Sony Ericsson XPERIA PLAY R800x Quick reference guide

White paper
August 2011
R800a, R800at, R88i, R800x
™ PLAY

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Eightth released version (August 2011)
Publication number: 1244-5887
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Table of contents
Product overview ........................................................................................................4
Sony Ericsson Xperia™ PLAY - Slide out to wow .................................................4
Xperia™ Play gaming controls ..............................................................................5
Facts – dimensions, weight, performance and networks ......................................6
Categorised feature list ..........................................................................................8
Technologies in detail ...............................................................................................10
Device-to-device communications (local) ...........................................................10
Bluetooth™ wireless technology ......................................................................10
Wi-Fi® ...............................................................................................................11
DLNA Certified™ (Digital Living Home Alliance)*..............................................12
Gaming ................................................................................................................13
Messaging ...........................................................................................................14
MMS (Multimedia Messaging Service)..............................................................14
Email .................................................................................................................14
Positioning – location based services .................................................................15
Synchronisation (OMA DS, EAS, Google Sync) ...................................................15
Hearing Aid Compatibility (HAC) ..........................................................................15
Multimedia (audio, image and video) ...................................................................17
Web browser .......................................................................................................18
Trademarks and acknowledgements ..................................................................19

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Product overview
Sony Ericsson Xperia™ PLAY - Slide out to wow
Slot home the winning goal. Conquer the demon dragons. Hit the ground with guns blazing. Or even work,
if you have to. Simply switch from calls, emails and Internet browsing, to playing your favourite console
games. On Xperia™ PLAY. The full-featured PlayStation™ certified Android™ smartphone with a 4”
screen and real console controls that’s designed to do everything you need. So you can immerse yourself
in the glorious games you want.
Geared up for gaming
Slide out the controls and smash the volley into the top corner. Or crush the enemy in close quarter
combat. In superb stereo sound. Pass like a pro using dedicated gaming keys and view the action on the
whole screen, without your fingers getting in the way. High octane action brought to life with a fast 1GHz
processor and powerful Adreno 205 graphics processor. The crispest colours and true 3D gaming
graphics. Couldn’t be better, could it?
Feast on the fun
What’s your game? Full flowing football on FIFA 10? Or full contact karate with Bruce Lee: Dragon
Warrior? Play the preloaded games, or download what you want from Sony and other top gaming
publishers. Choose from thousands of games on Android Market™. Speak, search, read, play, enjoy. With
more than 100,000 apps available you won’t have time to get bored.
Want more? Get instant access to Google™ mobile services like YouTube™, Google Maps™, Gmail™, or
find what you want on the web with Google Voice Search™. The latest of everything on a smartphone
that’s made for gamers.

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Xperia™ Play gaming controls
Control the game from the palm of your hand. With the unique gaming control design of Sony
Playstation® transformed into Xperia™ Play you will have a gaming experience hard to resist.
Gaming control keys
1. Left trigger
2. Directional buttons
3. Game menu
4. Touch screen
5. Touch pad
6. Button
7. Button
8. Button
9. Button
10. Select key
11. Right trigger
12. Start key
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Facts – dimensions, weight, performance and
networks
Operating system Google™ Android 2.3 (Gingerbread)
Processor 1 GHz Scorpion ARMv7
Size 119 × 62 ×16 mm
Weight 175 grams
Available colours Black
White
Main screen
Colours 16,777,216 colour TFT
Resolution 480×854 pixels
Size (diagonal) 4 inches
Input mechanisms
Text input On-screen QWERTY keyboard
Touch screen Capacitive (multi-touch)
Gesture control Yes
Memory
Phone memory Up to 400 MB
Memory card support microSD™, up to 32 GB
Camera
Camera resolution 5.1 megapixel
Photo flash Yes – LED
Video recording Yes – 480p
Sensors
Accelerometer Yes
Proximity sensor Yes
Ambient light sensor Yes
Magnetometer Yes
eCompass™ Yes

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* Values are according to GSM Association Battery Life Measurement Technique.
NOTE: Battery performance may vary depending on network conditions and configurations, and phone
usage.
Networks
R800a UMTS HSPA 800 (Band VI), 850 (Band V), 1900 (Band II),
2100 (Band I)
GSM GPRS/EDGE 850, 900, 1800, 1900
R800at UMTS HSPA 800 (Band VI), 850 (Band V), 1900 (Band II),
2100 (Band I)
GSM GPRS/EDGE 850, 900, 1800, 1900
R800i UMTS HSPA 900 (Band VIII), 2100 (Band I)
GSM GPRS/EDGE 850, 900, 1800, 1900
R800x CDMA2000®, cdmaOne, EVDO
Data transfer speeds
GSM GPRS (GPRS MS Class 10/
AT&T Class 10)
Up to 80 kbps (download). Up to 20 kbps (upload)
GSM EDGE (E-GPRS MS Class
12)
Up to 237 kbps (download). Up to 59 kbps (upload)
UMTS HSPA (HS-DSCH Cat. 8
download)
Up to 7.2 Mbps
UMTS HSPA (E-DCH Cat. 6
upload)
Up to 5.76 Mbps
1XEV-DO Up to 3.1 Mbps (download). Up to 1.8 Mbps (upload)
Talk time (GSM) Up to 8 hours 25 min*
Standby time (GSM) Up to 425 hours*
Talk time (UMTS) Up to 6 hours 25 min*
Standby time (UMTS) Up to 413 hours*
Talk time (CDMA2000®) Up to 7 hours 40 min*
Standby time (CDMA2000®) Up to 405 hours*
Game play time (Java) Up to 5 hours 35 min
MP3 playback Up to 30 hours 35 min
Battery 1500 mAh

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Categorised feature list
* This service is not available in all markets.
**Available for R800a, R800at, R800i.
***Available for R800x
Camera
5.1 megapixel camera
Auto focus
Flash/Photo light
Front-facing camera (VGA)
Geo tagging
Send to web
Video light
Video recording
Music
Album art
Bluetooth™ stereo (A2DP)
Google Music player***
Music tones (MP3/AAC)
PlayNow™ service*
Sony Ericsson Music player**
Stereo speakers
TrackID™ music recognition*
Internet
Android Market™*
Bookmarks
Google™ search*
Google Voice™ Search*
Pan & zoom
Web browser (Webkit)
Communication
Call list
Conference calls
Facebook™ application (from
Android Market™)
Facebook inside Xperia™ 2.0
Google Talk™ video chat*
Noise Shield
Polyphonic ringtones
Speakerphone
Sony Ericsson Timescape™**
Twitter™ application (from
Android Market™)*
Vibrating alert
Video chat ready
Messaging
Android Cloud to Device
messaging (C2DM)
Conversations
Email
Google Mail™*
Instant messaging
Multimedia messaging (MMS)
Predictive text input
Sound recorder
Text messaging (SMS)
Design
Auto rotation
Keyboard (on-screen, 12 key)
Keyboard (on-screen, QWERTY)
Live wallpaper
Picture wallpaper
Screenshot capturing
Swipe to write
Touch screen

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* This service is not available in all markets.
** Requires Facebook™application installed on the device.
*** Available for R800a, R800at, R800i.
Entertainment
3D games
Accelerated Adobe Flash Video
Dedicated gaming keys
Gesture gaming
Motion gaming
Sony Entertainment Networks*
Video streaming
YouTube™*
Organiser
Alarm clock
Calculator
Calendar
Document editors
Document readers
E-Manual
Flight mode
Google Calendar™*
Google Gallery 3D*
Infinite button***
Phonebook
Setup guide
Widget manager
Connectivity
3.5 mm audio jack
aGPS*
Bluetooth™ technology
DLNA Certified™***
Google Latitude™*
Google Location Service*
Google Maps™ with Street View*
Media Transfer Protocol support
Micro USB Support
Native USB tethering*
Modem
Synchronisation via Facebook™**
Synchronisation via Google
Sync™*
Synchronisation via Microsoft®
Exchange ActiveSync®
Synchronisation via Sony
Ericsson Sync***
USB High Speed 2.0 support
USB mass storage
USB OTG
Wi-Fi®
Wi-Fi® Hotspot functionallity*

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Technologies in detail
NOTE: The information outlined below is general and levels of compliance to standards and specifications
may vary between products and markets. For more information, contact Sony Ericsson Developer World
or your Sony Ericsson contact person where applicable.
Device-to-device communications (local)
Bluetooth™ wireless technology
Bluetooth™ profiles supported Advanced Audio Distribution Profile
Audio/Video Control Transport Protocol
Audio/Video Distribution Transport Protocol
Audio/Video Remote Control Protocol
Generic Audio/Video Distribution Profile
Hands-Free Profile
Headset Profile
Object Push Profile
Phone Book Access Profile
RFCOMM with TS 07.10
Serial Port Profile
Core version and supported
core features
v2.1 + EDR
Connectable devices All products supporting Bluetooth™ version 1.2 or higher
and at least one of the profiles above.

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Wi-Fi®
Supported standards 802.11b/g/n
Connectable devices Wi-Fi access points
Frequency band 2.4 GHz
Data transmission rate 802.11b to 11 Mbps
802.11g to 54 Mbps
802.11n to 72 Mbps
Security Open
Open WEP
Shared WEP
WPA Personal and WPA2 Personal
Encryption TKIP and AES
Power save WMM-UAPSD
QoS, WMM

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DLNA Certified™ (Digital Living Home Alliance)*
* Available for R800a, R800at, R800i.
Supported Device Classes M-DMS – Mobile Digital Media Server
Media Types: Images
Summary: The digital media server exposes the media
files in your phone to a Wi-Fi® network. The files can
then be accessed from other DLNA Certified™ clients.
Supported Bearers Wi-Fi®
DRM Support The Sony Ericsson DLNA Certified™ implementation
does not support DRM-protected content.

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Gaming
Chipset Qualcomm Snapdragon MSM8x55 chipset
CPU 1 GHz Scorpion
Adreno 205 GPU 245 MHz
Rendering OpenGl ES 2.0 with texture compression support for
ETC1, 16 bit RAW and 32 bit RAW.
Audio OpenGL SL with support for ADPCM, WAV, MP3 and raw
AAC.

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Messaging
MMS (Multimedia Messaging Service)
According to OMA Multimedia Messaging Service v1.0 + SMIL
Email
More information:
www.sonyericsson.com/developer
www.openmobilealliance.org
Bearer type (IP) – UMTS variant GPRS, EGPRS, UMTS
Bearer type (IP) – CDMA Simple IP and Mobile IP
Character sets BIG5 Traditional Chinese
GB2312 Simplified Chinese
ISO-8859-1
ISO-8859-2 Eastern Europe
ISO-8859-5 Cyrillic
ISO-8859-7 Greek
ISO-8859-9 Turkish
ISO-2022-JP Japanese
KOI8-R Cyrillic
USASCII
UTF-8
UTF-16
Shift_JIS Japanese
Windows® 874
Windows® 1251 Cyrillic
Windows® 1252
Windows® 1254 Turkish
Windows® 1258 Vietnamese
Protocols POP3 and IMAP4
Push email Microsoft® Exchange ActiveSync® (EAS)
Secure email SSL/TLS, both port methods (POPS/IMAPS) and
STARTTLS
HTML mail Yes (read only)

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Positioning – location based services
Supported standards:
• 3GPP™ Control Plane location (incl. Emergency location)
• 3GPP2™ Control Plane location (incl. Emergency location)
• Cell tower and Wi-Fi® positioning
• Google Location Services
Supported satellite systems:
GPS
GLONASS*
* NOTE: GPS and GLONASS are used together to calculate the position. With both systems active, the
accuracy and robustness of the positioning is better in most conditions. The usage of GLONASS as an
additional system is transparent both to users and developers, and the benefits are automatically available
to applications currently using the Satellite Positioning API (“GPS Provider” in Android terminology).
Synchronisation (OMA DS, EAS, Google Sync)
OMA Data Synchronisation protocol versions 1.1.2 and 1.2
OMA Data Formats: vCard 2.1, vCalendar 1.0
Microsoft® Exchange ActiveSync® protocol version 2.5
Microsoft® Exchange ActiveSync® protocol version 12
Google Sync™
More information:
www.sonyericsson.com/developer
www.openmobilealliance.org
Hearing Aid Compatibility (HAC)
Variant M-ratings T-ratings

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R800at M3 T3
R800a M3 T3
R800x M4 T4
R800i n/a n/a

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Multimedia (audio, image and video)
Audio Playback Decoder format Supported in file format
Audio decoding MPEG-1/2/2.5,
audio layer 3
MP3 (.mp3), 3GPP (.3gp),
MP4 (.mp4, .m4a)
AAC, AAC+, eAAC+ 3GPP (.3gp), MP4 (.mp4)
AMR-NB, AMR-WB 3GPP (.3gp), MP4 (.mp4)
General MIDI (GM) SMF (.mid)
Linear PCM 16bit WAV (.wav)
OTA OTA (.ota)
Ogg vorbis Ogg vorbis (.ogg)
Audio Recording Encoder format Supported in file format
AMR-NB, AMR-WB 3GPP (.3gp), MP4 (.mp4),
AMR (.amr)
AMR-NB, AMR-WB, AAC-LC
stereo, sample rate 48 kHz bit rate
128 kbps
3GPP (.3gp), MP4 (.mp4)
Image Playback Decoder format Supported in file format
1, 4, 8, 16, 24 and 32 bpp and RLE
encoded formats
BMP (.bmp)
Single and multi-frame, bitmap
mask support (GIF87a format and
GIF89a format)
GIF (.gif)
Joint Photographic Experts Group JPEG (.jpg)
Portable Network Graphics Bitmap
mask support
PNG (.png)
Wireless Bitmap WBMP (.wbmp)
Image Capture Encoder format Supported in file format
Joint Photographic Experts Group JPEG (.jpg)
Video Playback Decoder format Supported in file format
MPEG-4 Visual Simple Profile,
Advanced Simple Profile Level 6
3GPP (.3gp), MP4 (.mp4)
H.264 High Profile Level 3.1 3GPP (.3gp), MP4 (.mp4)
H.263 Profile 0, Profile 3 Level 70 3GPP (.3gp)

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Web browser
* Updates are distributed via Android market™.
Related information:
www.sonyericsson.com/developer
Video Recording Encoder format Supported in file format
Video H.263 Profile 0, H.264
Baseline Profile
Audio: AAC-LC stereo, sample rate
48 kHz bit rate 128 kbps, AMR-NB
3GPP (.3gp), MP4 (.mp4)
Audio/Video Streaming Streaming transport RTSP according to 3GPP™
HTTP streaming
DRM DRM (Digital Rights Management) –
features the rights and copy
protection of downloaded content
OMA DRM 1.0
Browser version Android 2.3 Browser (Based on WebKit)
Navigation/rendering Adobe™ Flash™ 10.3*
Full page PC rendering
Landscape/portrait rendering
Pan & Zoom
Search Internet Search
Browser compliancy CSS 2.0
CSS 2.1
CSS 3.0
DOM 2.0
DOM 3.0
HTML version. 4.0
HTML version. 5.0
JavaScript 1.7/ECMA-script 262 3rd edition
WebGL 1.0
XHTML Basic version 1.0
XHTML 1.1
Supported Device API Geo-location API
Protocol compliancy Gzip
HTTP/1.1
OMA Download 1.0
TLS 1.0 and SSL 3.0

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Trademarks and acknowledgements
The Liquid Identity and Liquid Energy logos are trademarks or registered trademarks of Sony Ericsson
Mobile Communications AB. Sony, "make.believe" and PLAYSTATION are trademarks or registered
trademarks of Sony Corporation. Ericsson is a trademark of Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson.
The Bluetooth word mark and logos are owned by the Bluetooth SIG, Inc. and any use of such marks by
Sony Ericsson is under licence.
Google, Google Latitude, Google Maps, Google Talk, Google Calendar, Google Mail, YouTube, Google
Voice and Android are trademarks or registered trademarks of Google, Inc. Facebook is a trademark or
registered trademark of Facebook, Inc. Twitter is a trademark or a registered trademark of Twitter, Inc.
Wi-Fi is a trademark or registered trademark of the Wi-Fi Alliance. DLNA and DLNA Certified are
trademarks or registered trademarks of the Digital Living Network Alliance. microSD is a trademark or
registered trademark of SanDisk Corporation. XHTML is a registered trademark of the W3C.
Microsoft, Windows and ActiveSync are either registered trademarks or trademarks of Microsoft
Corporation in the United States and/or other countries.
Adobe Flash is a trademark or registered trademark of Adobe Systems Incorporated in the United States
and/or other countries. 3GPP is a trademark of ETSI. CDMA2000 is a trademark of TIA-USA. Java and all
Java-based trademarks and logos are trademarks or registered trademarks of Sun Microsystems, Inc. in
the U.S. and other countries.
All other trademarks and copyrights are the property of their respective owners.
Some features described herein require supporting services. Usage charges may apply for such services.