Cyber-shot shows how seriously Sony's digital camera expertise was implemented with a cool, eye-catching design to boot. The camera is excellent -3.2-megapixels and with an auto focus rather than a fixed focus lens. There's also a strong Xenon flash too, ideal for reading menus in fashionable restaurants. Like the K800i, the excellent BestPic feature is available - the phone starts taking pictures even before you press the shutter and automatically saves nine images so you can choose the best one.

New here is a Photo Fix function which adjusts contrast, brightness and more. In camera mode, some of the number keys take on extra dedicated functions to change resolution, activate the timer and more. The keys on the K800i are neat oblongs of rubber. Here you're invited to tap on stainless steel circles. Although they're well-spaced, it's still easy to hit the wrong one as you text. Still, there's also the tremendous music identification software Track ID: hold the phone to a radio or hi-fi and it will send you a text to tell you what you've been listening to.

It's a 3G phone, with stereo Bluetooth, has a memory card slot to store your music tracks on and an FM radio. Music sounds good, even though this is not one of the company's Walkman-branded handsets. Plus, there's an efficient RSS feed reader to keep you up to date with the latest developments on your favourite websites. If you're a K800i user, you probably won't feel the need to upgrade. For everyone else, though, this is Sony Ericsson's best camera phone and a good-looking, intuitive and easy-to-use handset.


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