This is a phone
we've seen in the wild on a couple occasions, but we had one detail dead wrong: the model number. It turns out that Sony Ericsson's newest Z series flip is actually the Z770, not the Z660 we'd heard before. The company is billing the Z770 as a phone fit for people who need access to the internet (web and email, specifically) but aren't necessarily interested in stepping up to a full-fledged smartphone, featuring "easy" email setup, zoom / pan features in the web browser along with an actual mouse pointer (anyone familiar with S60's browser will get the idea here), and integrated support for Exchange ActiveSync. The GSM / EDGE 900 / 1800 / 1900, HSDPA 2100 handset will hit shelves in the second quarter in Vogue Red, Graphite Black, and Exquisite Gold.
posted Feb 10th 2008 2:20PM
This is almost a perfect description of the iPhone.
"The company is billing the Z770 as a phone fit for people who need access to the internet (web and email, specifically) but aren't necessarily interesting in stepping up to a full-fledged smartphone,"
". . . and don't mind living in the hell of T9 internet access"
Isn't T9 extremely fast internet?
^ Not meant to be inflammatory. I loved my Razr V3xx's speed and rendering when it came to accessing web pages, but it killed me when it came to typing in web addresses, and I would've NEVER considered composing an email on it.
I gladly took the 3g hit to go to the iphone.
Agreed. The iphone is "it" when it comes to a "do everything" phone. Not only does it do everything, it does everything comfortably and intuitively. The edge network is a bit slow but since most of the time I'm around a wifi connection I hardly ever notice.
I guess recording video doesn't fall under the category of "everything"
EVERYTHING? More like calling, web browsing, and listening to music. Yeah, some other stuff too, but it's far away from doing "everything".
My first reaction to reading about this phone was excitement. Good web and email access without the bells and whistles of a smartphone? With a dedicated keyboard? Perfect for replacing my iPhone.
My second reaction was: "Wait, my last three phones have been Sony Ericssons, and they've been crap!" Each time I was suckered into thinking "surely SE has fixed their user interface problems by now", but no, each time I ended up with a phone that was frustrating to use and underpowered. I'm going to give this one a miss.
@jeffL
This doesn't have a dedicated keyboard, it doesn't have any keyboard! Just a number pad.
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