©Sony Ericsson
Sony Ericsson LiveView
1.3” OLED Screen
128x128 pixels
Bluetooth 2.1
In the Box: 1 Watch strap with Velcro strip,
2 Flanged Spring Bars,
1 snap-on holder for Watch,
1 snap-on Clip (attached to LiveView)
1 Micro-B USB Charger (5V, 550mA)
User guide, Legal Information booklets
The performance of the device is pretty neat. The device works like a charm when connected but constant disconnection causes dissatisfaction. The device disconnects unpredictably possibly due to firmware issue or limitations in it's bluetooth range. The Device becomes unresponsive if the LiveView app is killed. The Music plugin however doesn't seem to be working with my Nexus One.
Default Plugins:
Plugins
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Status
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Notifications
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Comments
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Messages
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works fine
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Sender’s name, Full Message
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-
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Facebook
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Patchy
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User Name: Likes, Comments & Messages
(Basic Fb Notifications)
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Notifications slow to arrive
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Twitter
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works fine
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User Name, Full tweet
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-
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Find phone
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works fine
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Phone makes 3 Notification rings
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Limited to connectivity and of course range.
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RSS
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works fine
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Feed name,Full feed entry
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-
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Calendar
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works fine
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Event timings, Event details
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-
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Missed calls
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works fine
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Caller :Name, Number & Time of call
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-
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Active Calls
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works fine
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Caller Name or Number if name unknown
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-
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Third Party plugins:
Plugins
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Status
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Notifications
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Comments
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Gmail
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works fine
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Full Mail
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-
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PowerAmp
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Brilliant
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Music control: Play/Pause, Next/Previous, Volume Up/Down.
Clock Mode.
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Album Art & Song Details not showing up.*
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ContactCall
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works fine
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Contact Image, Contact Name or Number if name unknown
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Plugin works brilliantly, but navigating to the person to call is a pain.
How about a shortcut to Favorite callers only??*
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Launcher
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works fine
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Full App drawer
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Icon rendering needs to be cleaned up.
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Battery Life:
7 Hrs of an eventful day with Notifications,
24 Hrs on standby, without sync.
Conclusion:
The Bluetooth connection needs to be improved. Good implementation of the concept.
*Update [Jan 27]:
PowerAmp plugin shows AlbumArt if scrobbling is enabled.
ContactCall has options to select groups like (All Contacts,Starred in Android...) to display in LiveView
Press Shots ©Sony Ericsson:
*Update [Jan 27]:
PowerAmp plugin shows AlbumArt if scrobbling is enabled.
ContactCall has options to select groups like (All Contacts,Starred in Android...) to display in LiveView
Press Shots ©Sony Ericsson:
You can define a default contact group with a limited number of contacts in ContactCall plugin.
ReplyDeleteDisplaying track details in PowerAMP plugin is possible only for stock Google player, HTC Music and for players which are able to scrobble track info to external scrobblers (ie. PowerAMP can do that and WinAMP can, though the last one requires Last.fm scrobbler installed).
Great! Thanks de_Mark for the tips!...
ReplyDeleteI did get the group select options for ContactCall plugin.
I also got PowerAmp to display album art.
But even PowerAmp requires Simple LastFm to scrobble content.
It's not enough to enable scrobbling? Simple Last.fm needs to be installed to work?
ReplyDeleteno..it requires simple Last.Fm/Last.fm or scrobble droid to be installed to enable scrobbling.
ReplyDeleteStrange. I've just enabled scrobbling via scrobble droid without this one installed and my plugin is able to display an info about track being played.
ReplyDeleteStrange indeed. Does it work like that only for Xperia phones and needs scrobbling for other brands?
ReplyDeleteI tried with scrobbling disabled, but did not work. That was the problem earlier, once i installed Last.FM was able to view Album details.
Definitely a scrobbling in the player options must be enabled. But it shouldn't be required to install a scrobbler.
ReplyDeleteIt's required only for Winamp because it will not broadcast any information if the Last.fm is not installed (even if scrobbling is enabled).
The brand of a phone shouldn't matter.
BTW I've changed a plugin name. It's the LiveView Music Plugin now.
Yup saw the change..like both the icons :)
ReplyDeletebtw.. this is what shows up in poweramp -
http://goo.gl/gmt8q
http://goo.gl/yr2ep
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ReplyDeleteExactly. But you don't need to download and install any scrobbler. Just setting "Scrobbling..." on should be enough for PowerAMP to work with my plugin.
ReplyDeleteJust verified. The settings you suggested was correct.
ReplyDeleteI just enabled scrobbling (Last.fm was not installed) and I could view the AlbumArt.