The new Sony Ericsson K610 was announced at 3GSM World Congress in Barcelona on February 13, 2006 and is one of the lightest UMTS phones to come to market.

It has the full range of mobile entertainment and business features including a 2 Megapixel camera, video telephony, Memory Stick Micro removable storage (up to 1G available), video streaming, NetFront HTML browser, RSS feed support and impressive music and video players.

Mobile Java 3D gaming and graphics are supported by both JSR 184 and Mascot Capsule v3.

New Java Platform 7 (JP-7)

Sony Ericsson helps developers adapt applications to many different phone series by adopting a Java Platform strategy. This approach is continued with the K610 and it is the first phone supported by the new Java Platform 7 (JP-7).

Sony Ericsson's JP-7 extends JP-6 with the addition of Advanced Multimedia Supplements (JSR 234). Advanced Multimedia Supplements builds on the framework already established in the Mobile Media API (JSR 135) with new controls and extensions. In JP-7, JSR 234 is used to extend camera and image handling on the K610.