Sony Ericsson K810 Review

Besides the standard and multimedia messages, the messaging menu also houses the e-mail client, which makes it easier for you to send and receive large files that are not suitable for MMS, like full-sized pictures for example. Entering text is aided by T9 but when it's turned off (when adjusting the e-mail settings for example), you realize how horrible the keyboard really is. The preloaded templates are intended to help you save time typing in often used phrases and sentences. What we found weird is that this menu houses a RSS Reader, which is convenient to quickly view the content of a given web site without loading it - we checked phoneArena's news in an instant.

Connectivity:

One of the handset's major drawbacks is the 3-band network support, as this means it is not fully global roaming capable. The K810 supports 900/1800/1900 GSM and 2100 MHz UMTS, and it has 2G version (for Asia) called the K818, where the UMTS is replaced with EDGE, which the K810 lacks. That means that you can take advantage of all of the phone's capabilities only if you use it on a 3G network in Europe or Asia. And even if you're in any of these areas, you will have to count on the slow GPRS when your network has no UMTS support, as your K810 has no EDGE (the step between GPRS and UMTS).

A connection with other devices can be established both through IrDA, which is located on the right side of the phone, and Bluetooth (the version is 2.0) while a great plus is that the trendy A2DP is featured. It allows you to stream stereo audio wirelessly from the phone's player to a compatible device like wireless headphones, mini stereo or car audio systems supporting that kind of transfer.


Internet:

For loading Internet pages there is a WAP 2.0 browser which can operate on the UMTS network for greater speed, where it is supported. Thanks to the high resolution (240x320), viewing web sites is very convenient, but still there's no room for comparison with the brilliant web browser that Symbian smartphones have.