Cyber-shot goes undercover on Sony Ericsson

Damian Koh | Mar 02, 2006

A few months ago our minds ran wild and we conjured up a camera-phone which existed only as a figment of our imagination. Now, courtesy of Sony Ericsson, it seems to us that the camera function on a mobile phone isn't taking a back seat after all.

The two recently announced Sony Ericsson phones--the K800i and K790i--are the first handsets to carry the Cyber-shot brand. Yes, you heard it right: It’s a Cyber-shot phone.

Both handsets offer top-of-the-line imaging features such as an integrated 3.2-megapixel CMOS sensor; autofocus capabilities; red-eye reduction; Xenon flash; video and image stabilization function (we're guessing it's software-based); and a Memory Stick Micro (M2) expansion slot.

The key feature on both phones, though, is BestPic. This proprietary imaging technology captures nine 3.2-megapixel frames when you press the shutter--four before and four after the actual intended image--from which users can pick and select those they want to save.

There's also enough internal memory (64MB) for 100 pictures at the maximum resolution of 3.2 megapixels. And oh, there's PictBridge support for direct printing as well.

Sony Ericsson rolls out Cyber-shot phones.