Sony Ericsson K608

That is a copy of the K600 produced only for "3" Hutchinson. No differences except for buttons disposition and a body colour.

• Class: business
• Position in the line: starts a 3G line
• Rivals phones: no information
• Description based on official information

   

• General features
  • Announced in June 2005, official announcement 13 June 2005
  • GSM900/1800/1900/UMTS
  • Battery type Li-Ion 900 mAh
  • Battery life:
  • talk time up to 6 hours
  • standby time up to 200 hours
  • Graphical display shows up to 262000 colours and has the resolution of 176x220 pixels (TFT), 7 text lines, 2 service lines and 1 line with icons.
  • 1.3 MP camera, flash, frontal VGA-camera
  • Java (MIDP 2.0), Mascot Capsule 3D Micro Engine
  • Dimensions: 104,3 x 45 x 18,9 mm
  • Weight: 105 grams

   

• Memory
  • Phone book memory for 510 numbers + SIM-card memory. Up to 6 numbers for a name, e-mail address and other extra information. A picture (photo) may be assigned to a name, it will be displayed at incoming call.
  • Users' groups
  • Organizer - calendar (up to 300 events), to-do list (up to 80 events)
  • Call log of last 30 calls of various types, separate lists also may be viewed
  • About 37 MB for Java applications, photos and other applications

   

• Call management, ringtones
  • Vibrating alert
  • 40-tones polyphony
  • A possibility to assign a personal melody to a user (not more than 10 users)
  • Voice dialing for 41 numbers, voice control of profiles and a dictaphone in the standby mode.
  • Magic Word, works only with a headset or a car loudspeaker kit
  • Fast dialing for 8 numbers
  • Minute minder
  • Automatic redialing
  • Speakerphone

 

• SMS

• EMS
• MMS
• SMS Chat
• Sending and receiving ringing tones and animated images
• A possibility to send mass message
• Predictive text input Т9
• Templates
• Wap Push

   

• Connectivity
  • WAP 2.0, WAP Push
  • GPRS(4+2)
  • IrDA
  • Bluetooth
  • Mail client(SMTP/POP3)
  • Synchronization with PC
  • SyncML
  • Wirelles Village Instant Messaging

 

• Organizer and extras

• FM-radio, memory for 20 stations, automatic search, stereo reproduction
• Preinstalled file manager
• MP3 player
• Users' profiles
• Headbands on turning the phone on and off synchronized with sound and editing possibility
• Search for entries in to-do list, organizer
• Musical editor, MusicDJ
• Themes, several are preinstalled they include not only wall-papers but sounds and graphical elements of the interface
• Dictaphone (limited only by free space).
• Date, time
• Alarm clock once and recurrent
• Photo album (My Pictures) - a possibility to set extra pictures, receiving pictures from PC or a camera
• Timer, stopwatch with intermediate results and a usual calculator.
• Games - 3D games

Eldar Murtazin (eldar@mobile-review.com)
Published — 13 June 2005

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