Sony Ericsson Liveview watch micro display for Android Devices 2.1 and Up

by Sony

Product Details

• Shipping Weight: 1.1 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• ASIN: B004E2V4NM
• Item model number: MN800
• Batteries: 1 Lithium ion batteries required.
• Average Customer Review: 2.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (29 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,346 in Electronics (See Top 100 in Electronics)
• Date first available at Amazon.com: December 8, 2010

Product Description

Micro-Display: Take control of your phone without ever taking it out. With LiveViewTM. It's wearable and wireless. And you can customise it with applications. Discover your new best buddy - LiveView. Don't miss out! Tony tattled on Twitter. John texted you the address to tonight's party. Sarah updated her Facebook status. Get instant notifications. And stay updated 24/7. Live your music. Wanna rock? Tap play and start headbanging. Feel like escaping to the Caribbean? Skip tracks and chill out with some reggae. Go ahead. And control your music with LiveView Wireless micro display. You choose: Download any compatible application you want from Android Market and customise your LiveView to make it exclusively yours.

Customer Reviews

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17 of 19 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Not exactly state of the art, but conservatively satisfying., January 23, 2011

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BaconGrease - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Sony Ericsson Liveview watch micro display for Android Devices 2.1 and Up (Electronics)

Well, it arrived a day early, which is good on the delivery service the seller uses. The device itself could stand to be better described, I was under the impression it was a touchscreen device. It is instead a screen surrounded by a touchpad, much like the one at the base of many of the newest of Android phones, and on the Palm Pre phones. This however works VERY well! I expect that the bluetooth connectivity would be superior with Sony's own hardware, but it so far has done well in my limited use. I'll update this later as I've gotten to use them tied more. My phone is the T-mobile USA Samsung Vibrant. Currently running Android 2.1 Eclair.

37 of 48 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars maybe in 3 more generations, February 25, 2011

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Ernest J. Koeberlein - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Sony Ericsson Liveview watch micro display for Android Devices 2.1 and Up (Electronics)

The novelty of this device wore off after about 10 minutes.
It's not going to be anywhere near as useful as you probably are thinking.
Half the applications to download, never really worked well, if at all.
the battery life won't even get you through half a day.

And the worst.... the "watch" is absolutely pathetic, it's a piece of Velcro you wrap around your wrist and attach via the belt clip, which puts the orientation of the "watch" face 90 degrees from the way you would read it. ABSOLUTELY STUPID PRODUCT AS IS. (not to mention the other method of using it as a watch, on your own band would require you to take your band apart at the pin every time to charge it (multiple times a day), since the pin to hold the watch face to the band totally blocks the charging port.

Okay, I lied, that's not the worst... the worst is that due to the pathetic engineering design, the dang thing keeps falling off it's "clip", multiple times a day at the slightest bump... including today... when I completely lost the dang thing (didn't notice if fall off)... Less than 5 days owning this STUPID PoS... and I've lost nearly $100.

DO NOT... let me repeat... DO NOT buy this item.
Not for several more generations. I cannot believe that Sony would put out such an incredibly f'ed up product... makes me reconsider ever buying any future Sony product, if this is the type of quality they are trying to sell.

Yes, it looks nice and beautifully glossy... that's about the only thing good about it.

sorry to burst peoples bubbles. I too had so much high hopes... especially with the ability to create programs to interface between android and it... but this was ridiculous.

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars OK device, February 16, 2011

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Slava Derebchinskiy "Slavchikd" (USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Sony Ericsson Liveview watch micro display for Android Devices 2.1 and Up (Electronics)

I bought this device only for one reason. "No more missed calls while your phone in the pocket". Luckily, it does the trick. It gives you helpful notification of the incoming calls, messages, etc. Also you can remotely navigate thru your music, which is really convenient.