"Born to Shine," the tag line of the Black series states, and it more than delivers on its promise. An all metal body finish and a TFT display screen with mirror effect, the hallmark of the Black label series is de rigeur with this KE770 Shine model as well. The GSM tri-band in an all metal silver body and slim dimensions feels very good in your hands. The metal provides a solid yet compact feel to the handset. The battery cover is easy to slide in place and firm. The candy bar design and flat keypads makes it very convenient to use. The handset, just 1cm in thickness (or thinness should we say!) and weighing just 80gms is set to redefine the term ultra portability. The silver framing with matching key pads seems exclusively metal and the luster is just magnetic. Over all, this phone looks great and the in¬hand-feel is the icing on the cake with the grip optimum.

The silver colour of the keypad perfectly harmonizes with the metallic luster that the body carries. Aligned below the mirrored LCD display are the soft menu keys and navigation buttons. The alpha numeric keypad is a light touch and feels good to use. The right hand side panel accommodates the battery charger jack besides quick access keys to the MP3 player, camera, and the scroll keys. The simple ingenuity of the design has flown into the user interface and functionalities as well. The interface is very lucid and even a novice can easily scroll through the menus and custom settings. The hidden tabs are eliminated and the required functions are easily found without much hassle. Besides the chic looks and stylish elegance, it incorporates a host of useful and interesting features like Lost Mobile Tracker (LMT).Unit converter, and Health chart besides other regular applications.

The phone comes with an internal memory of 70MB and expandable external memory up to 2GB using MicroSD or TransFlash. It can store up to 300 messages and 1000 contacts with the in-built memory. On the multimedia front, it has good sound and MPEG video recording quality. The MP3 player with inbuilt graphic equalizer presets supports all the popular audio formats and delivers optimal performance. Sound quality is distorted at high volumes in speaker mode, but within the acceptable range. The KE770 supports both polyphonic and mp3 ringtones, however it lacks a FM radio function. It has EDGE supported Internet access with e-mail and comes with an integrated WAP 2.0 browser. However, it does not sync with PC and the default memory is phone memory and not the micro SD as it should be; so data transfer is a bit of hassle.


Camera lens with LED flash are accommodated on the back panel. Camera quality is a decent 2MP with digital zoom and custom features. Image editing customs don't match up to the Sony Ericsson Cybershot range, but then in terms of style and user functionality it is head and shoulders above others in its price range. The LCD display is bright and the colour contrast is pleasing to eyes, however, few added pixels would have done better on resolution grounds. To sum it up, this metal slim-set is the best in its class as far as styling and build is concerned. Besides it includes good multimedia and a 2¬megapixel camera with decent image quality and some interesting applications. Just go and grab one if you are looking for a stylish all rounder.


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