Sony Ericsson G705

Sony Ericsson G705: "Juggle your day the easy way" is the caption that Sony has come up for its upcoming cool looking phone which is jampacked with the new features. This new device from Sony is an HSDPA capable 3.5G slider phone with GPS, a 3.2 megapixel camera and built-in WiFi. This new mobile from Sony may not be the best in its class and not so sexy, but it certainly is a sleek and cool looking phone with GPS which makes it stand among the top mid-end models. There are some more negatives to this phone: It not a walkman phone and moreover its a dull phone with not so catchy name.

The display is a 2.4" QVGA (240 x 320 pixel) panel in 262,000 colours. Sony has done a fantastic job with the screen and the camera. The G705 has a 3.2 megapixel camera with a photo/video light (it appears to be fixed focus), there's a video calling camera too. Video clips and stills photos can be uploaded directly to a blog. The G705 can automatically geotag photographs with the current GPS coordinates.The G705 supports Google Maps too.

Sony is claiming to come up with different variants of this phone predominantly an European and an US version. The standard European one is a quad-band GSM phone with UMTS 2100, GPRS, EDGE and HSDPA data, plus WiFi, stereo Bluetooth and USB connectivity. The American version of the G705 which has UMTS 800 / 1900 / 2100 MHz and HSUPA which allows for high-speed uploads.

There's a media player plus an FM radio, and all the usual Sony Ericsson multimedia enhancements that you would expect. Usefully, the G705 comes with a 1GB memory card in the standard sales package. The google map navigation would have been a better experience if the G705 would have been a touchscreen like the earlier G series phones. The web browser is a little bit more sophisticated than usual, with one click access to Google and the ability to sense the orientation of the display and automatically swap between wide and tall formats. The G705 also has an email client, and can support Microsoft ActiveSync and instant messaging. There are a number of other personal information management applications too.
The Sony Ericsson G705 weighs just 98 grams and has up to 4 hours talktime and 14 days standby time on 3G, 10 hours talktime and 16 days standby time on GSM which is a very good battery life as compared to some of its competitors. Standard colours are "Silky Gold" and "Majestic Black". The G705u will be available in "Luminous Black" which looks the best in the lot.

On a whole, this phone is one of those devices to be watched out for. The GPS certainly will add to the positive side. Lacking Walkman is surely a big mess.