I was severely tempted by the Sony/Ericsson K700a which just went on sale. Probably the best cameraphone you can buy at the moment. Unfortunately they priced it insanely high. $450 *with* a two year contract. That's more than a freaking Treo 650!

Anyway, my problem was just solved by the announcement of the K750i, a replacement for the K700 that should be available "this quarter". No word on pricing yet, and it's disappointing that it is only a GRPS device (won't work on 3G networks,) but otherwise this is the phone I have been waiting for. 2.0 megapixels, and more importantly a real auto-focus mechanism. Very slick.

Pics on page 2 of the link above, plus a couple more shots at the bottom of this page.
- jim 3-01-2005 8:11 pm

Damn, the W800i is new as well. Everything the K750i has, plus a 500 meg memory stick, dedicated music start/stop buttons, and high quality headphones. This is the promised "walkman" phone. Very cool. It will be interesting to see if something like this can put a dent in iPod sales. I'd say the hardware is good enough but Sony has a long history of screwing up the software side of the equation, and that's exactly what the iPod gets right.
- jim 3-01-2005 9:18 pm


Here are some pictures taken with the K750i. They have been resized, of course. Very nice quality. That is what I want. But why oh why doesn't this phone work on something faster than GRPS?

So close.
- jim 3-08-2005 5:49 pm





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