SONY Ericsson Original LiveView MN800 Bluetooth Watch,Android Smartphone Accessory

These are leftover stock so they have been sitting on shelves for a couple of years. so most of them have destroyed batteries in them and the battery is not replaceable. You charge it up overnight and then it will last 20 minutes before it dies. This is because it uses a LiPo battery that if let discharge they destroy themselves. Almost everything out there is a old stock that has a dead battery in it and will not take a charge or last very long.I bought one locally and it did the dead battery dance, returned it and the replacement did the same. Hoping that amazon had better stock, I ordered one and it did the same thing. All of them out there have batteries that are at the end of life.Which is sad, because these things are so cool and far more affordable than the new $125 sony watch that does the same things.

It hooked right up to my LG Spirit and though I had to go back and forth on a few of the apps to find a combo that didn't restart my phone, apparently the photo app doesn't play well. Updated the watch with the Sony update program and runs like a champ, other then the photo and Facebook, but I'll play with it a bit more. I'll make good use of it to control my Pandora when I go on my 110 mile ride to see Area 51 on the 20th.

I have a bunch of problems learning to operate this. I would never stay paired with my phone either. I found a way to get it to work perfectly, but had to root my phone and install special software. Ok if you are into that thing, but if you aren't I wouldn't recommend. Really cool as a nice gimmick though. The band is ugly, I would buy another if you want to use.

I was very enthusiastic about this watch, thinking that it would be the coolest thing since the atari 2600, but as it turns out it isn't nearly as awesome as I had hoped. I don't really know what I expected for $25 but I wish I had the money back. The novelty wore off after about a week.The pros: it vibrates when you get a phone call/text/email/facebook update, plus you can read your messages as well as facebook statuses. Definitely a conversation starter.Cons: there are not enough plug-ins for it. Also, the bluetooth connect is AWFUL! It disconnects if it is on my left wrist with my phone in my right pocket! Ridiculous. It truly is a waste of money. Listen to me as I should have listened to the other negative reviews. You definitely get what you pay for with this product. Maybe in a few years after Sony has developed this more then it will be worth the aggrivation but as of now, no.

After being in the market for a smart watch, I stumbled upon this product, and was quite put off by the reviews. A lot of people seemed to have problems with it, but not all the reviews were negative, claiming fixes to the problems.I decided to risk the $21.99 and give it a go, since returning it would be easy if it was a bad product (fulfillment by Amazon). I figured I would toss some money at this and confirm or deny the allegations for anyone else on the fence about this watch.When I first received it in the mail, I did struggle a bit with getting the pins in the band and on the watch (some assembly required) but that is likely just because I've always been bad at that. We can forgive that.The band is not stylish at all, but it is comfortable enough.I used it for a day without updating the firmware, and had one disconnect the whole time. I did experience issues with my bluetooth headset while the watch was paired, but after updating the firmware, this has not happened since.Notifications for texts and emails come through instantly, and the caller id on the watch face has proven invaluable. It's nice to be able to read texts without whipping out my Galaxy Note II (giant phone) in front of a client.Vibration is very weak, so I wouldn't count on just that to notify you. The screen only lights up automatically when calls are coming in. Everything else is a vibrate, and a notification light blink. Still, it's very useful.Battery life has not been an issue at all, as the watch lasted the first 2 full days without the battery indicator moving at all, and that was with me playing with it a lot (new technology, you know how it is), and even then it was still over 75% capacity. This may have something to do with both the firmware update, and the fact I allowed a full charge before first use.The verdict? Not bad, not bad at all. It does disconnect occasionally, but not often. I find it usually has something to do with bluetooth interference from other devices, but is rare none the less. The build quality is not very good, but what do you expect for this price?Also remember that you CAN switch out bands for something nicer, so long as it's a 20mm band.For $100 I would never get this, but for $21.99, it's a bargain for sure, and worth every penny. Just give it a chance, and do the firmware upgrade, and it works great.One caveat that bugs me the most: You must remove the watch from the band to charge it (the band blocks the usb port), and this is easier said than done. I nearly ripped out a fingernail trying to get it out. Use a thin flathead screwdriver, or a spudger tool to remove it, and it comes out easily with little concern of damaging it.I hope this helps someone!

this product the battery does not last at all um barely gives you any time to use.cannot really be used at all because of the battery life.

I'd like to preface that by saying I'm pretty adept with my phone, that I am well aware of how to root the device, install ROMs on it, et al (though I have elected to keep my current phone stock). So the reviews that indicated that the device didn't work straight out of the box didn't deter me. I saw enough work-arounds posted that I thought I could get this little device working, and for it's current sale price (about $20), it seemed like a steal, if I could get it working......but even as tech-savvy as I am, I could not get it working consistently. The bluetooth pairing would drop seemingly at will, and no amount of work arounds could resolve that. I've paired plenty of devices with phones before (and several with this current phone) and never had this connectivity issue.Mine is going back where it came from, and I can't say that I'll ever buy another smart watch like this again.

The actual watch hardware is very good. The issues with using it all stem from the liveview app on the phone, not the hardware, This can be fixed by using the open-source app for it, which had no stability issues for me. The only two downsides I could find with it are that it can scratch rather easily and that you must remove it from the band to charge. It cannot tell time on it's own but you are getting it to use with your phone so who cares. Also it you are a nerd, it uses ISO8601 as it's date format!