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Sony Ericsson Live View Smart Watch

This little accessory for the Sony-Ericsson smartphone (including the new Sony handsets) is called the Live View, a first generation smart watch that extends the display of your SE phone to the watch via Bluetooth.

This model has been around for over a year but there’s a new one that looks and works way better. In any case, the device looks pretty interesting especially if you have a Sony-Ericsson Android handset with you to pair it with.

The Live View is actually pretty small and light, has a curved and squarish shape made of glossy plastic. The dimensions might be a little smaller than a Baby G and comes in either a metal clip-on back panel or an attachment for the Velcro wrist-strap so you can wear it like a watch.

There’s an LED and Power button along with a Select button on the top side of the Live View. The USB port is at the bottom end, hidden by a rubber flap.

The screen itself is a bit tiny, just over an inch across and works as some sort of touchscreen as well (works like the edge-sensitive navigation of the PlayBook).

To hook it up to your Sony handset, just activate Bluetooth and pair the two in a matter of seconds. Once it is paired, your phone wi prompt you to download the Live View app from the Google Play Store.

Using the Live View app, you can now set some functions and features of the Live View accessory — set RSS url, launch apps like Twitter and Facebook, check calendar and alerts (SMS and calls) as well as a nifty feature called Find Phone.

When activated, the Find Phone will prompt your handset to set a sound alarm until you finally find it and deactivate.

Pressing the Select button for about 3 seconds will enable a remote control for the music player on your phone. Basic commands such as volume up/down, forward/rewind and play/pause can be done via the Live View.

The Sony-Ericsson Live View retails for about Php2,500 over at Widget City and is really fun to have when you already own a Sony handset or even the older Sony-Ericsson Android smartphones. Check out details here.

To make this a little more fun, we’re also giving away this review unit to anyone with a Sony smartphone. We’ll use Rafflecopter once more.


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Abe is the founder and Editor-in-Chief of YugaTech with over 20 years of experience in the technology industry. He is one of the pioneers of blogging in the country and considered by many as the Father of Tech Blogging in the Philippines. He is also a technology consultant, a tech columnist with several national publications, resource speaker and mentor/advisor to several start-up companies.

171 Responses

  1. Avatar for Chngkyl Chngkyl says:

    Can this be used as a watch only to tell time? Im planning to buy this without connecting it to my phone. Pls confirm thanks..

  2. Avatar for El Rey El Rey says:

    Yes, I bought this at Lazada online shop.. Please help me which phone should i buy to pair with this watch…please!thanks

  3. Avatar for Joanne Joanne says:

    Good post. I learn something new and challenging on websites I stumbleupon every
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  4. Avatar for tineteen tineteen says:

    been reading all your review on the latest gadgets and pricing. just wondering can this watch be paired with a galaxy phone? my brother wanted to buy this but he have a samsung galaxy sl. pls do comment to my inquiry

  5. Avatar for primon primon says:

    Does it work with non Sony android phones too?

  6. Avatar for JE JE says:

    I don’t have a Sony Android phone but hoping to win so I can pair it with my Netphone 701.

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