The Sony Ericsson K800i mobile phone, and its variant, the Sony Ericsson K790, are mobile phones of their class from Sony Ericsson. Launched in July 2006 (for the K800i in the UK market; others may vary), the mobile phones are the successor to the Sony Ericsson K750i. Both of the mobile phones feature a 3.2 megapixel digital camera complete with a xenon flash, a protective lens cover, and a new "BestPic" bracketing feature, and are the first to be tagged with the Sony Cyber-shot branding. The new "BestPic" feature takes 9 full quality snapshots of a subject in quick succession, allowing the user to choose the best shots from them. On the entertainment front, the mobile phones have a media player supporting MP3, AAC/AAC+/eAAC+ and WMA music files and 3GP/MPEG-4 video files. The phones also feature a RDS FM radio, and a Memory Stick Micro (M2) slot for expandable solid state memory. It is the phone used by James Bond in the 2006 Casino Royale film.
The difference between the two mobile phones is that the K790 supports GSM and EDGE, while the K800 supports UMTS and GSM. As a result, the K800 features a QCIF (176X144) resolution front-mounted camera for 3G video conferencing. According to the official Sony Ericsson specifications (to be found on their website), the K800's talk time drops steeply from around 7 hours when using GSM to about 2 hours 30 minutes whilst using UMTS. A heavily revamped version of the K800i, Sony Ericsson K810 is available since Q2 2007. Its successor is the 5 megapixel Sony Ericsson K850
Features
Camera
The digital camera is capable of taking photographs at four resolutions: 3.2 megapixels (2048x1536), 2 MP (1632x1224), 1 MP (1280x960), and VGA (640x480), with Standard and Fine quality settings at each resolution. It features:
* Four shoot modes - Normal, BestPic, Panorama, Frames
* Eight scene presets - Auto, Twilight landscape, Twilight portrait, Landscape, Portrait, Beach/Snow, Sports, Document
* Three focus modes - Auto, Macro, Infinite
* Three flash settings - Off, Auto, Red-eye reduction
* Four special effects which can be applied to the photographs - Black & White, Negative, Sepia, Solarize
* Manually adjustable white balance with the following available presets - Automatic, Daylight, Cloudy, Fluorescent, Incandescent
* Two metering settings - Normal metering, spot metering
* Image and video stabilization
* Xenon flash with AF illuminator assist
It also has a self-timer, which is useful for self-portraits. A light press of the shutter button initiates the auto-focus feature of the camera lens - when a green dot appears on the screen, the camera has focused, and a stronger press will capture the photograph. The camera also has the ability to capture video clips at 176x144 (QCIF) resolution at 15 frames per second (fps). The camera, which also features 16x digital zoom, is situated on the back side of the phone and is protected by a sliding gloss plastic, metal-effect look cover.
Additionally, the K800 features a small front camera for video telephony using UMTS.
Network
* K800i / K800c
o Dual-mode: UMTS at 2100MHz, and GSM at 900 MHz, 1800MHz and 1900MHz
* K790i / K790c
o Tri-band GSM at 900 MHz, 1800 MHz and 1900 MHz
* K790a
o Tri-band GSM at 850 MHz, 1800 MHz and 1900 MHz
Entertainment
# Media Player with Equalizer and Stereo Widening
# MP3, WMA, RealAudio 8 and AAC/AAC+/eAAC+ audio
# MP4, 3GP and RealVideo 8 video
# RDS FM radio
# MusicDJ™, PhotoDJ™ and VideoDJ™
# Streaming audio/video
# 3D Java games
# A/B buttons for horizontal games support and full-screen image preview modes
# FaceWarp (pre-installed Java Application
Internet
# Access NetFront - Full HTML browser
# Download Manager
# Native RSS Reader
# Email (POP3 and IMAP4). With Push e-mail available for IMAP4
Connectivity
* IrDA
* Bluetooth 2.0 + A2DP
* CSD
* HSCSD
* GPRS
* EDGE (K790 versions only)
* W-CDMA (K800 versions only)
* USB 2.0 Synchronization or Mass Storage Device Transfer Mode via Fast Port connector
Storage
* Memory Stick Micro (M2) (Card not included as standard)
* Minimum 64 MB Internal Flash memory (can be expanded to almost 80 MB through removal of preinstalled applications, pictures and themes)
Dimensions
* 106 mm x 47 mm x 20 mm (22 mm at the thickest part, which is the digital camera lens cover)
Operating System
* Sony Ericsson's revamped proprietary user interface
Display
* 2.0 inch QVGA (240x320) TFT LCD
* 262,144 (18-bit) colors
Colours
* Velvet Black
* Allure Brown
* Royale Silver [1] (James Bond Casino Royale Limited Edition)
* Concrete Silver [2]
Specific absorption rate (SAR)
* 0.58 W/kg (right)