Sony Ericsson and Vodafone announce launch of F500i

Sony Ericsson and Vodafone have announced the F500i camera phone, exclusively available on Vodafone live!. The F500i will be sold across Vodafone live! markets, from the middle of July 2004.

A dedicated camera button on the side of the phone gives access to the camera. The camera is capable of 4x digital zoom and the phone has a 128x160 pixels, 65,536 TFT colour screen.

The phone also features a joystick, called MultiAction. It comes with a graphics platform especially suitable for graphically rich mobile applications and content, Mascot Capsule Engine Micro3D Edition. The F500i is compatible with the Gameboard EGB-10. The phone does not offer Bluetooth and seems targeted at the same market segment as the Sharp GX series.

Imaging and Messaging

128 x 160 pixels Display TFT

65,536 Colour screen

10 MB user Memory

QuickShareTM

SMS, EMS and MMS

3D graphics (animations and pictures)

Wallpapers

Themes

Picture phonebook

Entertainment

Polyphonic (40 tones)

Music DJ TM

Direct links for easy download

Java MIDP 2.0

DRM (forward lock and SD support)

3D games

Connectivity

USB and RS 232

WAP 2.0

GPRS class 10