The Cybershot k800’s “special power” is that it helps noobs take good pictures by allowing them to choose between nine shots taken with one camera click.

Yes, the k800’s 3.2MP camera actually takes 9 shots when you press the shutter button. Four shots at half press – then the actual shot – and four more after pressing. So the eight images you get that sandwich the “real” image are pre and post flash pictures that vary in their lighting. Impressive. Innovative.

Press release excerpt:

A completely new feature developed by Sony Ericsson is BestPic™, which ensures that you never ‘miss’ an important picture. Press the shutter button once and get 9 full quality 3.2 megapixel pictures to choose from in a time sequence – 4 pictures before and 4 pictures after the actual image you captured. All 9 pictures are displayed as icons on the display. Simply scroll backwards and forwards through the 9 images and save the ones you like best.

[Sony Ericsson]

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Aww shucks. Well depending on the price of the phone itself, I’d still try to grab a pair of in-ears because thats what makes these walkman phones different. Pfft. The primary reason why I was so attracted to the W-line of phones was due to the great package they offered. In the beginning, the price point of the phones were so high, but it made sense to do this because it included so many things – plus the in-ears.

Now however, I might be a bit cautious to get one unless I can get a good deal on some in-ears or I already have a pair. Because that’s what makes these Walkman phones so good. They’re just like any other SE phone. The difference is in the value added package of freebies.

[news via Phoneyworld]

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There’s a lot you can do with 512MB (or 256MB depending on the model) worth of songs. So might as well share them to an FM radio. The MMR-60 allows SE phone owners to shoot their songs onto FM radio.

Stylish I might say.

Capable of transmitting on FM frequencies at ranges of up to 10 meters, users will be able to control the range of the accessory through menus made available in the handsets used with the Sony Ericsson MMR-60. Weighing in at a light 9 g and measuring 43 x 27 x 11 mm, the transmitter will recall its last used frequency when switched off to avoid users having to reset the desired frequency upon every use.

[via The Gadget Blog]

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Today is the day of hearts, but it is also the day of remembering past heartaches as well. These “what could have beens” will always become the permeable stuff which we will bever be able to shut off from our minds. Now being a geek, I’ve had my past heartaches with women and gadgets alike. The women – well, there were times when I felt used, abandoned, elated, and lifted above my bitter existence. They were the best of times and the worst of times as well.

But the gadgets – well, the phones always provided me with a sense of being complete. I was secure with my phones. I was confident. I was complete.

Back in the old black and white days my first real love was the Nokia 3210. She was the sexiest thing. She didn’t have an antenna. She had moving graphics. She had predictive text. She was fabulous. But first loves are always puppy love, and as I grew older I wanted a phone that had more ambition.

However, something came along the way – I was bribed. And with serious relationships come those that were not serious and I had my flings with two Nokia 3310’s that were given to me. I flirted with each one of them. I had two because .. well .. I could. They were given to me as a gift on separate ocassions. And when you’re young, well, two is better than one.

After a while though, you get tired of flings. And just like that I was temped to upgrade my standards to something more colorful. You see, free is good. Noncommital is good. But as you mature, you’d want something with a lot more character. Something more “me” .. and I opted for the Nokia 3650, the most eccentric S60 phone ever invented at that time.

Damn this phone was eccentric. It was artsy, it was extreme and believe it or not, I kept this phone for more than 2 years despite the weird wheel design. The fact that it was S60-based made it even more powerful. I hacked my way through the limited video capacity and enhanced its video recording time. I downloaded applications to fill the 32MB MMC card. Man, 32MB was a lot then.

The 3650 was by far my longest phone but we had to part ways by necessity. There came a time I was down on cash and I needed all the help I could get to pay bills. In the end, the phone was one of the items that would give heftier returns. So there. One day I sold it. And paid my bills. And wept in the corner of my room.

Depression soon turned to bitterness and bitterness turned ot angst. And to rid myself of this burden I went on again to play short-lived relationships with other phones. I can barely remember them – a Mitac Mio whom I had a one night stand with, a Tanager E200, and even a Nokia 6310i. But these memories were short-lived, in the same way that they ended in a fit of passion.

Then came this.

And my pile of games. Life was looking good. I was playing every night. Tomb Raider. SSX. Splinter Cell. The Sims. Damn my mobile life got a hundred times more exciting. But that was until the N-Gage QD decided to do really weird stuff like hang in the middle of a save, reset in the middle of a call, and just .. die while in my pocket. Sent it back to Nokia once. Sent it again twice. Thrice.

Third time’s a sucker. And never again. So the games are still with me and the phone dead. I’ll probably have it fixed one day, when I decide to get back to playing games while commuting. The N-Gage was a wonderful piece of work though. She was pretty, light and the perfect companion. But what she lacked was stability. And I hate relationships that end up in the gutter.

At this point, I decided to give up on Nokia. It was like giving up on a friend who would set you up with people from the same circle of friends. So I decided to make my own path and took a risk with what some people were calling the Zen of Phones. I jumped ship from the comfort zone of the “0″ spacebar and made my way into the user interface of SE.

And I had no regrets. She rarely threw fits. We always connected. This was the perfect relationship, friends. I was in a new comfort zone of stability, being able to pair her with my beloved iBook, sending SMS seamlessly via Bluetooth and becoming immune to rampant S60 viruses.

Everything was great. I loved her and she loved me giving herself unconditionally even if I dropped her at times and scratched her sexy silver surface.

Everything was great.

Until.

She.

Came.

Along.

She seduced me, Ms. BenQ P50.

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Peter Kennedy leaves a very small footprint on the internet- probably because the people he works for value his silence and reticence. There are a number of Patent applications floating out in the ether with his name on them. Prior to working for Apple it seems Kennedy worked on projects for both IBM and SONY ERICSSON. What could Apple want with someone with an interest in User interfaces for phones? cough iPhone… new video iPod?

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What do you get when you cross a Treo with a K750i?

Well, nothing still. But the closest match comes in a surprising little package. The M600i was recently announced by Sony Ericsson as the new candybar replacement for the P-series smartphones.

The Bluetooth functionality of the M600i in turn ties in with its media capabilities, which include the playback of MP3 and AAC formats as well as video at 30 FPS. Another highlight of the device is its dual function thumbboard, which – much like that of Palm’s Treo 700w – contains a numerical keypad with in its QWERTY layout, and is also enhanced by the presence of continuous spell checking and word completion. Other features related to input include a 3-way jog dial and handwriting recognition.

Another worthy addition to my list of would-have’s. I hate moving parts and this brick looks tough and elegant without becoming too much of a pocket sore.

[Infosync]

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Phoneyworld has written a short preview about it and I’m going to build on to give my take. The first notable thing with it K800i is its physical elegance taking most of what SE learned from the K750i and sprinkled it with a slightly more curves.

Essentially the K800i is a combination of the K750i’ elegance, the W800i’s expansion and the W550i’s additional features which the former never had, like stereo speakers. The main addition to the K800i is the 3.2MP camera upping the bar of cameraphones for 2006. Yes, 3MP is now mainstream.

It has 3.2 megapixel camera, a superb QVGA display – thats 16 million colors with 240 x 320 resolution size of the display. The phone itself has 466 Mbs of memory on it, and if you think thats not enough then make sure you get one of those high end Memory stick Pro duo cards that this handset supports.

The K800i also has stereo speakers which serve as an excellent sound system. Besides the megapixel camera, the EDGE compliant phone also has a smaller camera for video conferencing. Bluetooth (latest version 2.0 supported). One may recall that aound the same time last year, we had heard and reported about the SonyEricsson Clara. Better known to us today by the name of the SonyEricsson K750i , that was and remains a best seller. The K800i is a very good successor to that handset and should easily set benchmarks.

[Via Phoneyworld]

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