Sony Ericsson Slims Down Cyber Shot Phone

Just in case, Samsung tries to eat up its market share, Sonny Ericsson have announced slimmed down versions of it popular Cyber Shot phones. Just how popular? Try 4.5 million of these babies in the market, and it appears that trigger-happy Sony Ericsson fans are not going to stop clicking any time soon. The 3.2 megapixel hasn’t improved much but the form certainly has. The K810 Cyber Shot have benefited from a width reduction to the tune of 5mm to 17mm. They’ve also reduced the rectangular keys of the K790 to cleats. Connectivity has also been improved in this Cyber Shot from adding 3G UMTS to the triband GSM. Photo blogging will of course be available on this phone, so even geeks will look Sony Ericsson’s way this time around. Other features include a 2.0-inch QVGA 262k TFT screen, Bluetooth, music/video playback, Memory Stick Micro and html browsing. Q2 2007 in Europe and Asia is the expected availability date with two colors – Noble Blue and Golden Ivory – to choose from. Read more here… Meanwhile, around the same date, Americans will get the slimmer 2MP version. THe K550 Cyber Shot is an intuitive integration of a digital camera and a cell phone. It won’t have the benefit of a Xenon flash but the 14mm profile is definitely fetching. The camera menu appears on the screen when the lens is opened. There’s also an iMode version, the K550im, which follows in the footstep of the K610. It appears that soon iMode, will be as popular in the rest of the world as it is in japan.