We already told you about the Sony Ericsson's introduction of first Cyber-shot phones, K800 and K790 camera phones. The K800 Camera phone has already got a mention in our site, so lets take a closer look at the Sony Ericsson K790 model in this article. Unlike the the K800, it is a Tri-Band EDGE phone which is also powered by a 3.2 Megapixel digital camera with Autofocus, Xenon flash and BestPic, the feature which ensures that you never ‘miss’ an important picture. Press the shutter button once and get 9 full quality 3.2 megapixel pictures to choose from in a time sequence – 4 pictures before and 4 pictures after the actual image you captured.

The Sony K790 boasts of a classic Sony Ericsson design, with a large screen and responsive, tactile keypad with a sleek and stylish dual front phone design. It features a Video and image stabilizer function, which enables for a true and clear pics. In addition, it includes 2.0 QVGA 262K TFT display and the Cyber-shot user interface, Adobe picture/video PC software and also has a whopping 16x Digital zoom. Also with the incorporation of the new PictBridge technology, a feature that transfers pictures directly to a printer by using a USB cable. So what it actually means is that users now have the luxury of printing without the need for a PC. Apart from that, the Sony Ericsson K790 is a complete entertainment pakage, boasting of a 64MB internal memory, it supports MP3, AAC, AAC+, eAAC+ playback and also not to mention the RDS FM radio.

On the connectivity side, the K790 has Bluetooth 2.0 and HTML full browser with RSS readers, which makes sure for a faster and easier browsing of the internet. In addition it comes with a USB 2 Mass storage and also an external antenna conncetor. . Like the K800, it also has the new "flight mode", technology which enables users to listen to music in airline. Take a glance at the extended entry for a complete list of features and specifications of Sony K790.

The Sony Ericsson K790 will be commercially available in Velvet Black and start shipping globally during Q2 2006. The variants in the market will be:
•Sony Ericsson K790i Tri Band EDGE 900/1800/1900 MHz for Europe, Asia Pacific, Americas
•Sony Ericsson K790a Tri Band EDGE 850/1800/1900 MHz for Americas
•Sony Ericsson K790c Tri Band EDGE 900/1800/1900 MHz for Mainland China.