A few months ago, I used to bring several phones for testing purposes. After testing, I gave them back. It was difficult for me to be using several phones and getting confused which one was ringing.

However, I just bought a second phone for personal use. The Sony Ericsson Z520i. This is my backup phone to my Sony Ericsson P910i.

I merely wanted a simple phone and nothing fancy. But I got a great bargain so I got it.

The contents of the box are as follows: Z520i handset, standard li-on battery, wall charger, and a user manual.

Features:

• StyleUpCover - Lets you create a personalized style-up cover for your Sony Ericsson phone
• Bluetooth Connectivity - Allows for handsfree communication and wireless file transfers
• Media Player - Enjoy videos and music
• VideoDJ - Edit videos in your mobile phone
• 0.3 Megapixel Camera with 4x digital zoom - Allows for simple photos and videos
• Light Effects - There are 8 different light effects/pattern which you can assign as default or to specific callers

So far I’m quite impressed with the phone. Although some people were not really happy with the phone, they might have expected a lot. For me, I was just looking for a simple backup phone and this phone just fulfills my need.

I just bought the latest Apple Ipod Nano Video 8GB (3rd Gen) last weekend.

I merely wanted a generic mp4 player then the store offered me the Ipod Nano. I said, “I want something that easily fits my pocket and is capable of playing Videos and has a TV-out.”

“Yes, the new Ipod Nano has video capabilities and you can output the video to a TV.”

Ah… music to my ears!

“Do you have it in black?”

New iPod Nano Features:

• Music: 24 hours playback
• Video capability: 5 hours with TV-out
• Photo browsing
• Browse your music using Cover Flow: Album Cover Art scrolls on the screen
• Improved brighter 320-by-240-resolution display
• 6.5 mm thin

For detailed technical features:
http://www.apple.com/ipodnano/specs.html

My Amazon.com Review:
http://www.amazon.com/review/R1KTI65EA24L9I/ref=cm_cr_rdp_perm

My company gave me my service phone, a Sony Ericsson P910i. They promised me a Sony Ericsson P990i but it wasn’t gonna be released until the 2nd Quarter of 2006. Since we still have one last brand new stock of the P910i, then they “convinced” me to accept the P910i for a while. Hey, it’s still a wonderful phone. And who am I to complain for a free phone. Hehehe!

The contents of the box are as follows: P910 handset, standard battery, travel charger, 32MB Memory Stick PRO Duo, Memory Stick adapter, SyncStation with USB, stereo portable handsfree, carry case, wrist strap, cleaning cloth, 1 extra stylus, flip replacement, flip replacement tool kit, PC Suite CD, applications and content CD, user manuals.

I’ll update this post as soon as I get to play with it more.

As a gift to my nephew for doing good in school, I brought him to Hong Kong last week. While we were there, I was able to buy a neat product… Sony Ericsson’s HBH-602 Bluetooth Headset.

At first I wanted to buy a bluetooth headset from an unknown manufacturer. But I changed my mind and opted to buy from a manufacturer that I know has several service centers back home. What is to service in a bluetooth headset? Well, I just wanted peace of mind and compatibility with most phones. :)

Here are the features:

• Talk time: up to 4 hours
• Standby time: up to 125 hours
• Range: up to 10 meters

Included in the box:

• Bluetooth Headset HBH-602 with blue style-up cover
• Travel/Wall Charger CST-13
• 2 extra style-up covers: black and white
• Neck loop
• User`s manual

Compatibility:

• BlackBerry: 7100t, 7100v, 7100x, 7290
• Motorola: A1000, A830, A835, A925, E1000, E398, E550, MPx, MPx220, RAZR V3, T280i, V500, V525, V545, V547, V550, V600, V620, V635, V80
• NEC: e616
• Nokia: 3230, 3650, 6230, 6230i, 6260, 6310i, 6600, 6630, 6650, 6670, 6680, 6681, 6810, 6820, 6822, 7280, 7600, 7610, 7700, 7710, 8910, 8910i, 9300, 9500, N-Gage, N-Gage QD
• O2: XDA II, XDA IIi, XDA IIs, XDA Mini
• Orange: M1000, SPV C500, SPV E200
• Panasonic: X70, X700
• Sagem: myX-8
• Samsung: D500
• Sendo: X
• Sharp: 802, 902, GX15, GX25, GX30, GX30i
• Siemens: S55, S65, SK65, SX1
• Sony Ericsson: K700i, P800, P900, P910, S700i, T39, T610, T630, T68, T68i, V800, Z600

For this year’s personal xmas gift… I bought myself a Sony Ericsson K700i. It’s a long story but to make it short, I decided on the K700i because of the richness of its features while the price is acceptable compared to a Sony Ericsson P910 (which is my ultimate dream phone).

Quick Features:

• GSM 900/1800/1900 MHz
• Supports Bluetooth connectivity
• 41MB internal memory (Asia Version)
• Built-in digital VGA camera with flash and video
• Java platform Support

I’ve been playing with it for the past few days and I am really glad I bought it. Actually, I was hesitant to buy it at first but my sister “forced” me to buy it. She said I would keep on nagging her about it if I didn’t buy it. Hehehe!

Anyway, one of the things I liked about the K700i was the mp3 capability. I also liked the video capability especially that it can read 3gp and mp4 formats. Right now I have 8 mp3s and 3 music videos.

Another feature I’ve always wanted to do was to sync my phone to any computer. Thanks to Float’s Mobile Agent and a bluetooth dongle, I am able to sync my K700i’s phonebook, folder files, profiles, and especially the message folders (inbox, outbox, drafts, and archives) to my office PC and laptop.

With the features, price, and size of the phone it really is worth buying this phone.

Another phone to test… Sony Ericsson K500i.
This is my first time to handle a Sony Ericsson. I wonder how it will be.

Here are the features:

• 65K colour screen
• Built-in video camera with digital zoom
• Sound recorder
• MP3 Player
• Video player (MPEG4)
• 40-voice polyphonic ringtones
• 3D games
• Memory: 12 Mbytes
• Tri-band: GSM 900, 1800 and 1900

So far it is quite fun to be using a phone that is graphically interfaced differently from the phones I am used to.

One thing I liked about it so far… the screen is so vivid! The video camera is quite useful.

Specs:
• Super compact and easy-use design provides “always with you” convenience
• 1/2.7″ 2.0 MegaPixel effective Progressive Scan Super HADâ„¢ CCD image sensor
• 5mm (33mm 35mm equivalent) f2.8 lens
• Center weighted Auto Focus, 4-step Manual Focus with Auto Macro
• Center weighted Auto Exposure
• Auto shutter speed range 1/30 ~ 1/2000 second
• 1″ 64K Pixel TFT transflective LCD Viewfinder with Battery Remaining Indicator
• 4 Mode Intelligent Flash with TTL Pre -flash metering and Red Eye Reduction
• SXGA (1632×1224) and VGA (640×480) Image Sizes
• MPEG Video mail (160×112) Movie mode (w/o audio)
• VGA Burst mode captures up to five 640×480 frames at 2 frames/second
• Selectable Soft snap, Illumination snap and Vivid Nature Scene modes
• Selectable Sepia, Solarize, Black & White and Negative Art Picture Effect modes
• Fast start up time and convenient slide open lens cover make it easy to “capture the moment”
• USB driver for Microsoft® Windows® 98/98SE/Me/2000 Pro, XP Home/Pro, Macintosh® OS 8.5.1/8.6/9.0/9.1/9.2/X
• Rechargeable NiMH AAA batteries with battery charger supplied
• Supplied Acc: NH -AAA -DI Rechargeable NiMH batteries, BC-CS1 NiMH battery charger, USB cables, neck strap, MSA-8A 8MB Memory Stick® media; CD-ROM with Pixela ImageMixer for Sony v1.0 and USB driver

Loves:
- Compact size
- Deep blue has this metallic finish style to it
- 2.0 Megapixels
- Red Eye Reduction
- USB connectivity
- Complete kit including battery and charger

Hates:
- No zoom
- No audio on the MPEG movie