Sony Ericsson S700i
At first glance the
Sony Ericsson S700i looks
like a PDA, with a large 320x240 pixel
display in 262,000 colours. There's
a directional control on the bottom
plus some control buttons. However,
the first neat trick the S700i has is
that it rotates open to reveal a standard
telephone keypad, in a similar way to
the much smaller Motorola
V80.
On the back of the S700i
is a Sony 1.3 megapixel camera
capable of 1280 x 960 pixels, a photo
light and 8X digital zoom. This camera
has four times the pixels of a "standard"
VGA camera and will produce a much better
image quality.
The S700i supports Java
2.0 for applications and comes with
3D graphics acceleration, which combined
with the large screen and easy controls
makes this a very appealing games machine.
Connectivity to a PC
is through Bluetooth, infra-red or
cable. There's an large range of
Bluetooth accessories from Sony Ericsson
too. Memory expansion is through Sony
Memory Stick Duo cards, which is very
useful because
the S700i can also play back space-hungry
MP3s.
It's easy to forget
that the Sony Ericsson S700i is actually
a phone, in this case a tri-band GSM
phone with GPRS. Battery life is impressive
for this kind of device too, whith up to
seven hours talk-time.
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