Setup guide
Table Of Contents
- Purpose of this document
- Document history
- Sony Mobile Developer World
- Table of contents
- Product overview
- Technologies in detail
- Device-to-device communications (local)
- Messaging
- Positioning – location based services
- Provisioning (OMA CP)
- Multimedia (audio, image and video)
- Synchronisation (OMA DS, EAS, Google Sync™)
- Web browser
- Memory in Android™ phones
- 1. Dynamic Memory (also known as RAM, or non-persistent memory, because everything in RAM disappears when the power is turned off) is used as “working memory” when the device is actually running, and is shared between the operating system and all...
- 2. System Memory (also known as “System partition” or “/system”) is used for the Android OS and for most applications that are pre-loaded from the factory. This type of memory is normally locked, and can only be changed through a firmware upg...
- 3. Phone Memory (also known as “Data partition” or “/data”) is a memory type that is used as working memory. It can be compared to the C: drive on a PC or to the startup disk on a Mac. All applications downloaded from Google Play™ or other ...
- 4. Internal Storage/SD card (also known as “/sdcard”) is the memory used for:
- 5. External Card (also known as “/ext-card”) is the name for the removable SD memory card in products where there is also Internal Memory and where this Internal Memory is referred to in the phone’s user interface as the “sdcard” memory. Th...
- Trademarks and acknowledgements
White paper | Xperia™ SL
8 August 2012
* Memory comprises 1 GB of firmware (using 2 GB physical memory to secure against memory errors), 2
GB of “Phone memory” for downloaded applications, and about 26 GB of “Internal storage” for music, pic-
tures and movies, and some application data. For a more detailed description of the different types of
memory and how they are used, see “Memory in Android™ phones” on page 19.
** Values are according to GSM Association Battery Life Measurement Technique as performed in control-
led laboratory conditions. Actual time may vary.
NOTE: All performance metrics are measured under laboratory conditions.
NOTE: Battery performance may vary depending on network conditions and configurations, and phone
usage.
Accelerometer Yes
Proximity sensor Yes
Ambient light sensor Yes
Magnetometer Yes
Gyroscope Yes
Networks
LT26ii UMTS HSPA 850 (Band V), 900 (Band VIII), 1900 (Band II),
2100 (Band I)
GSM GPRS/EDGE 850, 900, 1800, 1900
Data transfer speeds
GSM GPRS Up to 86 kbps
GSM EDGE Up to 237 kbps
UMTS HSPA cat 6 (upload) Up to 5.8 Mbps
UMTS HSPA cat 10(download) Up to 14.4 Mbps
Tal k t i me (GSM) Up to 7 hours 15 min.**
Standby time (GSM) Up to 410 hours**
Tal k t i me (UMTS) Up to 8 hours 15 min.**
Standby time (UMTS) Up to 390 hours**
Music listening time Up to 33 hours**
Video playback time Up to 6 hours 30 min.**
Embedded Battery 1750 mAh typical
1700 mAh minimum