Mess wid the Best n Die Like the Rest. Review on Sony Ericsson T630

I bought my Liquid Black T630 just 2 weeks ago and I definitely agree that the fone is awesome. This waz my dream fone while I bought my T230, 9 months back. That time it costed 18000 INR but I bought my mobile for 9000 INR wid bill. For the features this fone has got, u definitely ll have no intention to take the hand off the fone.

About the looks, this fone has got one of the best looks I ve ever seen, the closest being K700i. Most of the Nokias have got the same borin look.

Then the keypad, from the looks the keypad looks as if tiz cramped but after using the fone for more than 2 weeks I can definitely conclude, the keys are quite easy to press, and joystick feedback is very much user friendly. The keys are all curved with a small bulge at the top n so it is very much ergonomic.

Then the display, u ve got a 128 x 160 screen at ur disposal, wat else do u need? In that resolution u can use 128 x 128 4 ur wallpaper n remaining the fone uses it for softkey description n status bar. This is quite large comparing to the series 40 nokias which use 128 x 128 screen for doing all the three. So the display is not at all cramped. Also the screen can display 65536 colors n hence the colors are all very much vibrant n bright.

Besides the screen is TFT n in sunlight u get good visibilty. The colors do not fade much in sunlight. I ve compared mine n my classmate's T610 n have definitely noticed the difference. There s also a good protector screen over the display. Unlike the T610 (which I think is glass), T630's protector screen is some fibre like tat of Nokia series 60 fones which ll not get scratched tat much easily on normal usage. Though I think scratches r possible by dropping the fone (no idea). My friend's T610 got scratches by simply keeping in his pocket.

Then the camera, Come on guyz tiz a 9000 bucks fone, u can't get everythin 4 tat. The viewfinder shows full 128 x 160 n so u get a good large glimpse yet the camera quality s just satisfactory bcoz it is just a CIF camera. But tiz k.

Then Connectivity Options like BLUETOOTH, IR, DATA CABLE, WAP, GPRS,etc. wat else do u need?

The fone can also be customized wid themes. Not like the Nokias or Motorolas which have just predifned color styles, here u r the artist and the fone is the canvas. Although to do that u need software. These themes can easily be created by the SE software or even using softwares like THEME CREATOR PRO 3G. Besides there r millions of themes available all over the internet. Themes of T610 are compatible wid this fone too.

There are also many interesting features like posting notes on the screen, which I mainly use it 2 remind me of somethin in the mornin b4 leaving 2 college.

The message memory is just 60. The fone memory is just around 2.2 MB which is the main drawback. But u can efficiently use it bcoz u have lot of connectivity options n so u can keep transferring the filez to ur system r ur frenz fone with a larger memory.

About the signal reception it is comparable to most good quality fones like 3310. The voice reception is also very clear. The ringtones have good melody n loudness but not much bass. The fone cant play mp3 or wav files but can play amr files which is quite sufficient if u ask me.

If u c someone havin this fone just see this fone in the nite in a dark room or in a dark street, then u ll c how gorgeous the fone looks. Only similar SE models like K700i hav got that look.

To list out the main features, here it goes

128 X 160 TFT COLOR DISPLAY

INTEGRATED CIF CAMERA

32 TONE POLYPHONIC CAPABLE

CUSTOMIZABLE THEMES

SOUND RECORDER

PICTURE EDITOR

MUSIC DJ MIDI COMPOSER

510 MEMORY PHONEBOOK

INSTANT MESSAGING

EMAIL

MMS

MOPHUN AND JAVA GAMES/APPS SUPPORT

CONNECTIVITY OPTIONS - USB CABLE, BLUETOOTH, IR, GPRS

WAP 2.0 SUPPORT

ORGANIZER TOOLS - CALENDAR, TIMER, STOPWATCH, ALARM, REMINDERS, NOTES, CODE MEMOS

I ve found so far no problems but occasionaly the fone may tend 2 hang. This happens when u switch on the fone n the fone s searching 4 the network. This s the case wid most fones. I ve never switched off the fone even once due to hanging problems. Try to keep atleast 200 - 250 kb free memory to increase the menu speed.

So if u want a cheap camera fone wid a decent display u can definitley go 4 this baby. Tats all 2 tell.