The Organizer menu contains a number of items, none of which are new or particularly exciting, although they are certainly useful. There are such features as a calculator (non-scientific), a stopwatch, and an alarm function, which allows you to set up to five separate alarms and use your own tune as the alarm signal. You can also access application stored on the handset from the Organizer menu through the fittingly titled ‘Applications’ feature. As mentioned above, there is only one pre-installed application on the handset. Also present are calendar and tasks features, both of which are practical and to the point. The calendar offers the ability to store appointments and set reminders for them, whilst the Tasks function allows you to set reminders for various tasks you may have. The calendar comes with a pre-set link on the short cut menu, which is accessed by pressing the dedicated short cut button.
Also in the Organizer menu is the Notes function, which is just as it sounds; you can create short notes. The old Sony Ericsson stalwart Code Memo is also present. Rounding off the functions is Synchronisation, which allows you to synchronise the handset remotely using either SyncML or Exchange ActiveSync.
The Settings function on the main menu doesn’t really offer nay surprises for the seasoned Sony Ericsson owner. The only two options that may seem unfamiliar are Gesture Control and Open to Answer. The former allows you to turn the gesture control feature on and off, whilst the latter allows you to configure whether you want opening the handset to answer an incoming call.
Last, but not least, on our menu tour is the Walkman function. This is arguably the heart of the handset given that it is a Walkman handset. Upon selecting the Walkman function you are immediately taken to the player where you can start playing a track. Pressing the right soft key brings up a list of options, including one entitled ‘My Music’, which lets you browse through the music you have stored on the handset/memory stick. There is also an option from the menu to send and delete files or get information on them e.g. file size, length of track, etc. You are also given the option of saving playlists and minimizing the Walkman player.
The actual settings option in the Walkman player, accessed through the right soft key menu, gives you various options to configure the equalizer settings; turn album art on and off; select from two different skins for the Walkman player, and select whether you want to play in Shuffle mode and whether you want Loop mode activated.