Album
About Album
Use Album to view photos and play videos that you’ve taken with your camera, or to
view similar content that you've saved to your device. 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 share your favorite photos and videos with friends via Bluetooth™
wireless technology, email, messaging, and various online services. You can also
perform basic editing tasks on photos, and set them as wallpaper or contact pictures.
For more information, see Connecting your device to a computer on page 103.
Album tab overview
The following tabs are available in Album:
• Pictures – view all photos and videos saved on your device.
• My albums – view your online albums, and your geotagged photos and video clips on a
world map.
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 your device sideways,
mark the Auto-rotate screen checkbox under Settings > Display.
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 on Mobile BRAVIA® Engine
1 From your Home screen, tap .
2 Find and tap Settings > Display.
3 Mark the Mobile BRAVIA Engine 2 checkbox if it is not marked.
Viewing photos and videos in the Pictures tab
In the Pictures tab in Album, you can view your photos and videos in thumbnails in a
grid view.
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