With only 100MB of on-board memory, you'll also need some extra storage space for all your music, movies and photos. Thankfully, there's a handy microSD card slot that allows for up to 4GB of additional storage. The only drawback is that the slot is placed underneath the battery, which makes it unnecessarily fiddly to insert or extract your memory card.
Easy does it
The operating system is a Jalou-themed version of the same OS that you'll find on many current Sony Ericsson phones, including the eco-friendly Naite. It's not a particularly exciting interface, but it will be familiar to many people. It's also easy to navigate, and relatively fast and responsive.
The jewel-theme continues beneath the screen, with small, shiny, gem-shaped buttons on the keypad. These aren't particularly easy for large, masculine, sausage fingers to handle. The Jalou's battery life isn't fantastically long, but we got more than two days of fairly frequent use out of the phone on a single charge, which isn't bad.
Conclusion
Whether or not you like the Sony Ericsson Jalou's appearance is down to personal taste, and it's possible that a number of minor issues may rankle with some users. Nevertheless, from a purely practical point of view, the Jalou is an extremely convenient way of combining your phone, camera, music player and, of course, your compact mirror in a single, tiny device.
Edited by Charles Kloet
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SOphiee 6 November 2010
Good: its a good wee size that will fit almost anywhere and by the touch of a button it turns into a mirror which is great if your a girl going somwhere and just need to check up on yourself.,
Bad: it freezes sometimes.
Comment: this is a great phone and good price and the colours are good. its a nice wee size.
Hira Fatima 25 September 2010
Good: Exterior, Size, Accessibility, functions
Bad: absence of memory card (had to get it separately)
Comment: I finally got this Cell for my birthday..I had wanted it for quite a while, but until recently it was rarely available in Bahrain, so kudos to my brother who kept looking, and finally found it somewhere (though i personally had looked for it in every possible place). Ok, so i have been an ex- extensive cell-phone user, with work calls and messages all coming in and going all the time, i have had Pda and berries and sincerely was tired of smart phones...not that this one is not smart..it was about time that i found something to match my personality..and seriously i am not that sophisticated so this was the only cell from an array of phones available in the market that appealed to me truly..so here i am, proud owner of a jalou..and i love it... first of all the size is perfect to fit in the palm and look chic...you can showoff you manicure really nicely!:p..it has a beautiful exterior..and the cover screen is just a huge plus point! the functions are simple...no hassle...just a PHONE for once...the mirror and pedometer is amazing as well....keypad may look small to some people but i think its just about standard size. Absolutely feminine..and absolutely gorgeous... I heart Jalou!
ccoll 11 January 2010
Good: the way it looks, it's gorgeous, the best looking phone i've had.
Bad: i had to go and buy a memory card for it.
Comment: This phone is a very good looking phone. It has all the features a person needs. It is a very compact and fits perfectly into my pocket. It didnt take too much getting used to. I love it !
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