The K770i is a tri-band handset with 3G. It has a neat candybar design and is distinctly mid-range. My review sample came with a 3 SIM and was coloured a rather nice ‘exclusive to 3' purple. Sony Ericsson wants the shade called ‘Ultra Violet'. Think Ribena and you'll have the idea.Other operators have this phone too, and there are other colours available: Black (that'll be ‘Soft Black' according to Sony Ericsson), brown (‘Truffle Brown'), silver (‘Sandy Beige') and orange (‘Henna Bronze'). The phone is available for various prices, including nothing at all, depending on the contract you choose.This is quite a neat looking mobile. Sony Ericsson has kept things simple on the design front. The number pad on my purple sample was coloured silver and made a nice visual contrast. The keys are fairly narrow, but wide, and I found them responsive.Above the keys there are no less than six shortcut buttons. The softkeys have beneath them the Sony Ericsson Back and Clear keys. Embedded between the right side pair and butting up to the right edge of the front fascia is a teeny shortcuts button.
Press it and a My Shortcuts menu pops up offering access to key features of the phone such as a switcher between running apps, alerts, the Web browser, and a set of shortcuts for you to configure. This is a familiar feature on Sony Ericsson handsets, and I maintain that it is one of the best methods on any mobile for getting around the handset quickly.