It makes phone calls, too Apr 12 2006
Yesterday I took delivery of my new handset upgrade - the Sony Ericsson K750i. I had originally wanted a Nokia N70, but decided to go for the K750i because I realised I probably didn’t need the extra features the N70 had, and I certainly didn’t need the extra cost that goes with it. So after playing around with the handset last night, I’m pretty pleased. I was upgrading from a Samsung D500, which I enjoyed using, and my biggest gripe was that I couldn’t set the alarm to use mp3s that were stored on the phone - with the K750i, I can ;-)
On top of this, there are plenty of neat features. PC integration is a lot smarter, and while the usage of the Memory Stick Duo will annoy some people I’m sure - being as I own a PSP, and had a spare 1GB card lying around, I was most pleased. This is the first phone I’ve ever owned with over a gig of memory in it, and because it’s got a fairly nice media player in it, a decent set of headphones (that double as a hands-free kit) I’m tempted to use it as my portable music player. I don’t find time to listen to a lot of music out and about (well I do, but that’s why I bought a decent car stereo), but whenever I think “I could do with an iPod right now” I usually don’t have mine with me. However almost always I’ll have my phone on me - if I can remember to stick the headphones in my pocket, I’ll be sorted.
I’ve also tried a few apps on the phone, more on this later - but let it be said though that Opera Mini is pretty awesome, and I’ve got an SSH client on there too - I’m always pleased by the nice range of apps available for Java based phones, and whenever I get a new phone I tend to re-investigate - so I’m still playing with this side of things.
The thing I use my phone most for is probably txting (just shades actually making calls) and it’s intuitive to use and feels nice and easy. Unlike before, where seemingly every time I changed my phone I had to re-learn where all the symbols and special txting keys were, the layout on the K750i is almost identical to the D500 (space key, caps key all in the same place). As such it feels right at home, and the actual interface for writing a text is much much nicer.
Overall, it’s a sweet sweet phone, even if I do have to get used to locking the keypad again! It even allows me to make and receive calls which is a bonus ;-)
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