Sony Ericsson G700
Credit: Kent German
As the GSMA World Congress begins, Sony Ericsson has proven again that it can surprise us.
While we expected that it would spend much of its time in Barcelona concentrating on its strong points, like a new Walkman phone for instance, it also introduced a completely new cell phone line with its G700 and G900.
Designed as "touchscreen organizers with a broad appeal," the G700 and G900 are Symbian smartphones that are designed a busy, on-the-go audience. The company admitted that it was trying to snag a new segment of customers with the two handsets and from I can tell, it looks like they have a good chance of doing so.
The G700 is particularly interesting. Though its simple candy bar design (available in silk bronze) may not look very exciting, there's actually a lot of power under the hood. Beyond standard offerings like a 3.2-megapixel camera, e-mail and messaging, Bluetooth, a music player and personal organizer applications, the G700 offers something truly unique. Using the touchscreen and the stylus you can scribble "notes" to yourself, which you can then post directly on the screen. The result is sort of like a sticky note; it actually shows your handwriting rather then converting your input into text. You can even draw maps or pictures and send them to your friend, though it's unclear if you friend also needs a G700 to receive them. I have to admit that it looks pretty nifty. You can bet that I'll be going to Sony Ericsson's booth tomorrow to try it for myself.
The G900 is a another candy bar handset; it comes in dark red or dark brown. Its feature set is more geared toward photography. It has a 5-megapixel shooter with a raft of photography features including an auto-focus, a 3x zoom, red eye reduction and a flash. Like its sibling it also has a touchscreen, but it uses in a different way. By tapping the display in camera mode you can choose a focal point for your image and then zoom in. Sony Ericsson did a short demo and it looked quite promising. Other features include messaging and e-mail, a speakerphone, an FM radio, stereo Bluetooth and personal organizer applications.
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the_man
11/02/2008 04:52 PM
I'm waiting for the price...
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