Casino Ericsson K800i Royale Sony
Casino Ericsson K800i Royale Sony
The Sony Ericsson K800i , 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 phones are the successor to the Sony Ericsson K750i. Both of the 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 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 (up to 16GB). The K790/K800 models are also the first Sony Ericsson mobile phones to use ATI's Imageon 2192 graphics engine, which delivers a full 3D gaming graphics for Java and full support for its 3.2 megapixel camera, although it doesn't come with an ATI Mobile Catalyst Control Center (also known as 'ATI mCCC'), it is available as an optional download at the ATI website. It is the phone used by James Bond in the 2006 Casino Royale film.
The difference between the two phones is that the K790 supports GSM and EDGE, while the K800 supports UMTS and GSM. As a result, the K800i 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 modified version of the K800i, the Sony Ericsson K810i, is available the software for this model can be "flashed" to the K800i. Its successor is the 5 megapixel Sony Ericsson K850i.
Design and features
The K800i/K790 is a "block" (or "candy bar") style phone that weighs 115 grams, with its buttons operated by the thumb. It has the "dual-front" design common to most Sony Ericsson mobile phones since the Sony Ericsson K700, with the back of the mobile phone designed like a digital camera and intended to be held sideways to take photographs. The central joystick button is used for selecting options and navigating menus, with the "C" button as an undo or delete key, and the arrow-labelled button as a "back button".
The two buttons labelled by white horizontal lines, known as hotkeys or soft keys perform the function of making decisions with only two choices. Such decisions are labelled on the phone's display. The button in between the right soft key and the "C" button acts as a shortcut key, which brings up a user-customisable shortcut menu when pressed. The two "A/B" buttons on either side of the earpiece are used for horizontal games support, as in the Sony Ericsson W550/W600. The on/off button is located on the top of the phone. The Memory Stick Micro M2 slot is located on the left-hand side of the phone. On the right-hand side of the phone there are three keys: two for controlling volume, skipping through tracks in the Media Player, changing radio channel, and zooming in and out when in camera mode. The third button on the right is the camera shutter button which operates the phone's key feature, a 3.2 megapixel Cyber-shot digital camera. In amongst the speaker at the top of the phone is a small camera used for video calls. Located next to this is the IrDA port.
The phone has a standard minimum user-available internal memory capacity of 64 MB. The external memory capacity can be extended by using a Memory Stick Micro M2, intended to support both the camera and the media player function of the phone. The phone can be connected to a computer for data transfer and recharging. Communication is made using either the built-in Bluetooth wireless or the supplied USB data cable, which connects to the phone using Sony Ericsson's proprietary FastPort connector, which is located on the bottom of the phone. The phone can also be used as a Bluetooth or USB GPRS/3G modem.
K800i/K790 cellphones feature full support for USB mass storage recognition. This means that there will be no need for driver installation on modern operating systems such as Mac OS X, Windows XP and Linux, as the phone will be automatically recognized as an external storage device upon connection. Data retrieval also includes the ability to output files by infra-red and Bluetooth (as well as in network-transmitted messages) to other devices. Although typical of many recent Sony Ericsson devices, support for outputting files other than over the mobile network has been variable with other brands.
In the calendar, a new feature is supported for recurring event notifications on a yearly basis, which the predecessor K750 lacked. The calendar is closely compatible with Microsoft Outlook.
Mac OS X v10.4.9 added support for calendar and contact syncing under iSync 2.4.
Variants
- K800i - International version: Dual-mode UMTS (2100MHz) & GSM (900/1800/1900 MHz), with W-CDMA and GPRS - for all regions except Mainland China
- K800c - Mainland China version: Dual-mode UMTS (2100MHz) & GSM (900/1800/1900 MHz), with W-CDMA and GPRS
- K790i - International version: Tri-band GSM (900/1800/1900 MHz), with EDGE - for all regions except Mainland China and North America
- K790c - Mainland China version: Tri-band GSM (900/1800/1900 MHz), with EDGE
- K790a - North American version: Tri-band GSM (850/1800/1900 MHz), with EDGE
Technical specifications
Platform technology
Built on the U250 from Ericsson Mobile Platform.
Imaging
- 3.2 Megapixel CMOS digital camera with auto-focus and Macro mode
- 32x digital zoom
- Xenon flash with mF illuminator assist
- Shutter button with auto-focus (press half-way to auto-focus, fully to capture)
- Red-eye reduction
- PictBridge & DPOF
- Image Stabilization
- BestPic - takes 9 successive images of the same subject in full resolution to choose the best shot(s)
- QCIF (176x144) resolution video recording at 15fps in .3gp format
Network
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K800i / K800c
- Dual-mode: UMTS at 2100 MHz, and GSM at 900 MHz, 1800MHz and 1900 MHz
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K790i / K790c
- Tri-band GSM at 900 MHz, 1800 MHz and 1900 MHz
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K790a
- Tri-band GSM at 850 MHz, 1800 MHz and 1900 MHz
Price
Since the release of its successor the market price has dramatically fallen and is currently available on a UK pre-pay network between £69.99 to £89.99.
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
- Infrared port(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
- (M2) (Card not included as standard, up to 2GB supported officially - unofficially up to 16GB)
- Minimum 64 MB Internal Flash memory (can be expanded to almost 75 MB through removal of preinstalled applications
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 Java Platform 7 (Java ME)
Display
- ATI Imageon 2192 8MB Graphics Engine (including support for its 3.2 megapixel camera for High Color)
- 2.0 inch QVGA (240x320) TFT LCD
- 262,144 (18-bit) colors
Colours
- Velvet Black
- Allure Brown
- Royale Silver (James Bond Casino Royale Limited Edition)
- Concrete Silver
Specific absorption rate (SAR)
- 0.59 W/kg (right)
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