In Vogue


The Sony Ericsson K700i. Multimedia Powerhouse.

The Sony Ericsson k700i seems to be getting popular these days. At least three people I know have gotten this slick new mobile- an officemate, a friend's girlfriend and my brother.
Which is not puzzling at all since the K700 is a pretty good model. Apparently being the real successor to the classic T610 model, the K700 is much more of a leap than the slight upgrade the T630 was (which was really just a monochromatic repackaging of the T610, with a better screen). The K700 is a multimedia powerhouse, with a big, beautiful and bright screen, an excellent (albeit still VGA) camera and video capability, enhanced user interface (UI), an FM radio and MP3 playing capability, and 41 MB of memory to stuff photos, video and data with.
The phone is small, smaller than all the recent Nokia best-sellers (6600 and 7610), and even slightly smaller than its predecessors from SE. It's compact and looks so hi-tech with its silver-metal finish. The back (or the OTHER front, according to Sony marketing) has a large receptacle, making the phone look more like a digicam from that direction (which is the thrust of SE's phones). So, really, the K700 looks and plays great.

In fact, it's so good that if I wasn't such a fanatic for Symbian OS-powered smartphones and the fact that the K700 has pretty limited memory for me, this would probably be my phone right now. But no, I'm still with my megapixel mobile. The only thing that can possibly move me at present is the prospect of the Sony Ericsson P910, with its potential Gigabyte of memory space... Mmmm... Aaaahhh... Someday... SOMEDAY... Hahahaha... Sigh.