Sony Ericsson K850i review - Honest Sony Ericsson K850i reviews
True to its Cybershot origins, Sony Ericsson’s 5 megapixel K850i doesn’t disappoint its fans. Apart from Digital zoom, auto focus and Xenon flash, the K850i has a 262 TFT 240 x 320 pixels color screen capable of showing pictures in great detail. Added features to its imaging aspect are the image stabilizer, BestPic and red eye reduction, making it truly a great camera at heart.
Its users may also enjoy pictures they’ve taken in portrait and landscape mode by simply rotating the phone and the desired mode follows. It also has a Photo Fix feature enabling the user to touch up pictures making them perfect for blogging. You can actually send your pictures directly to your website by using the Photo Blogging menu and they’re not made perfect for blogging only, with an inbuilt editing capability, you can connect your K850i direct to a printer ready for hard copies.
This handset is EDGE enabled and has HSDPA and supports a web browser for easy connectivity to the internet and email sending. Text messaging is also effortless especially with predictive text input. You can even send pictures and other images through MMS. With a quad band technology that supports GSM 850, 900, 1800 and 1900, calling won’t be a hassle. Being 3G capable with a fast download and upload time, video streaming and video conferencing is a walk in the park.
With regards to its multimedia functions, a user can easily move from photos to music to video. You can even watch picture slideshows while listening to the music of your choice. Although not as musically advanced as the Walkman series phones, the music player has the signature TrackIDTM and PlayNowTM features making music and ringtone downloading trouble-free. It even houses an FM Radio allowing you to save favorite radio stations for easy access.
The startup kit includes a CD with software for organizing photos, video and music and you can move them from your phone to your PC or laptop and vice-versa. With internal memory of 40 MB and a Memory Stick Micro and MicroSD slot, the user may add more memory power to this mobile phone. And although a little hefty at 118 grams, it’s 9 hours of talk time and 400 hours of standby time is enough to compensate for this nice phone package. The K890i is a photographer and picture lover’s dream. In this compact and trendy device, they can exercise their creativity with a simple touch of a button.