Sony Ericsson G700 and G900
Discontinued
/ Cancelled 11th February 2008
These two handsets look like ordinary
Sony Ericsson phones, but in fact the Sony Ericsson
G700 and G900 are two touchscreen Symbian smartphones,
designed to bring touchscreen technology into the mainstream.
Both handsets are very similar in terms
of specifications. The Sony Ericsson G900 is
a 3G device with WiFi, a 5 megapixel camera with autofocus
and a photo light, a 2.4" 320 x 240 pixel touchscreen
display, 160MB of internal memory with Memory Stick
Micro support, and because it is a Symbian smartphone,
then users can add their own applications.
The Sony Ericsson G700 is almost
identical, except that it drops WiFi and has a simpler
fixed focus 3.2 megapixel camera. Both units are the
same size and weight, coming in at 99 grams and 106
x 49 x 13mm in size.
What
exactly can you do with the touchscreen on the G700
and G900? Well, Sony Ericsson say that you can select
menu items, scribble notes, and surf the web. The G700
and G900 also have handwriting recognition. In other
words, these are two fully features smartphones, like
the Sony
Ericsson P1i.. just in a more everyday package.
Both the G700 and G900 have an FM radio,
multimedia player, stereo Bluetooth, the Opera web browser,
document editors and an email client. Don't expect to
see the same applications that you find in other Sony
Ericsson phones - the software is completely different
underneath, and not all "traditional" Sony
Ericsson applications have been ported across.
On GSM, the talktime of both handsets
is a truly remarkable 12 hours, dropping to a reasonable
4 hours on 3G. Standby time is around 15 days, and the
Sony Ericsson G700 and G900 can manage up to 2.5 hours
of video calls.
What is remarkable about these two handsets
is just how normal they are. Sony Ericsson have
fitted two perfectly ordinary and very practical mobile
phones with a touchscreen while rivals Nokia are still
dithering about. Perhaps touch will be the killer
application during 2008.. and if it is, then Sony Ericsson
have a head start.
Sony
Ericsson G700 at a glance
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Available:
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Q2
2008
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Network:
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GSM
900 / 1800 / 1900 + UMTS
2100
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Data:
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GPRS
+ EDGE + UMTS (3G)
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Screen:
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240x320
pixels, 262k colours
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Camera:
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3.2 megapixels
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Size:
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Medium
monoblock 106 x 49 x
13 mm / 99 grams
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Bluetooth:
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Yes
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Memory
card:
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Memory
Stick Micro
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Infra-red:
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No
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Polyphonic:
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Yes
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Java:
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Yes
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GPS:
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No
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Battery
life:
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4 hours talk / 13 days standby
(3G)
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Sony
Ericsson G900 at a glance
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Available:
|
Q2
2008
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Network:
|
GSM
900 / 1800 / 1900 + UMTS
2100
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Data:
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GPRS
+ EDGE + UMTS (3G) + WiFi
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Screen:
|
240x320
pixels, 262k colours
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Camera:
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5
megapixels
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Size:
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Medium
monoblock 106 x 49 x
13 mm / 99 grams
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Bluetooth:
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Yes
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Memory
card:
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Memory
Stick Micro
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Infra-red:
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No
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Polyphonic:
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Yes
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Java:
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Yes
|
GPS:
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No
|
Battery
life:
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4 hours talk / 13 days standby
(3G)
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