Sony Ericsson (Sony Ericsson T610)

Member Name: drrana

Product:	Sony Ericsson T610
Date:	03/07/05 (2237 review reads)
Rating:

Advantages: Looks , Feel

Disadvantages: Cant use during day

Since Sony Ericsson has started making phones, I don't know how but I have been using different models of them. First I have Sony Erickson T68i, Which I bought when it was new in the market. I also had a choice of Nokia 8310 but I thought this phone offers Bluetooth, colour screen and everything so let me buy it.
I bought it kept it for year and I upgraded the software 2 or 3 times during that year and than I finally thought I cant have this phone anymore but being student it was expensive for me to buy a new phone and So I asked my brother if he has any phone. He is not much into phones. He told me He got a new camera phone but He is going to give it me because its more than he needed. So, I thought great.

When my brother sent that phone I found out it was Sony Erickson T10.
Here are some facts about the phone :
Colour display (65,536 colours, 128 x 160 pixels)
Integrated camera
Bluetooth™, infrared and RS232 cable connectivity
Multimedia Messaging Service (MMS) - send pictures and sound like text messages
Downloadable 32-voice polyphonic & mono ringtones, plus ringtone editor (MusicDJ™) for creating polyphonic ringtones
Downloadable Java games and Mophun games.
WAP 2.0 (GPRS), email
High Speed Data (HSCSD - up to 28.8 kbps)
Speed dialling & voice dialling
Predictive text (T9)
Mobile chat
Voice memo / recorder
Picture phone book
Exchangeable covers
Wallpaper, screensaver and themes - all downloadable
Calculator, calendar, alarm
Sync ML
Internet key and Joystick
Memory: 2 Mbytes (for use with images, screensavers and sounds)
iSync synchronisation of calendar and contact information with Apple computers
Synchronisation with PC
Size: 102 x 44 x 19 mm
Weight: 95g
Battery standby: 315 hours
Battery talktime: 11 hours
Vibration alert
Tri band (GSM 1900, 1800 and 900)


Lots of neat gadgets for the gadget freak but serious drawbacks as a useable day to day phone. A lovely neat and compact handset with large screen for such a small phone but key size is difficult unless you have small hands. You need to concentrate and look at the key pad to avoid mistakes, still have to do that after 3 months unlike most of the "normal" size Nokias I have used which I can touch type after a few days. Reading the screen is, as others have said, almost impossible in strong light making the phone almost useless. Texting is without doubt slower than Nokia and requires more key strokes to send the same message. The fixed assending ring tones can result in missed calls but using the "Old Phone" bell ringtone does help you pick out your phone ring from background noise and I have found the vibrate works ok if it is in a pocket that is next to my skin (shirt ok, jacket not ok). The case still looks fresh and has stood up to the daily knocks well and battery life on me. daily use has been acceptable but would require charge every couple of days for harder use. Reception on Orange seems to be about the same as others. I find the phone hard to use in the car, mostly because of the difficult to read screen and the need to see everything you do on the screen for confirmation to get mistake free connections. The camera is not a patch on the Panasonic GD87 or Sagem and Sharp phones that I have compared it with, any movement and lower light situations show up its weaknesses dramatically. Its a waste of time for taking photo's of your mates in the pub for example! So, don't buy it for ease of use if you want to do lots of texting or make quick easy calls, don't buy it for the camera, you will be disappointed. However it has been reliable, has good gadgets and connectivity, is compact and looks good in a classic Scandinavian "hi fi" kind of way, which is what you would expect I suppose when you cross Sony with Ericsson!

Summary: Cant use during the day, Nights are the best time to use this phone