Sony Ericsson W810i Review - Introduction and Digital Camera/Basic Features

Introduction

After the rapid success of the Sony Ericsson W600i Walkman phone model, Sony Ericsson has embarked on a new venture by releasing the w810i through Cingular Wireless. Offering better imaging and music capabilities than the w600i, the phone has a 2.0 megapixel digital camera with video recording, 4X Zoom, Auto Flash and more.

If you loved the walkman of the w600i, you'll love this one even more! That's because the w810i has a Mega Bass capability added to it for enhanced sound experience. And if you want to show off your music to fellow coworkers or friends, then the w810i has dual external speakers for loud playback.

Bluetooth allows for rapid and easy communication between the phone and other devices such as your computer, laptop, LCD, digital camera and more. Internet browsing can't get any better and faster. That's because the w810i has built in EDGE capabilities (Class 10) that allow for rapid data transfer rates and faster internet browsing.

Digital Camera and Other Basic Features

The w810i sports a sophisticated 2.0 megapixel digital camera that feels like Sony's Cybershot digital camera thanks to a horizontal orientation rather than a vertical orientation. The camera can take photos in the following dimensions:

- 1632 x 1224 pixels (262K colors)
- 640 x 480 pixels
- 160 x 120 pixels

The camera also sports many exciting features that make taking pictures and videos more worthwhile. Here are some:

- White Balance (Auto, Fluorescent, Daylight, and Cloudy)
- Effects (Negative, Solarize, Sepia, and Black and White)
- Picture Quality (Fine & Normal)
- Shutter Sounds
- Auto Focus
- Night Mode
- Self-Timer
- Picture Light
- Shoot Modes (Normal, Panorama, Burst 4 and Frames). Burst 4 allows you to take 4 photos within seconds in order to get that perfect picture you always wanted. With the Panorama mode, you can take several pictures and combine them into one shot. Pretty cool feature.

After applying these cool effects to your pictures, you can easily share them with friends/family using the Quickshare built-in software.

The W810i's camera allows you to record video clips in .3GP formats supporting H.263 and AMR. Supporting 10 frames per second, the available resolutions are:

- QCIF (176 x 144 pixels)
- Sub-QCIF (128 x 96 pixels)

Basic Features

- Alarm Clock
- Calculator
- Calendar
- Phone Contacts List (1000 maximum)
- Sound Recorder
- Speakerphone
- Timer
- MusicDJ (editing of Music)
- PhotoDJ (editing of photos)
- VideoDJ (editing of personal video clips).
- Email (POP3 and IMAP4)