Sony Ericsson K800i: First Cybershot Branded Mobile Phone

by Jin on July 27, 2006

in Digital Still Camera, Mobile Phone

Cybershot is the brand that Sony uses for digital cameras in some markets such as the US. It’s K800i is a mobile phone and is the first to have the brand Cybershot on it. The K800i has a fairly high-resolution 3.2 megapixel auto-focus camera with a Xenon-based flash and lens cover. It lets you have conversations via video, has a FM radio and MP3 player and simple PIM functions (calendar, notes, task list, world time, etc.) and is a 3G phone. A four-point joystick is used for navigation and controling music playback.


Image source: Mobile Guerilla

The main screen is 2.1″ in size and has a resolution of 240 x 320 pixels, or QVGA. The LCD displays 262,144 colors. With side buttons, the K800i can be used like a regular digital camera, on its side. Instead of using a Memory Stick Pro Duo, Sony Ericsson decided on the smaller format Memory Stick Micro, which is only 15 x 12.5 x 1.2mm — very small.


Image source: Digital Photography Review

The phone works on GSM 900, 1800, 1900 and UMTS networks with talk times of up to 7 hours on GSM networks and 2 1/2 hours on UMTS. Standby times are up to 350 hours for GSM and UMTS. For data connectivity, it is GPRS (2.5G) capable and connects to WCDMA (3G) networks. It has a built-in memory of 64MB, but will not be enough to store video captures of up to 176 x 144 or QCIF resolutions.

Source: c|net UK, Sony Ericsson, Mobique

[tags]Sony Ericsson, K800i, Mobile Phone, 2.1″, 230 x 320, QVGA[/tags]

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