Sony Ericsson T610 unveiled Sony Ericsson T610
camera phone with flash accessory and QuickShare™ unveiled05
March 2003
Sony Ericsson took mobile imaging to the
next level by unveiling the T610 – a 65K colour screen mobile
phone with inbuilt digital camera. The T610 is the first Sony
Ericsson product with QuickShare™; meaning that the products
offer the easiest, fastest and smartest way to share images with
friends, family or colleagues. The T610 utilises unique textured
materials and a sophisticated finish in its design, making it
visually powerful and stylish to look at. The T610 will start
shipping in Q2 in Europe, Asia and North America.
With
the help of the imaging capabilities in the T610, consumers can easily
share pictures between the phone, a PC and other consumer devices -
either locally over Bluetooth or cable, or across the mobile phone
networks with MMS or e-mail. With its large 65,536 colour screen and
integrated digital camera, the T610 is a powerful imaging and messaging
phone. With QuickShare, the highest priority is on making imaging applications
very easy to use for consumers, whilst driving application uptake and
data revenues for operators. It only takes a few clicks to take a picture
and send it with the T610. The triple-band GSM/GPRS T610 features
a new user interface with 12 animated icons and rich colours, which
further adds to the ease-of-use philosophy of QuickShare. Hotlinks
in the menus give direct access to services and functions such as downloadable
games. The T610 supports the Java and Mophun (C++) platforms for downloadable
games, and also offers the possibility of playing games with other
people via Bluetooth wireless technology. Excellent graphics, polyphonic
sound, force feedback and a joystick further adds to a great mobile
gaming experience. Phone Flash MPF-10 For the first
time, also a Phone Flash accessory will be available for the T610 camera
phone, enabling pictures to be taken in dimly lit environments. Used
together with the T610, the Phone Flash accessory makes it possible
to take good pictures even in poorly lit surroundings, such as a nightclub
or bar. The MPF-10 is simple to attach, and very easy to use; to take
a picture just press the shutter button on the flash. Another advantage
of using the flash accessory is that it reduces the problem of red-eye.
“With the T610, we offer a very strong imaging phone which
also has a groundbreaking sleek and light weight design which utilizes
aluminium and sophisticated color options,” says Philip Vanhoutte,
Corporate Vice President Marketing at Sony Ericsson. “We have
seen a great uptake of mobile imaging among consumers and with the
introduction of the Phone Flash accessory and QuickShare we are now
in a position to take this hit mobile phone application to the next
level.” The T610 also features the unique Music DJ melody
composer, for creating MIDI songs which can be used as ring signals.
This application lets the user select pre-recorded musical loops to
compose a song, in much the same way as modern artists create music
through more advanced systems. With Music DJ it is easy and fun to
create and edit polyphonic ring signals using “blocks” containing
ready-mixed drums, bass- lines and melodies. It is a new type of technology
and user interface that has never been used in a mobile phone. The
T610 has standby time up to 13 days (315 hours) and talk time up to
14 hours. It measures 102 x 44 x 19 mm and weighs 95 g. For the Chinese
market, the T618 will be launched in Q2 and for North America the T616
will feature GSM 850/1800/1900 frequencies. Buy Sony Ericsson mobile phones | 
