Viewing photos and videos in Album
Use Album to view photos and play videos that you’ve taken with your phone camera, or
to view similar content that you've downloaded or copied to the memory card. You can
add geotags to your photos and videos, and then view them on a world map. In Album,
you can also view photos and videos that you've uploaded to an online service, for
example, to a Picasa™ web album or to Facebook™.
From Album, you can also share your favorite photos and videos with friends via using
Bluetooth™ wireless technology, email, messaging, and various online services. And you
can perform basic editing tasks on photos and set them as wallpaper or contact
pictures. For more information, see
Connecting your phone to a computer
on page 127.
Album tab overview
The following tabs are available in Album:
•
Pictures
– view all photos and videos saved to the memory card.
•
Maps
– view your geotagged photos and video clips on a world map.
•
Online
– view your online albums.
Mobile BRAVIA® Engine
Sony's Mobile BRAVIA® Engine technology improves the viewing quality of photos and
videos after you take them, giving you clearer, sharper, and more natural images. Mobile
BRAVIA Engine is turned on by default, but you can turn it off if you want to reduce
battery consumption.
To turn off Mobile BRAVIA® Engine
1
From your Home screen, tap .
2
Find and tap
Settings
>
Display
.
3
Unmark the
Mobile BRAVIA Engine
checkbox if it is already checked.
To open Album
1
From your Home screen, tap .
2
Find and tap
Album
.
If the screen orientation does not change automatically when you turn the phone sideways,
mark the
Auto-rotate screen
checkbox under
Settings
>
Display
.
Viewing photos and videos saved in the phone
In the grid view of the
Pictures
tab in Album, you can view the thumbnails of photos and
videos. You can also go to the list view of all albums and find content in each folder.
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