A five megapixel Cyber-shot camera is by no means unique but Sony Ericsson's Velvet Blue K850i is a smooth operator that oozes street cred. It offers a slider switch that toggles between the shooting modes and playback function rather than having to access an on-screen menue to change from stills to motion images.

It has an automatic clear plastic lense cover and you can choose different image sizes quality settings and shooting modes. There is 16 x digital zoom autofocus a built-in Xenon flash and an on-board accelerometer (keeping pictures in the correct orientation regardless of whether you are looking at it from a portrait or landscape perspective). You can capture nine consecutive shots simply by pressing the capture key once enabling you to captures the most successful photo with the BestPic™ feature. You can then edit and improve them with integral software.

The K850i comes with a media manager software CD in the start up kit which allows you to manage and transfer music photo and video files easily. The media player comes with a selection of music features enabling you to get the very best you're your mobile music experience. The music features include PlayNow™ which is a quick music download feature while the TrackID™ feature is a music recognition tool.

Weighing a sturdy but manageable 118 g the K850i measure 102 x 48 x 17 mm the quad-band K850i includes a front-facing camera for 3G video calls and a memory card slot that accepts both Memory Stick Micro and microSD card types augmenting 40 MB internal memory. It offers an FM radio organizer functions Track ID Video/Photo/Music DJ voice recorder RSS feed reader Web browser and triband HSDPA connectivity.

- 5 megapixel camera with 16 x zoom and Xenon flash.
- Camera stabilizer function to eliminate blurry images.
- Bluetooth connectivity for photo sharing.
- Quad band functionality

- Expandable memory