Introducing the mobile phone...

The Sharp 770SH

Sleek and sexy but is it up to the job? Launched in the UK earlier this month there's little track record on this phone. The manufacturer Sharp have a good reputation for the performance of their electrical products and are known for holding back their new releases until properly tested. Will there be any gremlins?

Before going into detail, here's some basic specifications as provided by Sharp:

Network
Vodaphone

Size
Weight: 110g
Dimensions: 101 x 50 x 17.1mm

Battery
Talktime: 2.4 hours
Standby Time: 240 hours

Memory
Phonebook: 500 entries
Call records: 10 dialed, 10 received, 10 missed
Card: MicroSD (Transflash)

Screens
Main display screen: TFT, 256K colours, 240 x 320 pixels, 33 x 45 mm
External display: 12 x 72 pixels (mono colour)

Data features
3G: 384 kpbs
GPRS: Class 10, 32 - 48 kbps

Features
Camera: 1.3 mega pixels, 1280 x 960 pixels, video; 2nd internal camera for video calls
Bluetooth: Version 1.1
Ringtones: Polyphonic, MP3, ACC

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Introducing the phone user...

Graham Archbold

A complete novice when it comes to technology I really have a lot to learn but anything I do pick up I'm sure to record here.

I previously owned a Sony Ericsson K300 but as I've now learned, their little joysticks have a nasty tendancy to go sticky and stop responding. After that experience I wasn't gong to make the same mistake again - going for a middle of the road phone based on my pay-as-you-go budget. Instead I wanted sleek and sexy with buttons that wouldn't let me down.

Given that Motorola have reinvented the term 'svelte' and applied it to their handsets, something like a V3x appeared to be the natural choice. That wasn't to be however: I laid eyes on the Sharp 770SH in a Vodaphone store. A contest for my heart and my thumbs began.
10 missed

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