Sony Ericsson K750i - Great OS X Companion

On the way back from overseas I had a jetlagged stopover in Singapore. Maybe it was the fatigue and the bank manager being 5000 miles away, but I didn't think twice about picking up this phone as a replacement for my aging Nokia 7250.

Been playing around with it for a few days and am generally very happy with it as a companion to the computer.

It's a triband GSM phone with a 2.0 megapixel camera, mp3 player, bluetooth, FM Radio, infrared connectivity and a memory card slot for media.

Pros
• Bluetooth functionality is a snap. Picked up no problem by the Mac. Address Book will flash the number onscreen as the phone rings and give you the option to answer or sms the number back.Also use it with OD4Contact which tracks your call durations to clients.
• Very small footprint and weight for such a feature packed phone.Slightly smaller and slimmer than my ipod mini.
• The camera pics are very good for a camera phone and there are a wide range of settings for camera effects and modes, including auto focus. You turn it horizontal to take a picture and use a dedicated camera button on the top in an identical fashion to normal cameras.
• The radio is nice and clear with automatic station tuning.
• Bright and relatively large screen.
• The UI is very responsive and logical. I had been used to the Nokia system so it took a bit of adjusting to the conventions but it's an identical process as a PC head learning the Mac OS.
• The sony memory stick slot means the phone memory can theoretically be upgraded to 2gb and maybe 4gb in the near future.
• The media player has a nice shuffle option and the sound quality aint half bad. Plays mp3's and wav's though i haven't tested aac files yet.Can also use mp3 as ringtones.
• Very easy to theme. (Currently running a Tiger theme as can be seen from the mini dock and toolbars)
• The light on the back would pick out Jupiter's hidden moons.
• The bundled games (flight simulator, tennis and puzzle) are graphically very good if fiddly to control on a small screen.
• Battery life for a media phone this feature packed seems pretty good so far.
• You can set it up to send and receive email though I haven't tested the feature. Works with mac.com as well apparently.
• For such a swiss army type phone the features are quite extensive and not skimped on at all.

Cons
• The voice quality and ring volume aren't as strong as the Nokia so it may mean more missed calls if the phone is not in your pocket.
• The bundled headphones are awkward and still no 3.5mm jack for your own set .(Though they are bringing out an mini jack adaptor apparently.)
• No iSync compatibility yet except through a hack but this is not a huge deal to me at the moment. I just dragged the cards I wanted from Address Book to the phone via Bluetooth.
• You must bring in contact photos separately as they are not brought over in the vCards.

I'm sure a few other niggles and happy surprises will pop up but if they add it to iSync in 10.4.2 , I'll be a happy bunny. Now how to figure out how to hack the menu icons.
There's a more in depth review at http://www.MobileBurn.com/review.jsp?Id=1393

Think it might be called the D750 for if you're on T-Mobile in the U.S. but not out there yet apparently.