I picked up a Sony Ericsson k800i a week ago and I’m really impressed with it.
The biggest draw is the 3.2 megapixel camera which comes with autofocus, image stabilizer and a built in xenon flash. It’s capable of taking some pretty sharp pictures. It actually gives medium to low end digital cameras a run for their money.
Better yet, you can stick in a memory card micro to extend the phone’s meagre 64mb memory. With a full quality picture weighing in at around 700k it’s not long before you need one. Fortunately they retail for around £20 on eBay which is where I got mine.
Sony Ericsson have teamed up with Blogger.com to enable you to blog right from your phone. Whilst it’s clear that “texting” a long blog is too much hassle, it does allow you to share your pictures immediately and easily. You simply select a picture, choose “Send > Blog” and fill in the title and the body and it resizes the picture and uploads it all via it’s 3G GPRS connection. I’ve got a mobile blog here.
It seems that Sony Ericsson are the new Nokia.
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August 24, 2006 at 12:48 am
Bob
I’ve been trying to persuade myself to wait for a fancy wxxxi phone to come out (an updated SE w800i). Y’know, like the k750i is the non-walkman version of the w800i. So I guess they’re going to bring out a walkman one based on the k800i. But I don’t think I’m going to be able to resist temptation!! The w850i looks nice, but doesn’t have the same features as the k800i. and the w950i doesn’t have a camera (O_o) it’s touch screen and looks really good… but doesn’t have a camera… did i mention it doesn’t have a camera?! Yes, in today’s mobile world, a phone without a camera is just, weird (and worth mentioning 4 times)!
On the k800i, a quick question: does memory stick pro duo work with it? I have a 2GB one and if it doesn’t I’ll need to get a new 2GB one for the k800i, I think it uses the memory stick micro… which is gonna be expensive (I’d prefer 2GB (or more) of storage as I use it as an MP3 player as well as phone, e.g., instead of iPod or similar). </ramble>
August 24, 2006 at 10:14 am
Matt
It uses the micro stick. It’s tiny – slightly smaller than an adult thumbnail.
August 25, 2006 at 12:25 pm
Angus
Matt,
Have ya tried the K800i MacOS X theme, it look really great on K800! Much better than the default theme! I personally using it now too~~
You can take a look the theme here: http://www.markboulton.co.uk/journal/comments/osx_theme_for_k800i/
August 25, 2006 at 1:49 pm
Matt
That’s great! Thanks for the link.
August 27, 2006 at 11:43 am
Tomi
Ohhhhhhhhhhh, I think I’ve just found myself a new phone. oO
My dad just got a Nokia 6265i phone. I was really impressed with the 2.0MP camera. But 3.2MP on this phone? Geeez.
Congratulations on the phone, anyways.
September 4, 2006 at 7:15 pm
Hook It Up
Mobile It Up
I’m jealous. It’s not often you’ll hear admitting something, so personal, but I’m incredibly jealous. I accidentally killed my w800i on the 30th July, orange rang on 1st August to offer me a free upgrade to replace, but as I…
November 23, 2006 at 7:18 am
riccilea haine
evrytime i try blog a picture it says blogging then stops half way and doesnt go any further. how can get it sorted out? if anyone can help please let me know.
February 7, 2007 at 10:31 am
ko
try backing up everything and do a factory reset.. mine works fine. it’ll create an address for you over in blogspot