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The Sony K790i is one of the best multimedia and music cell phones in the history of the cell phone market. It includes a 3.2 megapixel camera that carries the Cyber Shot name. The K790i also includes a music player that is similar to the player included with the Walkman series of cell phones, but doesn’t have as many features. It does still include the ability to organize your music in various ways as well as including a built in equalizer. When a call comes in, the music pauses and starts again when the call ends. Also included is an FM radio with the ability to set 20 presets. The downfall of this is that it requires you to use a proprietary headset that also functions as an antenna to listen to the radio.

The camera functionality is the high point for the Sony K790i. At 3.2 megapixels, this is one of the best cameras included with a cell phone. Including a Cyber Shot camera with this offering has moved the camera functionality into the mainstream. Sony also included some great business functionality with this phone. It holds around 1000 contacts by default as well as being able to expand up to 250 more contacts into the SIM card. On top of being able to store so many contacts, the ability to assign ring tones, pictures, and even movies as ring events for each contact are included by default.

The experts could not get enough of the camera included with the Sony K790i. Picture quality was a big hit for a cell phone. Large pictures mixed with the ability to print wirelessly to a compatible printer were two of the most talked about features.

If you would like a solid cell phone that mixes the needs of a business person with a multimedia and music addict, the Sony K790i is a great option. Features galore make this multimedia/music phone one of the best to be seen in the cell phone market in history.

Expert Ratings

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Very Good based on (6) reviews
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Techtree
Very Good

Sony Ericsson, in India, is doing really well with all its latest models. One of its prime models that brought about this transition was the "K" series. It started of with the K700, continued with the K750i which is very popular, and now with the rapid......

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TopTenReviews
Very Good

The Sony K790i is one of the best multimedia and music cell phones in the history of the cell phone market. It includes a 3.2 megapixel camera that carries the Cyber Shot name. The K790i also includes a music player that is similar to the player...

Mobile 88
Very Good

If you’re in the market for a new mobile and digital camera, you really should consider this phone. Most of us have no need for over 3.2 megapixels. It’s plenty for printing photos that you can blow up to 8x10” and still look good. For sharing...

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Very Good based on (11) reviews
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4 Excellent
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3 Very Good
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Amazon
Excellent

this phone is awesome it is a smart phone with all the features of a windows mobile without the problems. The camera takes amazing photos. t would recommend this phone to anybody....

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Sony Ericsson K790i

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