Sony Ericsson K618 announced
Sony Ericsson have announced the new Sony Ericsson K618 3G mobile phone. The K618 is being pitched as a jack of all phones - appealing to business users and home users alike with a good range of business solutions and multimedia apps.
Key features of the K618 include 2 megapixel camera, 3G, onboard blogging app for uploading pics direct to your blog, Bluetooth streaming for playing your MP3 files or video clips to a suitable receiving device, and push email. Quite a range of features then.
More pictures and details of the Sony Ericsson K618 after the jump.Sony Ericsson K618
The Sony Ericsson K618 is quite a good looking phone, on first impressions. I'm not normally a fan of Sony Ericsson's candybar phones, as they look too boring, but the K618 has Walkman-esque orange detailing, which really makes a difference.
Sony Ericsson kept this phone to themselves for quite some time, with few if any details of it emerging before it was announced, but it looks like it's going to be a very capable, very good looking phone. Sony Ericsson may have themselves yet another winner on their hands.
Details of the Sony Ericsson K618
From the press release:
Sony Ericsson today announces the K618: a slim, lightweight 3G phone that will launch in selected markets and deliver the perfect mix of mobile phone, multimedia applications and business solutions.
The new K618 has been developed for those users that want ‘the best of both worlds’; entertainment on the move & a powerful business tool. This high performance 3G device is as light and slim as a typical 2.5G phone, yet delivers blisteringly-fast speeds for streaming or downloading music & video clips, browsing the web or gaming. And staying in control of your inbox is made easier with support for push email, allowing messages to be sent directly to the phone without having to download them.
“The K618 is the ideal phone to bring the benefits of 3G-enabled mobile entertainment to a wide audience,” says Jan Wäreby Corporate Executive Vice President, Head of Sales and Marketing, Sony Ericsson. “It will have appeal with the business person on the move, who will appreciate the freedom and choice that the latest mobile technologies can offer. It’s a great-looking, desirable phone that you’ll want to keep close to hand.”
This compact phone is well equipped for both capturing & sharing photos, and playing music. Notably, the K618 features Bluetooth™ Streaming, which means that full-length music tracks (or video clips) can be sent wirelessly from the phone and listened to on a compatible Bluetooth™ enabled device, such as the Stereo Bluetooth Headset HBH-DS970.
One click of the dedicated camera button and the 2.0 Megapixel camera is activated, which comes complete with 2.5x digital zoom and Mobile Blogger This application allows the user to post (or blog) their images directly to their own blogsite, giving friends and family the chance to go online and view the shots. The K618 is also ready for making video calls; the separate video telephony camera and high speed 3G connectivity making this a reality.
With so many multimedia functions available, it’s possible to build up a sizeable collection of photos, music files, video clips and web pages. The 256MB Memory Stick Micro™ (M2™) provided caters for this and will store around 700 photos or 230 music tracks for example*. There is also the option to expand the external memory up to 1GB as an individual’s media library grows.
The K618 is a striking, slim-line ‘stick’ design that will launch in a choice of Vibrant Black or Bright White.
- Examples based on assumption of 4 minutes per track and codec compression eAAC+ and 32kbps for music/number of tracks. Or picture size of 2.0 Megapixel, taken in Normal Mode for recordable pictures.
Sony Ericsson K618 Release Date
The Sony Ericsson K618 release date is Q3 2006.K618 – Features at a glance
Entertainment
- Music player (with MP3, AAC, AAC+, eAAC+ support)
- OMA DRM phase 1
- Phone speaker
- Full streaming Audio/Video
- Polyphonic >64 ring tones
- Java MIDP 2.0
- 3D games
- Music DJ™
- Video DJ™
- Photo DJ™
- PlayNow™
- Disc2Phone computer ripping software
- Stereo headset
- 256MB M2 card
Imaging & Messaging
- 176×220 pixels, TFT 1.9” 262k colour display
- 2.0 Megapixel camera
- 2.5x digital zoom for still images
- QCIF video recording & streaming
- QVGA video playback
- VGA Video Telephony camera
- Consumer push email
- SMS and MMS
- Instant Messaging
- Mobile Blogger - Picture blog application
Connectivity
- UMTS 2100
- Bluetooth™ EDR
- PC Tools & Software
- USB 2.0 Mass storage FS
- USB charging
- USB cable
- Fast port connector
- External antenna connector
- Flight mode
- HTML Full Browser with RSS
Accessories
Core Accessories:- Stereo Bluetooth™ Headset HBH-DS970
- Stereo Portable Handsfree HPM-65
- Flash MXE-60
- Music Cable MMC-60
- Music Desk Stand MDS-60
- Desk Stand CDS- 60
- Travel charger CMT-60
- Bluetooth™ Headset HBH-GV435
- Bluetooth™ Headset HBH- IV835
- Bluetooth™ Car Speakerphone HCB-100
