Sony Ericsson K790a "Wilma" sees FCC approval

It comes as no surprise to see that Sony Ericsson was looking for a little FCC love for the K790a variant of their "Wilma" Cyber-shot branded phone, sporting 3.2 megapixels of picture-takin' happiness behind its sliding rear cover. With support for GSM 850, 1800, and 1900, this is a phone T-Mobile and Cingular users can really sink their teeth into -- and given SE's strategy of selling direct off its website, we can all cross our fingers that this thing might be showing up in American hands before too long now that the ceremonial FCC blessing ritual has taken place.

[DonaldMick Posted Aug 5th 2006 4:47PM]

HALLELUJAH~!

[(Unverified) Posted Aug 5th 2006 9:36PM]

so, where's fred?
those puny buttons on the sides are going to be a pain in the a**.

[(Unverified) Posted Aug 5th 2006 11:06PM]

Isn't the K790a the US version?

[(Unverified) Posted Aug 6th 2006 10:21AM]

Looks like the k790a - the internals have a big fat "850" stamped on there. It's about time!

[(Unverified) Posted Aug 6th 2006 12:00PM]

Now, if a couple of carriers stateside will just carry it. I got tired of waiting for the SE W810i and just bought an unlocked one. When the dust settles on this one, I'll buy an unlocked one of these. The 810i is a great camera phone, but as with anyone on here, we all want new toys LOL.

[(Unverified) Posted Aug 6th 2006 12:52PM]

K800i = GSM 900, 1800, 1900, 3G/UMTS
K790i = GSM 900, 1800, 1900, EDGE
K790a = GSM 850, 1800, 1900, EDGE

[Chris Ziegler Posted Aug 6th 2006 1:13PM]

Thanks for the correction everyone, I've updated the post.

Chris

[(Unverified) Posted Aug 6th 2006 10:43PM]

FYI, the K790 variants are Evita, not Wilma. Only the K800 is Wilma.

http://mroach.com/codenames/