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.
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.
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.
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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