Sony Ericsson K610
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The Sony Ericsson K610i is a 3G phone that Sony Ericsson
announced at the 3GSM World Congress on February 13, 2006. It was promoted as the smallest and lightest 3G
phone available. It has been succeeded by the K530.
with 2.5× digital zoom (zoom only available when set to the VGA quality setting), Bluetooth
v2.0 and support of Sony's new proprietary memory card format, Memory Stick Micro (M2). It has a slightly bigger 1.9 inch, 262,000 colour, 176×220 pixel TFT LCD
screen, built-in email client, WAP
and HTML
browser and a D-pad for navigation. The K610i also supports many music formats including MP3/AAC/M4A/WMA.
The V630 is specifically aimed at Vodafone
users, with case branding, simlocking and a red oriented interface with unique Vodafone icons, similar to that across the range of Vodafone branded phones.
and LED
lights for taking pictures in low lighting conditions, and also its sub-par photo quality.
This modification will revoke any remaining warranty for the phone.
Sony Ericsson
Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications AB is a joint venture established on October 1, 2001 by the Japanese consumer electronics company Sony Corporation and the Swedish telecommunications company Ericsson to manufacture mobile phones....
announced at the 3GSM World Congress on February 13, 2006. It was promoted as the smallest and lightest 3G
3G
3G or 3rd generation mobile telecommunications is a generation of standards for mobile phones and mobile telecommunication services fulfilling the International Mobile Telecommunications-2000 specifications by the International Telecommunication Union...
phone available. It has been succeeded by the K530.
Features
The K610 is a successor to the Sony Ericsson K600i. Its features include a fixed-focus 2 megapixel digital cameraDigital camera
A digital camera is a camera that takes video or still photographs, or both, digitally by recording images via an electronic image sensor. It is the main device used in the field of digital photography...
with 2.5× digital zoom (zoom only available when set to the VGA quality setting), Bluetooth
Bluetooth
Bluetooth is a proprietary open wireless technology standard for exchanging data over short distances from fixed and mobile devices, creating personal area networks with high levels of security...
v2.0 and support of Sony's new proprietary memory card format, Memory Stick Micro (M2). It has a slightly bigger 1.9 inch, 262,000 colour, 176×220 pixel TFT LCD
TFT LCD
Thin film transistor liquid crystal display is a variant of liquid crystal display which uses thin-film transistor technology to improve image quality . TFT LCD is one type of Active matrix LCD, though all LCD-screens are based on TFT active matrix addressing...
screen, built-in email client, WAP
Wireless Application Protocol
Wireless Application Protocol is a technical standard for accessing information over a mobile wireless network.A WAP browser is a web browser for mobile devices such as mobile phones that uses the protocol.Before the introduction of WAP, mobile service providers had limited opportunities to offer...
and HTML
HTML
HyperText Markup Language is the predominant markup language for web pages. HTML elements are the basic building-blocks of webpages....
browser and a D-pad for navigation. The K610i also supports many music formats including MP3/AAC/M4A/WMA.
Design
- The K610 is a small candybar style phone which is comparable in size to the K750, which is only 2 mm shorter, 0.8 mm wider and 3.6 mm thicker. It features larger and more ergonomic buttons than the K600/K608. Comparing the phone to current 3G phones available these days, it seems that the K610 is far smaller and slimmer than even some recent 2G phones.
- Navigation is provided by the central D-pad which is used for navigation of menus. The two soft keys provide greater flexibility whilst navigating and the popular activity button and web browser buttons are still included in the minimalist design.
- The camera is located on the reverse side of the phone and in accordance to Sony Ericsson's dual frontDual frontDual front is a design concept which allows a device to have two distinctive sides, one for each function. It is most commonly used in camera phones.- Advantages :...
design philosophy, common to most Sony Ericsson camera phones, the phone is held in a horizontal position when taking pictures. In this position, a small button on the right bottom side of the phone functions as the shutter release.
K618/V630
The base hardware for the K610i has been transferred into two similar phones, the K618 and the V630. Both share a similar design different to that of the original K610i yet have identical features, the only difference being a 2g mass difference and the ability to 'Photoblog' on the V630.The V630 is specifically aimed at Vodafone
Vodafone
Vodafone Group Plc is a global telecommunications company headquartered in London, United Kingdom. It is the world's largest mobile telecommunications company measured by revenues and the world's second-largest measured by subscribers , with around 341 million proportionate subscribers as of...
users, with case branding, simlocking and a red oriented interface with unique Vodafone icons, similar to that across the range of Vodafone branded phones.
Reviews
Although being relatively small for a phone of its features, the K610 has been criticized for not including several common features found in today's crop of mobile phones, namely; its lack of an FM radio, IrDAIRDA
IRDA may refer to:* Infrared Data Association, in information and communications technology , a standard for communication between devices over short distances using infrared signals...
and LED
LEd
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lights for taking pictures in low lighting conditions, and also its sub-par photo quality.
Modding
Since K610i and W660i have relatively similar hardware specifications and a similar mainboard, soft modifications are available to convert a K610i to a W660i by using flashing software and the firmware files of the W660i model . Such modified phone will be able to use the Walkman feature which is available to W series phones only however will be unable to use the radio function of the Walkman phone due to the lack of radio tuner in the original K610i.This modification will revoke any remaining warranty for the phone.