LisaG
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The new flagship Cybershot phone from Sony Ericsson takes aim at the Nokia N95 with its 5 megapixel camera with autofocus lens and Xenon flash. This quad unlocked GSM import phone will work with any GSM carrier, and it has triband 3G UMTS and HSDPA that likewise will work anywhere in the world 3G is available (including the US on AT&T). The phone features touch controls, Bluetooth 2.0 +EDR with A2DP stereo Bluetooth, a Sony PSP-like media player, great music playback and a better than average feature phone browser thanks to Netfront on board. It also does email and push email with Exchange. Like the iPhone, it does that cool screen rotate when you turn the phone, but only in the Media app.
Read our Sony Ericsson K850i review.
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acc3d
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Thanks for the great review and attention to detail. I have a question regarding the MTP Protocol/Walkman 3.0 software since I'd like to use this device as an MP3 player replacement.
You mentioned that it will sync with Windows Media Player, but does it allow you to rate songs and sync the ratings? This is a great feature ipods and many MTP players have, and important for me because I can weed out tracks I don't like. Does it browse by ID3 tag or folder structure on the memory card?
Does the MTP sync work with M2 or microSD?
Does the phone support microSD-HC cards?
Cheers!
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LisaG
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The K850i supports microSDHC cards (I'm using a 4 gig SanDisk card in mine).
It also supports MTP (you have your choice of using MTP mode or phone mode) and it works with cards. MTP works with Windows Media Player 10 and 11 under XP and Vista does it natively. The phone reads ID3 tags, so you get artist, album and title each song.
It doesn't transfer ratings and there's no way I've found to create a playlist based on ratings on the phone.
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acc3d
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Thanks for the info! Correct me if I'm wrong, butit seems from what you said that you can assign a rating to tracks on the phone.
I'd be really curious to see a review of the Walkman player as compared to standalone MP3 players. Does it feature Audiobook support or have a bookmark function to save your place in long files?
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LisaG
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No, I haven't found a way to rate tracks on the phone.
It handles podcasts and audiobooks along with music. There's no bookmark function but the player remembers where you left off and resumes from there, even if you exit the app and return later. I haven't tested the audiobook playback, since the only audiobooks I have are from iTunes and we know Apple doesn't share their DRM  .
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acc3d
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Again thanks for the reply. Sadly it looks like none of the phone manufacturers are interested in competing with standalone players. Would it be fair to say that the Walkman player is the best current media player on a mobile phone platform? Please recommend if you know a better one!
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LisaG
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I would say that the SE player is above any other built-in player I've used. It's the closest to a real MP3 player (even though it doesn't have *all* the bells and whistles). And sound quality is super.
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