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Stay Organized

is the ideal phone for an active and busy life. Calendar, email, notes, reminders - all available at the touch of your finger.

Choose how you want to use your phone. Make a call, listen to a song, visit a Web site. Use the key control - or just touch the screen with your finger to make it happen.  The 5 megapixel camera lets you take print-quality photos. Set your picture’s focus area by touching the screen. Take your photo, then share - blog it.  What you can do with pen and paper, you can do with your G900. Press the Notes key and use the stylus to write in your own handwriting. Quick and easy, no keyboard needed.

G900 is the flagship model of the new line and it’s positioned in the high-class. The phone is based on Symbian UIQ without making it hard to use. Its main purpose is to offer intuitive work, and the OS will simply widen the organizing options. Like its smaller brother G700, the flagship model is equipped wit a touchscreen, on which you can write or draw notes. In contrast to it though, it has a 5-megapixel camera and Wi-Fi support, respectively for quality photographs and Internet access.

The phone has a strict look about it and is done in black graphite color. The only designer element is a textured grey stripe on the side; while it looks pretty interesting, I don’t think it fits the overall design very well. There aren’t too many additional keys - the power button is traditionally located at the top of the phone, the volume control is on the side and the block as well as camera buttons are located below it.
Camera

• Auto focus
• Camera
• Camera - 5 megapixel
• Digital Zoom - up to 16x
• Image stabiliser
• Photo fix
• Photo light
• Picture blogging
• Red-eye reduction
• Touch focus
• Video light
• Video record
• Video stabiliser

Music

• Album art
• Bluetooth™ stereo (A2DP)
• Media Player
• MegaBass™
• Music tones - MP3, AAC
• PlayNow™
• TrackID™

Messaging

• Email:
• Instant messaging
• MMS (Multimedia Messaging)
• Predictive text input
• SMS long (Text Messaging)
• Sound recorder

Connectivity

• Bluetooth™ technology
• Google Maps™
• Modem
• Synchronisation PC
• USB mass storage
• USB support

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Touch the Future

The finger-friendly G700 is all about simplicity and ease-of use. Enjoy touchscreen text input, dedicated keys for messaging and the convenient Notes function.

A simple touch is all it takes to communicate with friends and family. The large touchscreen and the one-touch panel user interface is right under your fingertips.  Let your G700 be your personal organizer. Plan your days with the intuitive calendar. Access email on the go. Write notes as you would on paper and save them onscreen. Press the camera key and you’re ready to shoot. When your picture needs improving, use Photo fix.

The phone has the typical Sony Ericsson candybar look and dimensions of 4.2 x 1.9 x 0.5 inches (106 x 49 x 13 mm) and weighs 3.5 oz (99 g). In contrast to its older brother G900, the device has more of a fashion design. All edges are rounded and the back lid is ribbed, which adds a pleasant stability feeling while using it. We liked the colors used as well – the one seen here is in dark and light brown. We liked this one more than the official silk bronze and we wonder why it has not been announced.

The Touchscreen is 2.4” TFT and it has a 240 x 320 pixels resolution, supporting up to 262k colors. On its right side is a scroll symbol, but specific hardware for that function is missing (as in the Dash for example), so you have to use the touch-display instead. Besides the touch-input, it also has all necessary hardware navigation buttons (including soft keys), which allows it to be used just as a standard phone. The buttons and the D-pad are standard in design, except for the two small round shortcuts to notes and messaging. The same goes for the numeric keypad, which is divided in three columns far from each other.
Camera

• Camera - 3.2 megapixel
• Digital Zoom - up to 3x
• Photo fix
• Photo light
• Picture blogging
• Red-eye reduction
• Video blogging
• Video light
• Video record

Music

• Album art
• Bluetooth™ stereo (A2DP)
• Media Player
• MegaBass™
• Music tones - MP3, AAC
• PlayNow™
• TrackID™

Messaging

• Instant messaging
• MMS (Multimedia Messaging)
• Predictive text input
• SMS long (Text Messaging)
• Sound recorder

Connectivity

• Bluetooth™ technology
• Modem
• Synchronisation PC
• USB mass storage
• USB support

Price Range: $642.00 to $982.95

Touch’n'play Walkman® phone

Teh sleek W960i Walkman® phone impresses with its touch display and 8GB momory. You can have all the music you want - literally at your fingertips.

Sony Ericsson W960 is aptly the big gun in the Sony Ericsson portfolio of music-centered handsets. Gifted with the scorching 8GB of storage space and a large touchscreen TFT display, a 3-megapixel camera, Wi-Fi and 3G capabilities, the W960 easily stands out in the Walkman crowd. Powered by the Symbian OS and UIQ user interface, it delivers one-of-a-kind Walkman experience with rich fullscreen visualizations and advanced track filtering. All this is enough to have us drooling over the specs sheet, eager to get our hands on this smarty Walkman and see what it’s made of.

The Sony Ericsson W960i has a glossy black finish and weighs 119g which feels solid when held but still sleek and cool looking. The 3.2 mega pixel camera has LED flash and auto focus and delivers clear looking pictures though not quite good when compared with Sony Ericsson’s Cyber-shot line of phones. If you’re a fan of Ericsson’s Walkman series, then the Sony Ericsson W960i won’t disappoint. It delivers clear music plus with the additions of an RDS FM radio station, you can quickly browse any FM radio station if you get tired of listening to your playlists. Battery life is also quite good and I got around 18 hours of playback before I have to recharge.

Sony Ericsson has announced the new W960 Walkman handset in a barrage of handset announcements from Berlin today. Packing the Symbian/UIQ smartphone UI combination, the Sony Ericsson W960 is the evolution and coming of age of the manufacturer’s Walkman range.
Listen up The Sony Ericsson W960i Walkman® phone really is the centrepiece of your music listening life, which is why both a stereo portable handsfree and a Stereo Bluetooth™ headset for music streaming are included with the phone. When you want more, the new Street-style Portable Handsfree HPM-83 adds urban style to the W960. Its flexible neckband gives a secure fit and wraps behind the head, so as not to get in the way if you¡¦re running or at the gym. If you want to share your music library with friends, the Bluetooth™ Music Receiver MBR-100 plugs into your home stereo and lets you stream tracks directly from the phone to your stereo¡¦s speakers. Why keep it to yourself?

Camera
* Auto focus
* Camera - 3.2-megapixel
* Digital zoom - 3x
* Photo light
* Video record

Music
* Bluetooth™ stereo (A2DP)
* MegaBass™
* Music tones
* Music tones - MP3, AAC
* PlayNow™
* TrackID™
* Walkman® player

Messaging
* Email:
* MMS (Multimedia Messaging)
* Predictive text input
* SMS long (Text Messaging)
* Sound recorder

Connectivity
* Bluetooth™ technology
* Modem
* Synchronisation PC
* USB mass storage
* USB support
* WLAN

Price Range: $469.95 to $599.90

5-megapixel power

The K850i cyber-shot™ phone is a true digital still camera - down to the very last of its 5 megapixels.

irst, the looks. Looks like Sony Ericsson were determined to restyle the phone. It’s definitely less bricklike in its looks, and it’s slimmed down a lot since the K800i days, which is a welcome change. It has a funky blue gizmo on the front and side, which you may or may not like (tip - buy the “Velvet Blue” model pictured and not the hideous “Luminous Green” option.) Now a word about the keypad design. We’re really happy to see that Sony Ericsson have finally dumped the horrible joystick that marred both the K800i and K810i but whose idea was it to position the navigation pad in the middle of the keypad so that it overlaps the buttons? And why the small buttons when everyone knows that bigger is better? Grr! And why have Sony Ericsson introduced touch-sensitive keys that everyone hates? We have to say it: we hate the keypad!

The K850i is a 3G phone which offers its user all the 3G capabilities that the user could desire including always on line broadband speed Internet access, 3G video calling & video or music streaming. The 3G HSDPA technology which is also known as 3.5G technology provides the user with super high data transfer speeds up to 384 Kbytes per second. The high speed capabilities of the Sony Ericsson K850i allows the user to enjoy quick access when surfing the Web, taking part in 3G video calls & enjoying a fast mobile email service. The 3G technology also allows the user to enjoy multitasking on their handset which means the user can be on a call whilst downloading videos, music or games.

Sony Ericsson has included a useful on/off switch dedicated to the camera. Switch it on and the shutter will open - with a satisfying click - to reveal a killer lens. The back of the handset also houses the excellent Xenon flash along with a 3LED video light surrounded by a polished black cover. Unfortunately, the aforementioned cover is a magnet for grubby fingerprints, as is the front of the handset. Not only is this annoying, it causes a serious issue with regards to the quality of the picture, so expect to be constantly wiping the handset to retain the best results.

Camera
* Auto focus
* BestPic™
* Camera - 5-megapixel
* Digital zoom - 16x
* Image stabiliser
* Photo fix
* Picture blogging
* Red-eye reduction
* Video record
* Video stabiliser
* Xenon flash

Music
* Bluetooth™ stereo (A2DP)
* Media Player
* Music tones
* Music tones - MP3, AAC
* PlayNow™
* TrackID™

Messaging
* Email:
* MMS (Multimedia Messaging)
* Predictive text input
* SMS long (Text Messaging)
* Sound recorder

Connectivity
* Bluetooth™ technology
* Modem
* PictBridge
* Synchronisation PC
* USB mass storage
* USB support

Price Range: 265.96 to $281.33

In-phone imaging - just snap and view

The K630i mobile phone gives you easy access to whatever makes your eardrums tingle. Download and listen to your choice of music - wherever, whenever.

The phone comes with a two Inch colour screen which provides up to two hundred & sixty two colours on a beautiful TFT screen. The keypad comes with small but well spaced keys which are separate & slightly raised from the handset for ease of use. The phone comes with a small navigation tool which is situation below the screen & comes with a metal finish which works as a dedicated music key. The user can take snaps when they are on the move with the built in 2 megapixel camera. The camera comes complete with a 2.5 x digital zoom which allows the user to get that little closer to their subject. The two Inch colour screen works as a viewfinder for the camera feature & the phone comes with video capabilities. The user can record, playback, stream & blog their video footage.

The Sony Ericsson K630i features an in-built Media Browser, meaning that there is just one location on the phone’s menu to launch the music player, video player or photo gallery, and so access all of your in-phone content. The Sony Ericsson K630i comes complete with new Media Manager software in-box to let you easily move your favourite music, photos, videos and more between your PC and your phone. Music tracks or video clips will be automatically converted into phone-friendly formats and creating playlists or adding album artwork to your tracks is simple.

The K630i is neither a Cyber-shot nor a Walkman and doesn’t pretend to be either. Instead, it is positioned as an all-rounder with HSDPA connectivity as its main draw. On digital imaging, there’s a main 2-megapixel fixed-focus camera on the back and a front-facing CIF camera for 3G video calls.

Camera
* Camera - 2-megapixel
* Digital zoom - 2.5x
* Picture blogging
* Video record

Music
* Bluetooth™ stereo (A2DP)
* Media Player
* Music tones
* PlayNow™
* TrackID™

Messaging
* Email:
* MMS (Multimedia Messaging)
* Predictive text input
* SMS long (Text Messaging)
* Sound recorder

Connectivity
* Bluetooth™ technology
* Modem
* Synchronisation PC
* USB mass storage
* USB support