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Sony Ericsson unwraps swiveling S600iBy Jørgen Sundgot, 13 June 2005
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Snuggling up to the feature set of its bigger brother, the S700i, Sony Ericsson's new S600i offers a 1.3 MP camera, high-resolution display with 262K colours and an RDS FM radio.

Marking the second swivel handset to come out of Sony Ericsson, the Swedish-Japanese handset maker today announced the introduction of the S600i. Slightly less capable than its older sibling, the S700i, in some areas - yet slightly more in others, the S600i boasts an integrated 1.3 Megapixel camera with 4x digital zoom, 262K colour screen, an RDS-enabled FM radio and Bluetooth.

Keeping in line with Sony Ericsson's official policy to avoid the inclusion of EDGE in its handsets, the S600i offers tri-band GSM 900/1800/1900 MHz connectivity with GPRS for data transfers. Backed up by Bluetooth, Infrared and USB for local connectivity, the handset also integrates such a rarity as an RDS-enabled FM radio, disposing of retuning woes long a thing of the past in cars - but not in handsets.

Equipped with a 1.8-inch display with a resolution of 176 x 220 pixels and 262K colour depth, the S600i can record and display video full screen in landscape mode, also shooting stills in a similar viewfinder mode. Equipped with dual stereo speakers, the S600i also places an emphasis on audio playback with its MP3/AAC compatible, MegaBass-enabled media player and bundled stereo headset, however does not offer the ability to expand memory beyond its 64 MB of on-board storage.

Gaming is also key in the S600i, which offers three pre-installed 3D-enabled games including Worms Forts: Under Siege 3D, Extreme Air Snowboarding and a new multi player version of Midways Gauntlet which relies on the Bluetooth capabilities of the S600i for head-to-head combat. The handset is also fitted with support for J2ME MIDP 2.0 for adding further 3rd party applications, and also boasts a full HTML browser as well as exchangeable covers.

Also incorporating SMS, MMS and Wireless Village based instant messaging, the Sony Ericsson S600i also known as the S600 is expected to start shipping early in the fourth quarter of 2005. Unfortunately, the handset maker did not provide further information concerning its expected pricing.
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