In terms of the camera's software, it's the same story -- you can shoot still pictures and video, adjust the white balance and picture quality and send your pictures to friends via MMS, email or blog them to a Blogger blog, which the Ki will automatically set up. All of which you can do on a Ki, too. You can also shoot photos using BestPic mode, which lets you take nine photos in quick succession when you press the shutter button and then choose the one you want to keep.
The only real difference in terms of camera software options is something called Photo Fix that automatically adjusts light balance, brightness and contrast. We were disappointed that Sony Ericsson hasn't updated the Web browser, because it simply can't cope with non-WAP Web sites and doesn't have a desktop mode, so you can't view pages as you would on your computer's Web browser.
An alternative is to download Opera mini on to the Ki--it's a much better browser. Performance The camera performs identically to the Ki's, producing great shots relative to other camera phones , particularly in low light using the xenon flash. The only problem we had is there's a small amount of shutter lag when you take a shot, which causes blurring if you don't hold the camera still until it's finished.
When you activate the camera the 1, 4, 7 and asterisk keys turn into camera hard keys that give you direct access to some of the camera settings. There is one small hardware feature change, but again it's not the improvement we expected.
When you activate the camera, the 1, 4, 7 and asterisk keys turn into camera hard keys and give you direct access to some of the camera settings.
These are marked out by small blue backlit icons. Most of the other features on the Ki are pretty straightforward and again identical to the ones found on the Ki. The MP3 player sounds good, as does the FM radio. Unfortunately, you don't get a 3. You can also listen to music wirelessly via a pair of stereo Bluetooth headphones, which also sounded good.
The speakerphone mode works as expected. Battery life is good, lasting for over two days of moderate use before we needed to recharge it. Sony Ericsson quotes up to hours of standby time and 10 hours of talk time.
We did find that the battery life drained faster using 3G, but you do have the option to switch to GSM only. Aside from the awkward keypad, which might not suit everyone's texting tastes, this is a good camera phone -- but there's something missing.
Yes, it has a better camera cover than the Ki, some fancy blue lights and a glossy makeover, but that's the problem -- it's only a makeover and nothing has really changed. We rated the Ki as being one of the best camera phones we had seen so far and we expected its successor to blow it out of the water with some new fancy features, which the Ki hasn't produced.
Basically, if you own a Ki then you might as well keep it. Alternatively, you could have a look at the Nokia N95 and its whopping 5-megapixel camera, or the Ki's successor, the Ki , which also sports a 5-megapixel camera with autofocus. In addition to those over-the-air broadband services that come with 3G, the Ki comes with full web browsing and a useful RSS news feed reader. MP3 music is well supported thanks to a Memory Stick Micro M2 memory card slot and stereo Bluetooth streaming capability.
And when it comes to exchanging files you can also wirelessly hook up using infrared too. Buy this phone with a contract tariff, and you won't have to spend much a month to get it for free. The Ki is the upgraded version of the landmark Cyber-shot-branded Ki. The numberpad has been completely remodeled, and the buttons are now neat silver circles, a transformation that makes the phone look much more appealing.
There's a new colour too - a deep blue that looks almost black. The lens cover has also been changed so that it is much more difficult for it to open accidentally as you carry it around; this not only protects the lens beter, but helps save battery power, as opening the lens shield automatically activates the camera.
The camera is definitely one of the Ki's strong points. You not only get a good helping of resolution if you choose the best recording settings, but you can really harness the power of these pixels when shooting close-ups. The ability to shoot from a few inches away from the subject may not seem that important, but you can take an image of a drawing or paragraph of text, so you can reference them later without the need to take notes.
The exposure from the camera is very good, showing a good range of tones in a wide variety of lights. You get quite a lot of noise in lowlight levels, if you are out of effective flash range, but the subject matter is still recognisable - and that's a great improvement of the performance of some cameraphones. For the average user, however, it is the quality of the portraits that really mark the camera out as being better than average.
Skintones are correctly coloured, not overly sharpened and free from distracting artefacts. Although not a Sony Ericsson Walkman phone, the Ki is still an admirable musical performer. We were pleasantly pleased with the rendition of our test tracks. There's good bass and an absence of distortion when the volume is cranked up high.
The supplied headsets are a reasonable in-box bonus. And although investing in an M2 memory card is almost essential for the audiophile or photographer, for that matter , the handset does come with a reasonable 64MB of onboard memory. Amidst our enthusiasm for the Ki, it is important that potential purchasers understand what this phone isn't. Despite the web browsing, video conferencing and email facilities, this is not a handset designed specifically for the business user.
It's not just that it is not a smartphone, it has no built-in converters for viewing Word documents, or other digital file attachments.
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