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| Manufacturer | Sony Ericsson |
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| Available | July 14, 2007 |
| Screen | 176 X 220 pixel 262K TFT LCD |
| Camera | 2.0 megapixel |
| Operating system | Sony Ericsson proprietary OS |
| Input | -Keypad |
| Default ringtone | -Polyphonic (72 tones) -Truetone (MP3/AAC) |
| Memory | 16 MB internal |
| Memory card | Memory Stick Micro (M2) (up to 4 GB) |
| Networks | -GSM (900/1800/1900) -Tri band GPRS -UMTS 850/1900/2100 |
| Connectivity | -Bluetooth (2.0) -USB (2.0 proprietary) |
| Physical size | 102 X 46 X 14 mm |
| Weight | 92 g |
| Form factor | Bar |
| Media | -FM Radio with RDS - Music player 2.0 |
| Predecessor | K610 |
| Successor | K770 |
The Sony Ericsson K530 is a 3G mobile phone released in July 2007.
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Features
The K530i is a successor to the K610/K610i. Its features include a fixed-focus 2 megapixel digital camera with 2.5× digital zoom[1], Bluetooth v2.0 and support of Sony's new proprietary memory card format, Memory Stick Micro (M2). It has a slightly bigger 2 inch, 262,000 colour, 176×220 pixel TFT LCD screen[2], built-in email client, WAP and HTML browser and a D-pad for navigation. The K530i also supports many music formats including MP3/AAC/M4A/WMA. In addition it also has radio with RDS functionality, has an inbuilt video call camera and supports GPS through HGE-100 [3].
Design
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- The K530 is a small candybar style phone which is comparable in size to the K750, which is only 2 mm shorter, 0.8 mm wider and 3.6 mm thicker. It features larger and more ergonomic buttons than the K600/K608.
- Navigation is provided by the central D-pad which is used for navigation of menus. The two soft keys provide greater flexibility whilst navigating and the popular activity button and web browser buttons are still included in the minimalist design.
- The camera is located on the reverse side of the phone and in accordance to Sony Ericsson's dual front design philosophy, common to most Sony Ericsson camera phones, the phone is held in a horizontal position when taking pictures. In this position, a small button on the right bottom side of the phone functions as the shutter release.
Modding
Since K530i and W660i are essentially two phones with exactly same hardware specifications, soft modifications are available to convert a K530i to a W660i by using flashing software and the firmware files of the W660i model [4]. Such modified phone will be able to use the Walkman feature which is available to W series phones only. <See Note>Such phone can also use the flight mode option which allows the phone to work only as a media player while other functions, like cellphone radio system, are turned off. This option is essentially usable when in places where mobile phone transmitters must be turned off. This modification will revoke any remaining warranty for the phone.
Note: K530i already has the Flight Mode. There is no need to flash K530i to W660i to access Flight Mode.
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