Entertainment

In addition to personalizing backgrounds, screen savers, and ringtones, Sony Ericsson has always been on the forefront of customizability with it's unique theme features. With themes, users can change settings such as colors, menu layouts, images, and ringtones, making it more personal. The S700 comes preloaded with a number of themes, but more can be created and downloaded.

Gaming is now seen as a standard feature among cell phones. However Sony Ericsson has gone a step ahead. More processing power, a large 262K color screen, Java 3D, and the Mascot API all results in improved graphics that reacts faster to user commands.

Supporting Java 2 Platform, Micro Edition (J2ME), the S700 allows users to download and install new games and applications. Currently, J2ME is the most popular platform for cellular phone, so many games are available for download. Some for free, some for a fee. But developers can also create applications for the S700 with Java technology.

But even more exciting is that the phone utilizes the popular Mascot Capsule Java 3D gaming engine, and multiplayer games. It renders 3D objects in real-time on a display screen. By incorporating sophisticated APIs the result is more detailed games.

For applications, SMIL (Synchronized Multimedia Integration Language), an advanced XML-based protocol, allows users to create and transmit Microsoft PowerPoint presentations on mobile devices. By using a media editor, users can incorporate text, audio, images, and video clips to assemble full multimedia presentations on the display.

Internet

The WAP 2.0 browser supports WML, xHTML Mobile and Basic, and CSS. It contains GPRS 4+2 for increased bandwidth capabilities over standard CSD networks. Providing high-speed, cost efficient access to the Internet.

Storage

The phonebook capacity can store up to 500 contacts, while a large 32 MB internal memory is shared among multimedia and messages. For smaller file sized features such as pictures, ring tones, messaging or games, the S700 has more than enough.

However, if users wish to utilize the full capacity of the built-in MP3 player and digital camera, external storage is needed. And Sony Ericsson has been quick to supply an expandable Memory Stick Duo slot. The Memory Stick Duo is Sony's proprietary portable storage media that currently has a maximum capacity of 128 MB of memory. Luckily a 16 MB Memory Stick Duo is supplied with the S700. But any additional Memory Sticks will come at a premium price.

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