Sony Ericsson intros K770 CyberShot
Added on 2007-08-14 08:47:00
by Randall Bennett
 While we're not really feeling too many chocolate brown devices, but Sony Ericsson's K770 might slip by our chocolate brown hate detection as the recently announced 3.2 megapixel camera balances out our normal distaste for deep brown. Other than the color and camera, the phone has a pretty face and doesn't sacrifice too many specs. The sort of things we've come to expect from a higher-end phone, like 3G over UMTS, 320 x 240 screen, and A2DP for Stereo Bluetooth are all there, but there's some other things that we've come to expect from Sony, like MemoryStick Micro, that are also present. Other than the less-than-desirable memory card format, we're feeling this phone, and since it comes in more than the Chocolate Brown, which seems to be SE's favorite phone to show off, we're a little more excited. All that excitement, though, is for naught, since US residents won't likely see the phone any time soon with that UMTS 3G radio on European bands. Here's hoping Sony Ericsson stops ignoring US consumers, and actually releases a phone we'd like.
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NEC testing out eight-megapixel cameraphone sensor
Added on 2007-06-26 14:08:00
by Randall Bennett
 If you're digging the K850's five-megapixel images, NEC has an eight-megapixel sensor down the pipeline that might tickle your fancy. The company says it is shipping samples of a "system chip capable of processing cameraphone images at resolutions of up to eight-megapixels," and will include some form of image stabilization. Although with a component cost of around $33, don't expect it to be in any sort of "free with contract" phone for quite a few years.
[Via EngadgetMobile]
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Four new Sony Ericsson phones on June 14th?
Added on 2007-06-08 10:47:00
by Randall Bennett
 A crafty forum poster has some info on some new handsets Sony Ericsson will be announcing on June 14th. The Sofia, which would be their new flagship Cybershot handset, features a 5MP camera, xenon flash (goodbye LEDs!) and HSDPA (including the US 850MHz band.)
The Shinobu could be Walkman's cream of the crop, a slider again with HSDPA, but interestingly features some motion control. Tilt the phone forward, the music skips forward. Tilt it back, the music skips back. Shake the handset, and the phone skips to a random track. It's not a new feature though, since the W580 also has the feature.
The forum poster also claims to have info on two other handsets, albeit less info. The tipster says the Anastasia will rock a 1.3 MP camera, probably for the budget crowd. The Mool, however, could be a little more interesting walkman phone, potentially featuring 8GB of flash memory and the tipster says the unit includes a stereo Bluetooth headset in the box.
We'll be waiting till June 14th to see what's really announced but hopefully the forum poster is dead on. Cybershots have the reputation of being toward the high end of the cameraphone spectrum, so a five megapixel shooter will be one we definitely want to get our hands on, especially since Samsung and LG already have their own five megapixel shooters.
UPDATE: On some additional searching, we found the spy shots that have been floating around for a few months of both the Shinobu and the Sofia (aka'd as the K850i, which looks to have one of the worst keypads we've ever seen.) Oh, and to be clear, the Xenon flash is nothing new, but we're always excited when "proper" cameraphones have "proper" flashes.
[Via HF]
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| Tags: Sony Ericcson, k850i, HSDPA, GSM, sofia, anastasia, mool, shinobu, music phones, cameraphone, 5 megapixel |
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