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Oooh yes, I've just upgraded from my K770I to a Sony k850i. The mobile phone is rather chunky, but I have learned to love the phone. The mobile is available in silver-black, blue and green and I own the blue coloured one. This mobile is rather unique; the buttons on the mobile are designed differently. Some people might complain that the buttons are too small, I do agree but people like me do have small hands so it does not bother me at all. Unlike the K770i the letters on the mobile are written on the phone itself rather than the buttons, therefore if you that kind of person who texts a lot like I do, you shouldn't really worry about the letters fading away. The k850i has three touch buttons, which I have no problem with and actually enjoy using. However, now that I am used in having touch buttons just below the screen, when I use other mobiles I always forget and find myself pressing the screen of the non-touch button mobile.
Music & memory & sound
The mobile phone has the 'now popular' TRACK ID. This basically means if you are listening on a track whether its on the radio, in a pub or any place where you can here the music loud and you can't remember or don't know what the track or artist of the song is track ID is there to help you. Track ID will sample the song and send it to the internet,
then it will bring back the result e.g. the artist of the song and the name of the track and sometime the album. I know I shouldn't say this but Track ID has helped me and my mates win a pub quiz once.
You can listen to music on the built in FM radio. However for the FM radio to work you will need your hands free headphones as they work as the antenna. You can also use the track ID on the built in FM radio, moreover you can use the FM radio as alarm and you can also save your favourite channels so that you don't have to look for them again. The signal of the FM radio is rather strong when comparing to other mobiles which I have owned, I seem to catch more channels than I used to. The mobile can store MP3 or WMA songs whether in the built in 40mb memory or an M2 or Micro SD memory card. You can use the MP3 songs as well as a message alert.
The mobile phone does have a built in speaker which is very loud for playing the FM radio and songs on your mobile phone.
Connectivity
The mobile has Bluetooth, suggesting that you can connect to other mobiles and computer/laptops that are Bluetooth enabled. This is handy and does save you money if you want to send someone a picture or some music. You can also connect the mobile phone to you computer via the provided USB cable. This allows you to transfer files between your PC and mobile. Transferring files is rather quick, but does depend on how big the file is. If you PC have a M2 card reader like I have, you wouldn't really need the USB connection unless you want to charge the mobile or can't be bothered to take out the memory card. The mobile phone doe s not have infrared.
The mobile has 3G internet, this means you can connect to the internet faster than GPRS. The mobile also has HSDPA suggesting that it can be used as a modem to connect your Pc OR laptop to the internet.
==Camera= The mobile phone has an amazing 5MP cyber-shot camera which you can use to take pictures and videos. The picture quality is very good, better than many other mobiles that have a 5MP camera. If you do not want a 5MP picture you can always chose the quality 3MP, 1MP or VGA. You can use the pictures as a screensaver or wallpaper moreover, if you take pictures of your friends you can assign them to their contact details. This is so that when they call you their picture will show up on the screen, I never really use the feature as I think its clever but at the same time useless. The camera has lots of features to fiddle around with e.g. auto flash, image stabilisation, xenon flash etc.
Unlike many cameras, the lense of the K850i opens automatic when the camera is activated. The cover of the lense is firm and can not be opened single handed. I actually prefer this as it keeps the lense clean from dust and finger prints. This always gives clear quality pictures and I don't have to worry about cleaning the camera every time I want to take a picture.
=Calls= When calling the mobile shows you call time and you can talk for more than three hours without the battery cutting out. It's easy to make calls and you can clearly hear the person on the other side, but of course if there is low network coverage it does cut out some time.
With the k850i you can video call. The video calling only works when you have 3G network. While you are video calling you can switch between both cameras, change the lighting etc. If you want a picture of the person you are video calling you can always snap it and save it on to your phone. I have tried the feature and I think it's pretty cool, however the picture is not of good quality, so don't get your hopes up. When the other caller is about to snap a picture of you it does warn you, unlike my K770i which never did.
If you call people often you can save their number into the mobile. You can save more than 500 contacts, on each contact you can save their email address, home address, and a few mobile numbers. This is rather handy. You can also view your most recent calls in the call history folder and it also shows you the total amount of time you have been on the phone since day 1. Of course you can reset the counters.
==Games== the k850i comes with three games. These are tennis multiplay, midnight pool and marble madness. The other two games may seem familiar, but marble madness is a ball game that uses the built in motion sensor. You have to move the ball around buy rotating you mobile phone, keeping control of the ball so that it stays on the pitch and does not fall into space. I actually hate the game, because out of the ten times I have played it, I never go near the checkpoint, the game is a waste of time. If you want more games on the mobile you have to go to a website where you can download games for free.
Extra
-Just like many mobile, you can send SMS, EMAILS, and MMS messages and it does have the T9 dictionary which predicts the words for you.
-The mobile phone has vibrate alert. Suggesting that your mobile phone will vibrate when you receive a call, SMS, MMS or when you are playing a game.
-The built in light can also be turned on manually and used as a torch or an S.O.S emergency light for when you are stranded in the dark.
-PhotoDj allows you to edit pictures on your mobile phone; you can either save the edited picture as a new picture or replace the old picture.
-VideoDj allows you to edit the videos on the phone e.g. put some music or trim the scenes you don't want in the video etc.
-The mobile phone comes with headphones which have good sound quality and bass. The headphones are comfortable to wear.
-The mobile phone has security and allows you to assign a pin lock for both your mobile phone and simcard. This is really important for the reason that if you lose your mobile or turn it off no one can use your mobile unless they know the pin code.
-You can assign a few shortcuts to the phone e.g. set the right key to take you to the calendar or contacts etc.
-The mobile has a motion sensor suggesting that when you are viewing pictures or videos it automatically rotates whenever you move you phone either to landscape or portrait.
-Web feeds allows the mobile to go on the internet and search for updates which can be viewed on your mobile desktop afterwards. For example BBC has web feeds therefore the top headlines can be viewed on the desktop and you can browse them. You can always switch them off so that they don't show on your mobile's desktop.
Overall I recommend this mobile as it's one of the 5MP mobiles. The mobile has been discontinued in shops but you can buy it from other online shop or even ebay where I bought a new one for £90. If you buy it in a shop or other online retailers you will be paying at least £150 - £200 for the mobile phone. The mobile phone is chucky but it's not as heavy as it looks. You shouldn't worry about the cover getting old as you can buy lots of accessories for this mobile. The cover of the mobile can also be changed. There is not much I hate about the phone, it really does everything I want, the battery lasts long and I don't have to charge it for at least 24hours which is good enough. The screen is large and good for gaming and browsing the net. There is so much to this mobile and if you want to know more just message me really or leave a comment.
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Advantages: Cool, easy to use, amazing camera, good media player, funky features Disadvantages: Expensive on pay and go, attracts fingerprints something chronic!
Mar 20th, 2009
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