Sony Ericsson today announces the K610, a slim, lightweight and affordable UMTS imaging phone that opens up the world of 3G for a much wider population. Just 17mm thick and weighing 92 grams, the K610 is the size and weight of a typical 2G stick phone and will be one of the smallest and lightest 3G phones to come on the market. It packs into its slender frame a suite of advanced communications, business and entertainment applications plus a 2 Megapixel camera, Memory Stick removable storage and Bluetooth connectivity.

Browsing the Internet on the K610 is a graphic-rich experience that is very similar to using a PC, thanks to the NetFront browser. HTML pages are presented in full with photos, video, words and graphics adapted to fit the 1.9" colour display. New support for RSS Feeds allows users to subscribe to news services to receive updates direct to the phone.

The K610's integrated music player makes listening to music on the move simple. Music files can be stored on Memory Stick Micro (M2), which can be expanded to 1GB, It is easy to create and manage playlists and supplied software handles transfer of music files between the user's PC and the phone. The Sony Ericsson K610 is a Dual Mode UMTS handset commercially available in Evening Red and Urban Silver colours and starts shipping during Q2 2006.

K610i - Dual mode UMTS (2100MHz) - GPRS 900/1800/1900 for Europe, Asia Pacific, Middle East, Africa

K610c - Dual mode UMTS (2100MHz) - GPRS 900/1800/1900 for Mainland China. (Launch for mainland China dependent on availability of 3G services.)

K610 – Features at a glance:

• 2.0 Megapixel camera
• Video call (integrated VGA camera)
• Video record and play
• Video streaming
• 262,144 color 1.9" TFT
• 176 x 220 pixels
• Disc2Phone ripping software
• WAP 2.0 XHTML/HTML
• Java MIDP 2.0
• Media player (supports MP3, AAC and E-AAC+)
• Polyphonic ringtones, 72 voices
• USB 2.0 mass storage, full speed
• Memory Stick Micro (M2) support (up to 1 GB )
• Bluetooth
• Dual mode UMTS and GSM/GPRS 900/1800/1900
• Standard Push e-mail (M-IMAP)
• Speakerphone
• Modem
• PC synchronization
• Talk time: Up to 7 hours GSM, up to 2.5 hours WCDMA
• Standby time: Up to 400 hours GSM and up to 350 hours WCDMA
• Size: 102 x 45.2 x 16.9mm
• Weight: 92 grams