Mobile madness

Well after a lot of indecision I finally have a new mobile phone. I am a big fan of Sony Ericsson phones. At one time I had a t68i which I like a lot. Then when I took out a contract I got a Nokia 7610 (I think - their numbering system is even more confusing to me than the SE one) which at the time was supposed to be the best smartphone around. Although it had some very nice features - on the whole I hated it and got rid of it as soon as I could. My Mum still has it and likes it a lot! I then went back to SE with the K750 which I think is still a very good phone.

When it came to choosing time SE were about to bring out a whole slew of new phones. The P990 which I quite fancied, but as I have a Tungsten T3 there doesn't seem a lot of point, though the wireless networking could be nice at times. Then there is the W850 which I also quite fancied. I think it looks very smart and is a little unusual for me, though I don't often find myself listening to music on my phone. Sometimes the radio but if I want to listen to music it tends to be stuff I have on my PSP. Then there was the LG KG920 stunning in its ugliness but a good sounding spec. These are still like gold dust here at the moment.

I finally settled on the SE K800i which I wasn't sure was too much of a step up from my existing phone. I couldn't have been more wrong. It looks a lot bigger then my existing one but isn't really. The screen is quite a bit longer, a good few mm. and seems a lot clearer. The fact it uses a "real" flash is quite incredible, though I will sometimes miss the ability to turn the light on which was sometimes useful. Video calling is completely useless to me and frankly I can't see that ever changing. It has a nice little web browser built in and an RSS reader which is a cool feature - for me at least. It's also a little more polished than the 750, the plastic feels slightly "rubberised" which makes it nice to hold. Some of the buttons are a tiny bit smaller and the layout is slightly different which I think I will get used to quickly but is a tiny bit frustrating. I am also quite dissapointed that it didn't include one of the new Memory Stick micro's as these seem to be difficult to get hold of at the moment. All the usual suppliers are suggesting a delay ranging from a few days to a few weeks. Having said that it has taken almost everything from my k750 anyway.

On the whole after a couple of days I am delighted with this phone