World's first Cyber-shot camera phones

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March 17, 2006 World's first Cyber-shot camera phones	[Back]

Announced on February 28, 2006, both the new Sony Ericsson K800 and K790 mobile phones carry the Cyber-shot brand and have a 3.2 Megapixel camera with autofocus and 16x digital zoom.

Both phones have a range of mobile entertainment and business features including impressive music and video players, Memory Stick Micro removable storage (up to 1G available), full HTML browser and RSS feed support. Mobile Java 3D gaming is supported by both JSR 184 and Mascot Capsule v3, and A/B hardware buttons add landscape mode gaming capabilities.

The K800 is a dual-mode UMTS phone and the K790 is a tri-band EDGE phone.

Photography and BestPic image selection
The Sony Ericsson K800 and K790 take mobile phone photography to a new level. They are the first mobile phones to be branded Cyber-shot. The integrated 3.2 Megapixel cameras have autofocus, Xenon flash, 16x digital zoom and an image stabilizer function.

The phones also include a completely new and unique feature developed by Sony Ericsson called "BestPic

". When the BestPic option is selected, four pictures are captured before the camera button is pressed, one when the button is pressed and four afterwards. These nine pictures are captured during one second at the full 3.2 Megapixel resolution. The end-user is then presented with a "freeze mode" on the phone display with a row of thumbnail icons showing the nine pictures taken, allowing the end-user choose the best picture(s), save and/or send one or more of them.

K800 or K790 showing BestPic icons.

Printing these photographs without using a PC can be achieved not only through a Bluetooth-enabled printer but also through the industry-standard PictBridge™ functionality, allowing the end-user to transfer images directly to a printer using a USB cable.

New Java Platform 7 (JP-7) strengthens camera and image handling
To support developers in creating advanced imaging applications for these Cyber-shot phones, Sony Ericsson introduces a new Java Platform, JP-7, extending JP-6 with the addition of Advanced Multimedia Supplements (JSR 234). The Advanced Multimedia Supplements API builds on the framework already established in the Mobile Media API (JSR 135) with new controls and extensions to strengthen camera and image handling. Camera capabilities introduced with JP-7 include the ability to:

Rotate camera images in an application
Control camera exposure
Manipulate the flash
Control camera focus, including autofocus override
"Burst shooting" support
Control camera zoom functions

More information and the full JSR list for JP-7 can be found here>>

Blogging and Google Search

"Blog this" photo.

In an industry first, Google's Blogger and Web Search integrate with the camera and the phone's UI to support personal blogging with a preloaded blogging application. The application allows end-users to create a blog on-the-go directly from their K800 or K790 without the use of messaging services to post pictures and text, and to view their blog directly on the phone. End-users simply take a photo using the phone and choose the "Blog this" option that appears on the screen after the photo is taken. This application is also available for the recently announced K610 mobile phone.

In addition to the Blogger collaboration, Sony Ericsson and Google also announced that Google Search will be the standard search engine for all Sony Ericsson Internet-capable phones going forward.

K800 and K790 versions
Both the K800 and K790 will be available during Q2 2006 in the following versions:

K800i for Europe, Asia Pacific, Middle East and Africa
K800c for mainland China (launch for mainland China is dependent on availability of 3G services)
K790i for Europe, Asia Pacific, Middle East and Africa
K790a for the Americas
K790c for mainland China

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