Sony Ericsson K610

Infobox Mobile phone
name = Sony Ericsson K610i

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form = Candybar [http://asia.cnet.com/reviews/mobilephones/0,39051200,39098120p,00.htm Sony Ericsson K610i] , review, Jeremy Roche, "CNET Asia", September 25, 2006. Accessed on line December 11, 2007.] [http://reviews.cnet.co.uk/mobiles/0,39030106,49285904,00.htm Sony Ericsson K610i Review] , Andrew Lim, cnet.co.uk, December 21, 2006. Accessed on line December 11, 2007.] [ [http://www.sonyericsson.com/cws/products/mobilephones/specifications/k610i Specifications] , K610i, Sony Ericsson. Accessed on line December 11, 2007.]
camera = 2 Mpx
screen = 176×220 pixels, 262,144 Colour TFT LCD
ringtone = 72-voice polyphonic, MP3
memory = 16 MB
memory_card = M2
networks = GSM/GPRS 900/1800/1900 MHz
UMTS 2100 MHz
connectivity = Bluetooth, USB 2.0
size = 102 × 45.2 × 16.9 mm
battery = Li-polymer
weight = 92 gramsThe Sony Ericsson K610i is a 3G phone that Sony Ericsson announced at the 3GSM World Congress on February 13, 2006. [cite web | url=http://www.sonyericsson.com/spg.jsp?cc=global&lc=en&ver=4001&template=pc3_1_1&zone=pc&lm=pc3_1&prid=4695 | title=The slender, stylish K610 gives 3G mass appeal | author=Sony Ericsson Corporate Communications | accessdate=2006-08-25 ] It was promoted as the smallest and lightest 3G phone available.

Features

The K610 is a successor to the recent K600/K608. Its features include a fixed-focus 2 megapixel digital camera with 2.5× digital zoom (zoom only available when set to the VGA quality setting), Bluetooth v2.0 and support of Sony's new proprietary memory card format, Memory Stick Micro (M2). It has a slightly bigger 1.9 inch, 262,000 colour, 176×220 pixel TFT LCD screen, built-in email client, WAP and HTML browser and a D-pad for navigation. The K610i also supports many music formats including MP3/AAC/M4A/WMA. [cite web | url=http://developer.sonyericsson.com/site/global/products/phonegallery/k610/p_k610.jsp | title=K610 | author=Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications | accessdate=2007-07-18 ]

Design

*The K610 is a small candybar style phone which is comparable in size to the K750, which is only 2 mm shorter, 0.8 mm wider and 3.6 mm thicker. It features larger and more ergonomic buttons than the K600/K608. Comparing the phone to current 3G phones available these days, it seems that the K610 is far smaller and slimmer than even some recent 2G phones.
*Navigation is provided by the central D-pad which is used for navigation of menus. The two soft keys provide greater flexibility whilst navigating and the popular activity button and web browser buttons are still included in the minimalist design.
*The camera is located on the reverse side of the phone and in accordance to Sony Ericsson's dual front design philosophy, common to most Sony Ericsson camera phones, the phone is held in a horizontal position when taking pictures. In this position, a small button on the right bottom side of the phone functions as the shutter release.

Reviews

Although being relatively small for a phone of its features, the K610 has been criticized for not including several common features found in today's crop of mobile phones, namely; its lack of an FM radio, IrDA and LED lights for taking pictures in low lighting conditions, and also its sub-par photo quality. [cite web | url=http://www.gsmarena.com/sony_ericsson_k610-review-95.php | title=Sony Ericsson K610 review: Sure 3G choice | author=GSMArena Team | accessdate=2007-12-12 ] [cite web | url=http://www.cnet.com.au/mobilephones/phones/0,239025953,240060376,00.htm | title=Sony Ericsson K610i | author=Jeremy Roche | accessdate=2007-12-12 ]

References

ee also

* List of Sony Ericsson products

External links

* [http://www.sonyericsson.com/spg.jsp?cc=global&lc=en&ver=4001&template=pp1_1_1&zone=pp&lm=pp1&pid=10389 Official website]
* [http://www.mobile-review.com/review/sonyericsson-k610i-en.shtml mobile-review.com]