I am not a phone fanatic. All I want is a new cell phone that will primarily make phone calls without a problem. Probably of secondary importance to me is the ability to take good digital photos. Up until now most in built cell phone cameras have quite frankly been of poor quality. The technology has only really been able to accommodate a maximum 2 megapixels. Equate that to your average digital camera of 5 to 10 megapixels and you kind of get an idea of how far behind mobile phones are in the field of “convergence”.
Now there seems to be a genuine contender on the market in the form of the Sony Ericsson K800i, which offers semi good photographic quality of 3.2 megapixels and the technology is derived from the excellent sony cybershot series of digital cameras.
The only problem I have is that several years ago I ventured over to Ericsson and rued the day with all manner of problems 4 replacement phones etc etc. 3 years ago I decided to try again with the new Sony Ericsson’s that were hitting the market at that time - exactly the same result. Lots of problems, 3 replacement phones later I vowed never, ever, ever, to go back to Ericsson. So now I’m posed with a quandary. A bona fide quality digital camera mounted on a potentially dubious phone. To avoid being burnt again I decided to do some exhaustive research and thus far the responses appear to be overwhelmingly positive. Although, I did spot one review that echoed my previous problems in every way.
I think on balance that if this phone can hold together it could be superb, maybe even iconic considering the inbuilt camera appears to be a full 1.2 megapixels ahead of it’s competitors. If you know of another phone that competes on the camera front please enlighten me, because I haven’t found one.
Anyway, here’s the run down of the features as advertised by Carphone Warehouse:
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When looking for that Iconic Gift it can become terribly difficult to figure out which way to go. Personally I’m happy as larry whatever I’m lucky to receive and never expect anything - which I think is important. But if you do feel like lavishing something really special and have a reasonably deep pocket then I don’t think you can go far wrong with a top of the range digital camera. After all, I know that some of the most precious items I possess are photographs. Am I alone in that, probably not I imagine.
The leaders in digital photography have traditionally been Canon and Nikon and we reviewed the excellent Nikon Coolpix S6 here. However, their powerbases maybe about to receive a slight knock when Sony launches the new Alpha 100.
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We like it when a product is sleek, small and busting with functionality don’t we. The Nikon Coolpix S6 ticks some boxes in that respect and therefore may make a wonderful present for someone. Plus it’s endorsed by the beautiful Kate Moss - so it must be great right!
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