Sony Ericsson's M600 3G tri-band GSM cellphone

Sony Ericsson just announced their new M600 handset. This 15-milimeter-slim, 3G flip-less sibling of the P990 is a dual-mode communicator bringing UMTS and tri-band GSM/GPRS with a touch-sensitve, 2.6-inch 240x320 262K color display, dual-function QWERTY keyboard, RSS reader, and Bluetooth with A2DP stereo audio support for untethered playback of that MP3/AAC audio stored on the 80MB of internal memory or Memory Stick Micro expansion card. And like the P990, the M600 is the second SE phone to feature the Symbian 9.1 OS and UIQ 3.0 interface with support for a wide range of push email for business users including BlackBerry Connect, Seven, Vista, and more. Available Q2 for Europe and US in Black or White for a yet to be determined price. More pr0n after the break.

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[(Unverified) Posted Feb 6th 2006 11:44AM]

I haven't read anything about this other than here.

I agree with the sentiment on the camera: when I want a camera, I'll use a camera.

The form factor is very interesting - looks a little like the BlackBerry Phone in terms of two letters per key.

But it is only tri-band!? I wonder which "tri" the US will get (ie., is this a T-Mobile or a Cingular phone).

[(Unverified) Posted Feb 6th 2006 11:46AM]

AND someone at SE - indeed at Sony - has to get the balls to take new memory card formats out of the revenue growth plans. Stupid Stupid Stupid!

[staiano Posted Feb 6th 2006 12:40PM]

I think it looks nice but I don't think either US gsm carrier is getting this version of the phone as it has UMTS 2100 for Europe. You'll be able to buy is sim free and use on tmobile as it supports GSM/GPRS 900/1800/1900. Sorry Cingular folks. Hopefully SE will come out with a US only version. Maybe a M610?

As for the lack of camera, Mike said it best, "Its great to see a phone with no camera. Since I am not allowed to have a camera phone at work." Many companies don't allow camera phones. So this is targeted directly as business users as a blackberry type device. Lack of wi-fi is disappointing though.

[(Unverified) Posted Feb 6th 2006 12:53PM]

You people sound like you're from the stone ages. "When I want a camera I'll use a camera"... Grunt Grunt. I mean c'mon. It's the 21st Century . Sure the cams suck now but in a couple years they'll be top notch on cell phones. Most if not all people are likely to carry a cell phone but not a camera. You'll wish you had a camera with you when you see something amazing you want to capture but can't...

[(Unverified) Posted Feb 6th 2006 1:07PM]

Honestly, with regard to the camera, the back shot looks as though they might plan to make two versions of this--one with a camera, one without. At least that's the impression I got from the back shot of the phone, since it seems to have a covering about the size of a digital camera lens.