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Sony Ericsson Shows Off Feature-Heavy Cell Phones
An anonymous reader writes "As if waiting until the end of the month for the iPhone wasn't bad enough, Sony Ericsson has announced a set of super phones due to come out later this year. The Sony Ericsson K850i features an impressive 5-megapixel camera with auto-focus and xenon flash, while the W960i comes with a whopping 8GB of on-board memory, stereo Bluetooth, 3G and Wi-Fi connectivity, and a 3.2-megapixel camera. These were among several other new devices Ericsson unveiled recently, in hopes feature-heavy offerings will put it firmly back on the camera and music phone map."
..but how usable are they?
no touchscreen
Real keys, in other words, with tactile feedback. Much preferable.
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I have a K750i since nearly 2 years now and use the device to sync it to my calendar. It is only capable of syncing up to 300 entries! Allthough the device has ~100MB of memory. My question to sony was answered that all their phones (except the business line) can handle only up to 300 calendar entries-> totaly useless for me now.
You obviously never had on in your hands. The GPS fix time is less than 10 seconds with my N95. Haven't used the GPS for hours in a row so I can't say how much it really drains battery. N95 supports microSDHC and SanDisk has already rolled out 4gb cards so that's nicey nice too :)
I don't want another Ericcson since Sony bought them. Had a P800, and a P910i (and maybe a P900?), but I'm a Nokia man all the way now. N80ie for me, and N95 from work. Good stuff. This page shows where I am via GPS, falling back to cell triangulation if I'm not running the app. Quite nifty.
Get your own free personal location tracker
Except you'll find that the W960i mentioned does come with a touchscreen...
Knowing how good SE phones have become over the last few years, and the decent music playback abilities of the Walkman branded ones, there's every chance that this will become a iPhone killer in some markets, mostly here in Europe: not tied to one provider, full 3G capability, a decent camera (not tacked on as an afterthought), Symbian OS with thousands of apps available, and the Opera browser onboard. I know some people have mentioned that the battery life isn't mentioned, but my K800i will happily work for more than a week without a recharge.
Not really much to complain about there really to be honest.
Less shiny? Well, that'll be less fingerprints then...
I'm guessing that because it is SE they don't use the commmon types of memory cards (SD, uSD) but use the Sony type. This is negative points, but what about a standard 3.5" stereo jack? And how about a standard mini-USB port which can be used to charge the unit, and which support USB 'mass storage' (or whatever it is called).
I find it a bit bizarre that Nokia used to be terrible on this count, but has now become much better. HTC on the other hand, has gone in the opposite direction.