sony ericsson R300

Sony Ericsson manufactures some pretty nifty audio-heavy handsets. The R300 Radio and R306 Radio are 2 latest addition to their growing stable of cell phones.

The Sony Ericsson R300 Radio is a smart looking and inexpensive candy bar phone that doubles as a very small portable FM/AM radio. The R300 is aimed at those customers who either don’t want a phone with an MP3 player or can’t afford one.

It’s a simple phone and has a basic 128 x 160 pixel display, a 0.3 megapixel resolution (VGA) camera, a WAP browser and Bluetooth. As you can see from the name, the handset have plenty to do with radios, enabling the user to tune-in to their favorite radio show on both AM and FM broadcasts.
The handset support of TrackID which allow user to know what song they’re listening to and by whom was it sung in an instant. They can record a clip of a song from an external source, such as a sound system in a coffee shop or bar, and find out within seconds who sang it, the name of the track and which album it is from.

An Audio Enhancer key allows you to activate volume boost when listening to the radio through the speakers or experience 3D sound enhancement when you groove via the stereo headset. With the R300 Radio you can listen-in via the stereo headphones provided or ‘play it loud’ thanks to the high performance speaker integrated into the phone.

Sony Ericsson say that the R300 should be available during Q2 2008, but did not give any guidance on price.
R300i Radio GSM 900/1800/1900 MHz for Americas
R300a Radio GSM 850/1800/1900 MHz for Americas
General 2G Network GSM 900 / 1800 / 1900 - R300i
GSM 850 / 1800 / 1900 - R300a
Announced 2008, January
Status Available. Released 2008, July
Size Dimensions 101 x 46 x 12 mm
Weight 75 g
Display Type TFT, 65K colors
Size 128 x 160 pixels, 1.8 inches
- Wallpapers, screensavers
Sound Alert types Vibration; Downloadable polyphonic, MP3, AAC ringtones, composer
Speakerphone Yes
Memory Phonebook 1000 contacts, Photo call
Call records 30 received, dialed and missed calls
Internal 8 MB
Card slot No
Data GPRS Class 10 (4+1/3+2 slots), 32 - 48 kbps
HSCSD No
EDGE No
3G No
WLAN No
Bluetooth Yes
Infrared port No
USB Yes
Camera Primary VGA, 640x480 pixels
Video No
Secondary No
Features Messaging SMS, MMS, Email
Browser WAP 2.0/xHTML
Radio Stereo AM/FM radio with RDS; broadcast recording
Games Yes + downloadable
Colors Antique Copper, Steel Black
GPS No
Java Yes, MIDP 2.0
- TrackID
- MP3/AAC player
- T9
- Picture editor
- Voice memo
- Organizer
- Stopwatch
- Timer
Battery Standard battery, Li-Ion
Stand-by Up to 400 h
Talk time Up to 9 h