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The t68i Replacement is Here

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the phones-to-lust-after dept.

interdigitate writes "The new T610 was been unveiled today by Sony Ericsson. This is the t68i replacement and its supposed to improve on it in every aspect. It has a 16bit color screen, Polyphonic ringtones, a built in digital camera, GPRS, Bluetooth (ofcourse), and most importantly it has Synchronization which should mean it will work with apple's iSync! " So... pretty. Must... resist.

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  1. Read the specs by rf0 · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Looking at the Specs half way down there is apparently DRM (Digital Rights Management). Does this mean that I can't have WAV's as ringtones now? :P

    Rus

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    1. Re:Read the specs by b96miata · · Score: 3, Interesting

      Or you could get any phone from sprint that supports pcs vision. Qualcomm makes a free tool to convert wav's into ringers you can download right to your phone (they're bigger than midi ringers of course) Anyone who's into cool new phones and wants a service that won't charge you an arm and several legs for data use should check out the above. I don't wanna count the hundreds of dollars I'd owe if I'd used the same amount of data on at&t's network that I have on my $10 unlimited data plan.

    2. Re:Read the specs by cmoney · · Score: 3, Interesting

      There's DRM already in place on their current phones. It simply stops you from forwarding on content that you paid for.

      For example, if I buy a $.99 ringtone from say T-Mobile and download it to my current T300 (or T68 or 7210 or 3650, etc), it stops me from then putting that ringtone into an MMS and forwarding it to my girlfriend.

      However, if I download a free ringtone that I wrote myself, I can forward it on as much as I like.

      Same goes for background images and I'm guessing games as well.

      This isn't as bad a Verizon's Get $hit Now though!

  2. But... by Kshu · · Score: 5, Interesting

    How about a model that lets you chat via IRC? That one I'll buy for sure.

    1. Re:But... by horza · · Score: 3, Interesting

      With the size of the screen, and the speed of typing on a numeric keypad, it doesn't sound useful for IRC except in the deadest of channels. Even with a normal monitor the text flies off the screen in around a second when the conversation gets heated. If you are really such a masochist, I guess you can load in a Java applet that tunnels over port 80 to a gateway you are running at home.

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  3. Finally! by Mindjiver · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Finally a decent phone from Sony-Ericsson. Hopefully this will help to stop Ericsson from bleeding to death.

    Too bad I can't afford this. But maybe it's just as good as I would just destroy it after too much beer.. =)

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  4. this is why S-E is so far in front of Nokia by hype7 · · Score: 4, Interesting

    The thing I love about Sony-Ericsson, and the reason why I will continue to buy their phones over Nokia's which I otherwise prefer to use, boils down to this:

    Bluetooth.

    S-E are putting it in a lot of their phones; Nokia are putting it in very few. You haven't seen how cool Bluetooth is until you run iSync with a mac, or get Romeo controlling your mac from the other side of the room through your phone.

    It's very cool :)

    -- james

  5. A most disappointing "feature" by no_such_user · · Score: 3, Interesting
    From the specifications:

    Features
    o DRM (Digital Rights Management)

    Again, when did DRM become a *feature* for end users? And exactly what are they using DRM for here... ringtones?
  6. Open Source & synchronization by MnO-Raphael · · Score: 3, Interesting

    the T610 is fully compatible with any computer. Your phone books and calendars will stay synchronized and updated

    Sounds promising, but is this also true for the various open-source calendar software? I've tentatively been looking for non-Windows synchronization software for my t39m without any luck.

  7. I used to think Bluetooth was useless by jht · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Then I got a T68i last fall. Now I have a Bluetooth adapter for my Mac, a Jabra Bluetooth headset, and a Palm Tungsten T. Amazingly, it all Just Works together. I can sync the Mac to both the Palm and the T68i, use Bluetooth to copy themes and ringtones to the phone, leave the phone buried in my pocket and use the Palm to dial it (I keep more of the database in my Palm than I do in the phone - I only keep the 50 or so most likely numbers in the phone), and just use the Jabra to talk.

    Once set up, Bluetooth is actually pretty neat stuff. Personally, it's now a feature I will look for going forward in phones, computers, and accessories.

    This new T610 phone looks interesting, but I'm not sold on cameras in my phones. I'd rather save the size and go small.

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  8. The BEST thing about Bluetooth is the Mac!! by adzoox · · Score: 5, Interesting
    Have you seen Romeo and Sony Clicker?

    They let you control iTunes, Keynote, PowerPoint, DVD Player

    Sony Clicker has a proximity sensor, applescripts lauch like check mail and iTunes play when you walk in the room

    Romeo lets you use the joystick on the phone like a mouse

    One is availible from www.versiontracker.com the other from www.macupdate.com

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  9. Re:Unfortunately... by bezza · · Score: 4, Interesting
    Polyphonic ringtones is sort of like MIDI for phones.

    There are phones that do the .wav thing and I cannot wait to get my hands on one of those. I think it would be hilarious to record myself saying "bring, bring" and have that play when the phone rings.

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