oh sorry again
Posted by jplacson
My in-depth review, part 1 - the screen
Still running my ray through it's paces... The saga continues...
Posted by philyau
On 2011-10-01 14:05:00, jplacson wrote:
My in-depth review, part 1 - the screen
Still running my ray through it's paces... The saga continues...
Hey dude, whats weather widget you got on the ray?
cheers,
phil
Posted by jplacson
everyone seems to like my weather widget...
I'm using Fancy Widgets it was something I used on my X10 Mini Pro but it looks sooooo much better on the ray... the detail on the weather icons is so nice!
Posted by Zzzyzx
I am also from the Philippines and here the only available color that I have seen so far is black and gold. I hope the other colors will be released here too.
Posted by jplacson
2nd part of my ray review is up... for those that don't want to read the review, in a nutshell, decent quality, weak volume. Unless you have the LiveSound in your country kit, ditch the included headset.
Xperia ray Review Part 2 - Audio review
Posted by bronxdude
On 2011-10-03 12:32:01, jplacson wrote:
2nd part of my ray review is up... for those that don't want to read the review, in a nutshell, decent quality, weak volume. Unless you have the LiveSound in your country kit, ditch the included headset.
Xperia ray Review Part 2 - Audio review
hhhhmmm. now im worried.
is it bass-y enough?
Posted by jplacson
bronxdude, it is bassy enough, just not loud enough. A more efficient pair may help, but my K324 would represent a majority of headsets out there in terms of efficiency. And I can run the ray at max volume and it's 'just enough'.
Posted by bronxdude
On 2011-10-03 13:34:24, jplacson wrote:
bronxdude, it is bassy enough, just not loud enough. A more efficient pair may help, but my K324 would represent a majority of headsets out there in terms of efficiency. And I can run the ray at max volume and it's 'just enough'.
im actually using soundmagic PL-11.
max volume and its just enough? do you think a software tweak can do the trick?
Posted by Bonovox
Maybe a better music player download from Market which will have an EQ??
Posted by jplacson
If the hardware is capable, then a SW tweak could unlock it, but I wouldn't want a SW tweak to boost the volume... that would just introduce a lot of distortion. The EQ presets on the ray are fine, much better than the ones found on the iPhone4 and iPod Touch... but again, I hate using EQs except when playing through the external speaker. On headsets, SW EQ just messes up the audio quality too much.
Posted by Bonovox
Music normally sounds more natural in flat mode i guess its just volume you want. Then just better headphone will do for now
Posted by litemint
@Jp, seems like Mini Pro has the image detail on your blog
Posted by Zzzyzx
I am having problems playing Fruit Ninja (Free edition) using the Xperia Ray. The touch screen becomes unresponsive. Anyone else has experienced this?
Posted by dadu
Yes! Also a bad video quality. The rest, is perfect.
Posted by OffLineR
How on earth Xperia X10's battery could last more than Xperia Ray's
http://geekaphone.com/compare[....]ay-vs-Sony-Ericsson-Xperia-X10
Posted by jplacson
Depends what services they had on I guess...
I leave wifi, 3g data, gps, and bluetooth all on and I get 12 hours on my ray.
Here's my review of the Xperia ray's camera
Posted by roopi
MOst excellent reviews mr. Tech Gospel !
Hey has anyone here got the update to 2.3.4 yet??
Posted by jplacson
Thanks roopi!
**Edit on my blog review, I failed to mention that the photos posted are cropped and zoomed shots to show detail and flaws in the photos. I added a link on my original blog post to the original uncropped shots for those that want to examine them in more detail**
Posted by Zanders
Hey has anyone here got the update to 2.3.4 yet??
I got 2.3.4 a week ago.
Strange thing with BT. When I finish the call and press the buttom at the BT there is no indication that the call is ended, no blip in the headphones or anything in the display. Must check the phone everytime to see that the call is closed.
I donīt know if it was like this before the update, I updated the phone as soon I get it!
Posted by apolloa
Is the Xperia Ray camera better then the iPhone 4? Is it between the 4 and the 4S?
Posted by OffLineR
On 2011-10-04 14:49:57, jplacson wrote:
Depends what services they had on I guess...
I leave wifi, 3g data, gps, and bluetooth all on and I get 12 hours on my ray.
Here's my review of the Xperia ray's camera
Great reviews mate.
Are you going to add a review about the case and how it looks?
Posted by roopi
On 2011-10-05 16:59:36, Zanders wrote:
Hey has anyone here got the update to 2.3.4 yet??
I got 2.3.4 a week ago.
Strange thing with BT. When I finish the call and press the buttom at the BT there is no indication that the call is ended, no blip in the headphones or anything in the display. Must check the phone everytime to see that the call is closed.
I donīt know if it was like this before the update, I updated the phone as soon I get it!
Did you get 2.3.4 through th se update? are you in uk? I got impatient and flashtool'd the generic nordic firmware. It works great but noticed have no sound on wisepilot and the internet bookmarks are all nordic (could be the nordic customization me thinks lol). Was curious to find out if the sound works in your wisepilot?? Havent tried the blutooth headset yet so cant comment on your findings... yet
Roops
Posted by jplacson
On 2011-10-05 20:48:02, OffLineR wrote:
Great reviews mate.
Are you going to add a review about the case and how it looks?
Thanks OffLineR, I actually did in my overview entry thanks for reading!
If I missed anything, or if you have any other questions about the ray, feel free to leave a comment on my blog so I can address it.
Posted by OffLineR
On 2011-10-07 03:32:19, jplacson wrote:
Thanks OffLineR, I actually did in my overview entry thanks for reading!
If I missed anything, or if you have any other questions about the ray, feel free to leave a comment on my blog so I can address it.
It seems we had the same type of history with smartphones. P900, P1i, X10.
I had enough of these bulky and heavy phones.
I want something simple, efficient, capable, small, stylish which looks like RAY
What really bugs me the software advantages of the phone. New interface, timescape being a widget, bla bla, With recent updata I have them all on my X10 as well.
So only thing that I want is the form factor.
Which color do you recon?
Which looks like the color that the phone should be
Posted by dadu
I can`t get more than 24 h from my battery.
Posted by jplacson
Hey dadu, what services do you have running? Wifi? 3G? Mobile Data?
Posted by bronxdude
finally got my own ray
EDIT:
Why cant my mp3 files be played?
And some tracks from the same album has album art...some doesnt have one. im sure i have put every track with an album art
[ This Message was edited by: bronxdude on 2011-10-09 16:55 ]
Posted by Bonovox
Are they definately MP3?? Not WMA??
Posted by bronxdude
On 2011-10-09 17:27:20, Bonovox wrote:
Are they definately MP3?? Not WMA??
yes sir, they are mp3
Posted by Gud
On 2011-10-09 17:57:33, bronxdude wrote:
On 2011-10-09 17:27:20, Bonovox wrote:
Are they definately MP3?? Not WMA??
yes sir, they are mp3
It can be related to the encoding - the built-in player does not seem to handle MP3's encoded using variable bitrate (like many audio books).
Posted by Zzzyzx
On 2011-10-09 15:34:02, bronxdude wrote:
finally got my own ray
EDIT:
Why cant my mp3 files be played?
And some tracks from the same album has album art...some doesnt have one. im sure i have put every track with an album art
[ This Message was edited by: bronxdude on 2011-10-09 16:55 ]
Hi Bronxdude congratulations on your purchase. What color did you get?
Posted by pt020
On 2011-10-09 15:34:02, bronxdude wrote:
finally got my own ray
EDIT:
Why cant my mp3 files be played?
And some tracks from the same album has album art...some doesnt have one. im sure i have put every track with an album art
[ This Message was edited by: bronxdude on 2011-10-09 16:55 ]
On my Xmini pro I can play everything I had on my older SE phones (K750i,W800i,P1i,W902i,W995i) also with other players like Winamp. It looks strange to me that you can not listen to your player on your Ray.
Try to instal Winamp
https://market.android.com/de[....]t.winamp&feature=search_result
Posted by bronxdude
On 2011-10-10 07:05:13, Zzzyzx wrote:
On 2011-10-09 15:34:02, bronxdude wrote:
finally got my own ray
EDIT:
Why cant my mp3 files be played?
And some tracks from the same album has album art...some doesnt have one. im sure i have put every track with an album art
[ This Message was edited by: bronxdude on 2011-10-09 16:55 ]
Hi Bronxdude congratulations on your purchase. What color did you get?
hi sir!
I got the gold one. I was thinking of getting either white or pink, but the store rep said that these colors wont be released here.
will post some unboxing pics later
Posted by jplacson
On 2011-10-09 17:57:33, bronxdude wrote:
On 2011-10-09 17:27:20, Bonovox wrote:
Are they definately MP3?? Not WMA??
yes sir, they are mp3
Hey bronxdude, congrats! on the mp3 issue, I initially thought I had problems as well... it just takes a while for the file to be indexed.
I was converting (I prefer converting, it saves space, and guarantees performance instead of me bitching about why I can't play a 1080p MKV, I just convert and I save so much space) and transferring videos ... over and over because my ray would play it back... turns out, you just need to wait a bit for it to load from the SD card. I'm guessing the bundled card isn't quite a Class 10...
Posted by bronxdude
On 2011-10-10 10:47:37, pt020 wrote:
On 2011-10-09 15:34:02, bronxdude wrote:
finally got my own ray
EDIT:
Why cant my mp3 files be played?
And some tracks from the same album has album art...some doesnt have one. im sure i have put every track with an album art
[ This Message was edited by: bronxdude on 2011-10-09 16:55 ]
On my Xmini pro I can play everything I had on my older SE phones (K750i,W800i,P1i,W902i,W995i) also with other players like Winamp. It looks strange to me that you can not listen to your player on your Ray.
Try to instal Winamp
https://market.android.com/de[....]t.winamp&feature=search_result
i think this is because of the variable bitrate.
Posted by jplacson
bronxdude, I have no problems playing high rate VBR mp3s with the default player.
My on-going review of the ray and
new TimeScape
Posted by OffLineR
Sony Ericsson Turkiye is going to release Xperia Ray on 13th of October.
There will be a party along with the launch and guess who is invited
There was a contest which people required to write opinions about how they should challenge to the fashion.
5 people have been choosen over 500+ contenders. I'm one of them.
Here what I have written: "Don't follow the flock, follow the style; own an Xpearia RAY and create awareness"
I love you
[ This Message was edited by: OffLineR on 2011-10-10 13:56 ]
Posted by pt020
@bronxdude
Maybe I do not understand what you mean ... but on my playlist there are many numbers with different bitrates ...
from 96,128,160,192 to 320kbps
it plays them all.
[ This Message was edited by: pt020 on 2011-10-10 14:04 ]
Posted by jplacson
Hey Offline!!! That's great news!!! Post pics of the event!
Posted by bronxdude
jplacson and pt020 - but when i tried playing the files, it says cannot play track.
tutorial perhaps? hahaha! im really new to android. 
i changed my memory card to 16gb.
Posted by bronxdude
my xperia ray unboxing pics - taken by my old samsung wave.
Posted by jplacson
On 2011-10-10 17:14:28, bronxdude wrote:
jplacson and pt020 - but when i tried playing the files, it says cannot play track.
tutorial perhaps? hahaha! im really new to android.
i changed my memory card to 16gb.
How did you transfer the files? Do you think you could send me one file?
I want to see if it will play on my ray... just to isolate if it's the file or your phone. PM me your email so I can send you a Dropbox invite
Posted by Rookwise
Anyone who has upgraded from x10 to the ray. Is it a good one to change to. My 12 month old x10 has started to have some problems with its buttons so need to look at a replacement.
Its either going to be a Ray in gold or an Xperia Pro.
Posted by Bonovox
If you want large screen the Xperia Pro would be better than the Ray. The Ray's screen is rather small & narrow. The Pro is out now seen it on Clove website in stock