Gavin’s Gadget – Sony
Ericsson K700i
Welcome to my next review. The
Sony Ericsson K700i mobile phone.
The Sony Ericsson K700i
is a tri-band phone featuring a large, high-quality
65, 536 colour 65 TFT screen
with 176x 220 pixels, a VGA camera that can also take video clips, integrated
Bluetooth, GPRS and around 40 polyphonic ringtones.
It is has an internal memory of approximately 40mb.
A feature of
the K700i is its looks. From one side it looks like a camera, but turn it over
and it’s a phone. Top marks for looks. See pictures.
Another
feature is Quickshare. This allows you to take a
picture and with a few simple clicks send the picture to anyone anywhere.
In addition the
K700i features a built-in FM radio. The radio allows you to store
presets. It is also possible to minimize the radio and continue with another
application. The stereo headphones supplied are reasonable and act as the
aerial. The radio will not work without the headphones connected. The
headphones also act as a handsfree. If you do not
wish to wear the headphones you can play the radio through the phones
loudspeaker, which is positioned under the camera lens.
The K700i also
has an Media player, which plays MP3, MP4, 3GP, and
WAV files. Being a Sony Ericsson the
music quality is fairly good even through the standard handsfree
stereo headphones.
As a camera the
pictures are well above average. (see samples below).
You can adjust the lighting control if it is a dark areahe
camera also has a built in flash/light. Other options include changing the
picture size from 640x480 to 320x240x 160x120 or extended. There is also a
night mode, special effects which include panorama, black & white,
negative, sepia and solarize. Also there are 21
special effects . See pictures. These add some fun to
the shots. The video
recording includes sound and has a 4 x digital zoom. The options are as per the
camera mode except the 21 special effects.
The K700i
includes the internet and email capabilities. To be honest, I use my Tungsten
T3 for this functionality. I found that the built in Palmone Sony
Ericsson T610 driver works fine with the K700i when creating a Bluetooth
connection. The specification of the browser is noted below in the technical
summary. If anyone needs to know anymore on this then drop me an email.
On the
entertainment front, the K700i is fully java enabled for both games and
applications. It is features an amazing Music DJ for creating melodies etc…
With my K700i Darts, Riverriders and Super Real
Tennis games were included.
The phone also
features a full organiser suite, which includes calander,
tasks, notes, applications, alarms, timer, code memo, calaculator,
stopwatch and timer. The phone address book , tasks
and notes can be synchronised with a PC or PDA. A few features of the address
book includes adding a picture to the contact and
bespoke ringtone. I will soon try to sync my T3 with
my K700i.
But here comes
the real beauty of this phone, its file manager. Opening up the file manager
includes folders for pictures, sounds, videos, themes, games, applications and
other. When I connected my K700i to my PC via bluetooth,
I opened up windows explorer and had the complete file manager and folders of
my phone shown. I could then add, remove pictures ,
sound files etc.. It gets even better. If you add a sound file, say for example
you favourite song as an MP3, you can use this either to play through your
headphones or select as your ringtone. So its goodbye
paying for ringtone downloads!!
The PC software
includes synchronisation, MMS Home Studio, Image Editor, Mobile Networking
wizard and Sound Editor. I have used the image editor which allows me to add
custom photos to fit the phone screen exactly. The screen wallpaper and screen
saver can have moving pictures.
The K700i has
loads more functions. I haven’t even mentioned the SMS or MMS features or some
of the enormous options in the other menus / functions.
Below is a full list of the remaining technical
specification:-
Size 99x46.5x19.5mm
Weight 93 grams
Connectivity Sync ML, Infrared port, GPRS , USB support, RS232 cable support, Synchronisation
with both PC and Mac , Bluetooth wireless technology
Internet cHTML,
WAP 2.0 , Modem, OTA settings, WTLS
Sound Recorder, Picture
Gallery, Picture Effects, Picture Phonebook,
Picture Wallpaper, SMS Long , Themes Display, MMS, VGA Digital Camera / Camcorder, MP3
Audio Support, MPEG4 Video playback and capture, Vibrating
Alert,
Keylock, Sim Card lock,
Connectivity Sync ML, Infrared port, GPRS , USB support, RS232 cable support, Synchronisation
with both PC and Mac , Bluetooth wireless technology
Internet cHTML,
WAP 2.0 , Modem, OTA settings, WTLS
Organsiser Calander, Tasks,
In summary a very cool piece of kit. The end of paying for
downloading ringtones. And a camera with a
light!!
For more information or any questions
email me at gavin(at)pda247.com.
Review by Gavin Fabiani-Laymond.