(PRINTWORDS NEWS)-The tech pundits think that the future of the feature phones is not bright. With smart phones becoming more affordable with time the thinking seems to be right. However, there are still some people who need phones for making calls and prefer ease of use and battery life over fancy features. If you are among these people, you can definitely consider the Sony Ericsson Cedar. It has a classic candy bar design and its look inspires elegance rather than style.
As a phone Cedar gets the basics right. You can also use it as a media player albeit with restrictions. There is a headphone jack and a microUSB. It has a microSD slot that can support cards up to 16GB. The Cedar ships with a meager 2 MP camera and it lacks a Flash. The 2.2 inch screen of Cedar has a 320×240 resolution, the same you get on many cheap smart phones. However, colors pop out and images look sharp owing to the small size of the screen.
The keys on Cedar are really swift and messaging is a nice experience for the users. Now you may point out speed wise the standard layout cannot match QWERTY, and that is true. It has a decent web browser as well. The downer is that it does not offer support for Flash Video. It also packs in a FM radio. There is limited social networking support and there is no integration like Timescape.
The battery life of the Cedar is impressive and it lasts for quite a few days. Sony Ericsson also touts it to be a green phone. It makes use of recycled plastics. It lets you do basically everything you want from a phone and the throws in some media and web enhancements as well- all within a budget price.
