Sony Ericsson K850i

Sony Ericsson K850i

The Sony Ericsson K850i was a high-end mobile phone when released in October 2007. It was announced in June 2007 as the flagship product in Sony Ericsson's K ("Kamera") series, with a 5 megapixel CMOS camera sensor. The K850 was the first Sony Ericsson phone released outside of NTT DoCoMo to support microSD and microSDHC along withSony's traditional M2. It also introduces the usage of three touch-sensitive softkeys right under the display and a new form of navigation button, omitting the classic joystick. The camera interface has been revamped to resemble the format of cybershot digital cameras. According to the manufacturer the UMTS talk time has been significantly increased to 3 hrs 30 min over its predecessor, the K800 andK810. ^[1] (K800 2 hrs 30 min). It was Sony Ericsson's first 3.5 HSDPA supporting mobile phone, and was also the first 3G "global" mobile with supporting all major operating network frequency in the world including GSM 850, GSM 900, GSM 1800, GSM 1900, HSDPA, UMTS 850, UMTS 1900, UMTS 2100. ^[2]

Details:

GENERAL:	2G Network-	GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
	3G Network-	HSDPA 850 / 1900 / 2100
	Announced-	2007, June
	Status-	Available. Released 2007, October

SIZE:	Dimensions-	102 x 48 x 17 mm
	Weight-	118 g

DISPLAY:	Type-	TFT, 256K colors
	Size-	240 x 320 pixels, 2.2 inches
		- Accelerometer sensor for auto-rotate - Wallpapers, screensavers

SOUND:	Alert types-	Vibration; Downloadable polyphonic, MP3, AAC ringtones, composer
	Speakerphone-	Yes

MEMORY:	Phonebook-	1000 x 20 fields, Photo call
	Call records-	30 received, dialed and missed calls
	Internal-	40 MB
	Card slot-	Memory Stick Micro (M2)/microSD, up to 4GB, 512MB card included

DATA:	GPRS-	Class 10 (4+1/3+2 slots), 32 - 48 kbps
	EDGE-	Yes
	3G-	HSDPA, 3.6 Mbps (K850i only)
	WLAN-	No
	Bluetooth-	Yes, v2.0 with A2DP
	Infrared port-	No
	USB-	Yes, v2.0

CAMERA:	Primary-	5 MP, 2592х1944 pixels, autofocus, xenon flash and 3LED video light, auto lens cover
	Features-	Image stabilization
	Video-	Yes, QVGA@30fps
	Secondary-	Videocall camera

FEATURES:	Messaging-	SMS, MMS, Email, Instant Messaging
	Browser-	WAP 2.0/HTML (NetFront), RSS reader
	Radio-	Stereo FM radio with RDS
	Games-	Yes + downloadable
	Colors-	Luminous Green, Velvet Blue, Quicksilver black
	GPS-	No
	Java-	Yes, MIDP 2.0
		- MP3/AAC/MP4 player - TrackID music recognition - T9 - Picture editor/blogging - Organizer - Voice memo/dial

BATTERY:		Standard battery, Li-Po 930 mAh (BST-38)
	Stand-by-	Up to 400 h (2G) / Up to 350 h (3G)
	Talk time-	Up to 9 h (2G) / Up to 3 h 30 min (3G)

MISC:	SAR US-	1.50 W/kg (head) 1.56 W/kg (body)
	SAR EU-	1.14 W/kg (head)

Design and features

The phone introduces a new button in the Cyber-shot line: on the right side a switch allows to choose between photo, video and playback mode. The phone is available in the colours "Luminous Green", "Velvet Blue" and "Quicksilver Black".

Key features include:

• 3G video calling
• Cyber-shot 5 megapixel Camera with Xenon flash and additional 3 LED flash for video recording
• Bluetooth 2.0 (100m)
• Web Access (NetFront browser included)
• Exchange ActiveSync
• 3.5G high speed internet (Support up to 3.6Mbit/s (download speed), 384kbit/s (upload speed))
• Multiple audio playback (AAC, WAV, MP3, WMA)
• Built in Media Center (Sony PSP/PS3 XrossMediaBar menu)
• Video player with progressive fast forward and slow motion
• Memory Stick slot to expand the memory to up to 16GB.

• Camera Information

  5.04 megapixel CMOS sensor, 16x digital zoom, natural color rendering, and built in xenon flash plus three additional LEDs for autofocusing and can be used for video recording. It also features Bestpic (Sony Ericsson's brand name for burst mode) which captures nine images in a row then you can choose the ones you want to save. In camera mode the keypad is differently lit so the user can easily find the camera shortcut buttons (Shoot mode, Scenes, Self-timer, Flash mode).

  In common with the K810i and the K800, programs called Photo Fix, HP print and Face Warp are bundled with the K850i. Users can also easily increase the brightness and the contrast of the photo with PhotoFix and PhotoDJ.

  Video recording is QVGA (320×240) at 30 frames per second. (K800 QCIF (176x144) @ 15 fps.) Supports Image and Video Stabilizer so videos and photos taken would be less likely to appear blurred and shaky. There have been major software problems in the past but now have been solved. Moreover, as in most Sony Ericsson phones, the camera software, called camdriver, can be modified to bring new features along with considerable improvement. The line of camdrivers known as Cybershot Xperience, developed by Hasaan Rafique (known online as Witchking) is the most promising as it implements many additional features like Manual Focus, Contrast, Saturation, Colour Balance, ISO, Shutter-speed and so on. It also allows the user to increase the video recording resolution.

  
  

  Pc Suite can be download from HERE