Sony Ericsson unveils six new cellphones

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Sony Ericsson has introduced six new mobile phones at its Press Event in New York, today. The new devices include two high-end K750 successors - K800 and K790, the clamshell walkman phone – W300 as well as three mid-range camera phones – K510, Z530 and K310. All these handsets are expected to be commercially available in Q2 2006.

To emphasize their digital camera capabilities, the new Sony Ericsson K800 and K790 phones will carry the Cyber-Shot brand, which is used by Sony's digital cameras. Turning the phones horizontally and sliding the lens's cover downwards starts a user interface similar to the Cyber-Shot one. A new feature called BestPic enables the phones to captures 9 images with a single shutter press - 4 pictures before and 4 pictures after the actual image you captured. All 9 pictures are displayed as icons on the display. Simply scroll backwards and forwards through the 9 images and save the ones you like best.

Main features of K790 and K800:

• Dimentions: 4.17 x 1.85 x 0.71in (106 x 47 x 18mm)
• Weight 4.05oz (115g)
• 3.2 Mega pixel camera with auto Focus
• Xenon Flash
• 2.0" QVGA 262k display
• Push email
• Bluetooth 2.0
• IrDA
• Full HTML browser
• Memory Stick Micro (M2) memory expansion

K790 / K800

K510: K500's successor has its camera upped from a VGA to 1.3 mega pixels with screen colors increased to 262k from 65k. The bar-designed tri-band GSM phone will be available in two colors - midnight black or polished purple. Unlike the K500 which did not have a US version, the K510 will come in three versions K510i (900/1800/1900 Mhz), K510c (same as K510i but for China) as well as K510a, which is a GSM/GPRS (850/1800/1900MHz) for Americas. The device main features:

• 262k colour TFT display
• 1.3 mega pixels camera with flash and video capture
• Media Player (MP3/AAC support)
• 28 MB memory
• Push email
• Bluetooth/USB/IRDA connectivity
• Built-in speakerphone

K510

Z530: a tri-band GSM/GPRS (900/1800/1900MHz) clamshell phone that features:

• 65,536 color UBC (ultra bright color) main display
• Monochrome sub-display
• VGA camera with flash and video capture
• full HTML Internet browser
• Push email
• 28 MB memory
• Memory Stick Micro (M2) memory expansion slot
• Media Player (MP3/AAC support)
• Bluetooth/USB/IRDA connectivity
• Built-in speakerphone

Z530

K310: a bar-designed tri-band GSM phone that comes in three versions - K310i, K310c and K310a, which is a GSM/GPRS (850/1800/1900MHz) for Americas. It features:

• 65,536 color UBC (ultra bright color) display
• VGA camera with video capture
• 15 MB memory
• Media Player (MP3 support)
• Push email
• Bluetooth/ IRDA connectivity
• Built-in speakerphone

K310

W300: a quad-band GSM walkman phone with clamshell form factor, available in two colors - shimmering white and shadow black colour. The main features are as follows:

• 262k colour TFT main display
• Monochrome sub-display
• VGA camera with video capture
• GPRS/EDGE high-speed data
• 20MB internal memory
• Memory Stick Micro (M2) memory expansion slot
• Media Player (MP3 support)
• Streaming Audio/Video
• Bluetooth/USB/IRDA connectivity
• FM radio with RDS
• Built-in speakerphone

W300