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Wednesday, January 26, 2011

Sony Ericsson LiveView Details

I recently purchased a Sony Ericsson LiveView from Amazon.Since then I have been using it. Although there are some shortcomings, I'm really impressed to say the least. 
©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
Status
Notifications
Comments
Messages
works fine
Sender’s name, Full Message
-
Facebook
Patchy
User Name: Likes, Comments & Messages
(Basic Fb Notifications)
Notifications slow to arrive
Twitter
works fine
User Name, Full tweet
-
Find phone
works fine
Phone makes 3 Notification rings
Limited to connectivity and of course range.
RSS
works fine
Feed name,Full feed entry
-
Calendar
works fine
Event timings, Event details
-
Missed calls
works fine
Caller :Name, Number & Time of call
-
Active Calls
works fine
Caller Name or Number if name unknown
-

Third Party plugins:
Plugins
Status
Notifications
Comments
Gmail
works fine
Full Mail
-
PowerAmp
Brilliant
Music control: Play/Pause, Next/Previous, Volume Up/Down.
Clock Mode.
Album Art & Song Details not showing up.*
ContactCall
works fine
Contact Image, Contact Name or Number if name unknown
Plugin works brilliantly, but navigating to the person to call is a pain.
How about a shortcut to Favorite callers only??*
Launcher
works fine
Full App drawer
Icon rendering needs to be cleaned up.

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:
 
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11 comments:

  1. de_MarKJanuary 26, 2011 at 8:51 AM

    You can define a default contact group with a limited number of contacts in ContactCall plugin.

    Displaying 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).

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  2. Bharath PrabhuswamyJanuary 27, 2011 at 8:10 AM

    Great! Thanks de_Mark for the tips!...

    I 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.

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  3. de_MarKJanuary 28, 2011 at 5:56 PM

    It's not enough to enable scrobbling? Simple Last.fm needs to be installed to work?

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  4. Bharath PrabhuswamyJanuary 29, 2011 at 12:15 AM

    no..it requires simple Last.Fm/Last.fm or scrobble droid to be installed to enable scrobbling.

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  5. de_MarKJanuary 29, 2011 at 2:54 AM

    Strange. 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.

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  6. Bharath PrabhuswamyJanuary 29, 2011 at 3:05 AM

    Strange indeed. Does it work like that only for Xperia phones and needs scrobbling for other brands?

    I tried with scrobbling disabled, but did not work. That was the problem earlier, once i installed Last.FM was able to view Album details.

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  7. de_MarKJanuary 29, 2011 at 4:47 AM

    Definitely a scrobbling in the player options must be enabled. But it shouldn't be required to install a scrobbler.
    It'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.

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  8. Bharath PrabhuswamyJanuary 29, 2011 at 7:02 AM

    Yup saw the change..like both the icons :)

    btw.. this is what shows up in poweramp -

    http://goo.gl/gmt8q
    http://goo.gl/yr2ep

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  9. de_MarKJanuary 29, 2011 at 10:08 AM

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  10. de_MarKJanuary 29, 2011 at 10:10 AM

    Exactly. 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.

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  11. Bharath PrabhuswamyJanuary 31, 2011 at 6:04 AM

    Just verified. The settings you suggested was correct.

    I just enabled scrobbling (Last.fm was not installed) and I could view the AlbumArt.

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