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<img src="http://parcom.pro-networks.org/PROneT-News/sony.jpg" align="right"> Sony Ericsson Cyber-shot K800i photo phone
By Wayne Brooker
August 3, 2006 14:25 GMT

I was reminiscing recently on days gone by when the only thing you considered before buying a mobile phone was its ability to make and receive calls. Today, such simple factors are taken for granted and have long been supplanted by how many MP3s it can store, what the games are like and whether it takes a good photo or not.

Case in point: Sony Ericsson's Cyber-shot K800i. Photography is what this camera-branded phone is all about. The mobile phone we're looking at today manages not only to boast a maximum photo resolution of 2,048 x 1,536 thanks to its 3.2 megapixel camera, but it also finds room for an autofocus mechanism, a comparatively bright f2.8 lens, image stabilisation and macro capabilities to boot.

Well, Sony Ericsson had to pull off something a bit special before it could be given the same name as Sony's hugely popular digital camera family, didn't it? The K800i's roots are undeniable. The moment you set eyes on it you're reminded of a stretch K750i, no bad thing given the K750i's success. Sony Ericsson has stuck with the tried and tested matte black body and silver accents, though it has replaced what little of the front fascia is visible with an black brushed aluminium finish.

Despite being only a centimetre or so longer than the K750i, most of that extra real estate has been devoted to the screen and the area immediately above it where the VGA video-call camera resides. The result of this is that the keypad has now been crammed into the lower quarter of the handset and though the keys are only fractionally smaller, combining this with their position makes it far more awkward to use quickly and accurately.

<img src="http://regmedia.co.uk/2006/08/03/se_k800i_1.jpg" align="right"> <img src="http://www.pro-networks.org/forum/images/smiles/source.jpg"> The Register
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