I got 2 of them, both given to me by the same guy... My Mrs has one, I have the other, but my Nokia 3100 is my main one, this is a handy backup. The wifes does freeze now and then, but mine is flawless ( haha ) bit dated now, but still nice to have, especially for the record thingy.

I had my Sony CMD J70 mobile phone last year as a christmas present. When i first saw it i thought it was dead good with the different languages and times in other countries. But then i realised that you couldn't send or recive ringtones or wallpapers. I was disapointed. I also thought that you could buy phone covers and use the standand size ones from the shops. But my friend told me i couldn't. Ive been looking round the shops for ages now and still cant find any place where they sell the covers. After 3 months my battery life went and also my phones been freezing on me and automaticly turning itself off. Can anyone solve my problems?

I have been using the Sony CMD-J70 mobile phone for over a year now, and didn't have any real problems with it whatsoever. The user interface is intuitive, the sound quality is good, it has enough storage capacity. The jog dial is really handy. If I don't use it too frequenly, the battary still lives almost a week without reloading. It's true that the games are boring, but for gaming, no phone can compete with my geforce anyways. It isn't possible to download ringtones, but there's enough choice within the standard ones. A weak point though is that vibration is not noticiable enough, so you can't really use the vibrate mode.

It is showing its age, my Sony CMD-J70 is just over 12mths old, and now the BIOS sticks, the charging does not always work and messaging can play up with the scroll wheel. It is a shame because it just shows it is built for being a disposable, renewable with each 12mth contract, unlike my Nokia 6150! Seriously though, I think it will be a T610 as the replacement, if only for the Sony name.

When i bought this Sony CMD J70 mobile phone it kept switching off. Because of that i had an idea. I made a paper packing for the battery. since than it has stopped switching off. if any one have same problem try this out i think this will work

When my Sony CMD-J70 was about 8 months old, the charging sometimes didn't work, although the little light was on. More than 3 weeks in repair. After that, Jog Dial didn't work without being pushed quite hard. (More than 3 weeks in repair). Came back with new insides (new IMEI number). 6 weeks later, charging irregular. What's going to be next??

I thought Freezing problem is with just my Sony CMD J70 phone, but here I can find lot more have same problem, but do any one/Sony have solution for it.

The best cell phone ever made

I was also lead to believe you could download ringtones for the Sony CMD J70 Mobile Phone it even says it in the manual that came with my phone but if anyone has any ideas on how to do this let me know.

I got my Sony CMD J70 as a gift, i quite like it, although i would choose a different sony model if i was to purchas myself.

I've heard that if you hook up a usb cable to the J70, there is software which ables you to use a ringtone composer and allows you to create your own wallpapers via your PC. Is this true?

I've had this Sony CMD J70 for past 1 year and still enjoying it. The reason being, it's as simple as you can think of it. I always wanted to get rid of the monotonicity of Nokia/Samsung/Motorolla/etc. The phone used to hand when i was on GSM900, but it rarely hangs on GSM1800. The Jog-Dial and the 4 Shade display are what that sets it apart from it's class. The vibrator is very feeble because there is not specialized motor for vibration, infact the speakerphone, Yes! the one that creates all those polyphonic ringtones plays a very low pitched sound that makes it vibrate. That's the reason it does'nt sound & vibrate simultaneously.
But i'd say again, it's a true value for money, vibrant, stunning, elegent, engaging phone for people who want something different.

Have yet to see a phone with all the features and none of the bugs. It's getting on a bit now.

The phone book is great, accesible by just rolling the jog, really easy to move around, store 3 numbers + 2 free text fields under every entry.

Has Wap - never mind eh?
Doesn't have gprs, but have you seen the outrageous charges for gprs??? think I'll wait till i'm home to check my mailbox for spam.

Even though I have gripes about it, it's a good phone, have not seen any other phones that are quite as well thought out as this one. Nokia are close but missing some of the little things the sony does that make it an easier & quicker phone to use.

It's a shame the Sony P800 is so expensive.

PS. I have had this for over a year now.
Previous phones: Motorola brick, Original Ericsson flip front thing, Nokia 8210 (x3).

Was considering Samsung S300 till I read the reviews - all looks no functionality. Still looking...

I think the sony co must re develop the new J 70 model, especially the technology inside the phone

The Sony CMD-J70 looks great for the price. But the stupid games with no Help feature whatsoever are nothing to talk about. The ringer volume, even at max is so low that u miss many calls when at a noisy place. The vibrator is not strong enuff when the ph is in the shirt pocket. You can't download any ringtones or pictures. though you can record any damn voice for a ringtone.The Jogdial allows u to use most of the functions with a single button. Overall, nice but no match for a nkia in similar category

Not only the games are lacklustre on the Sony CMD-J70, the phone just restarts on its own when the Message feature is being used for a long time. Also the absence of 'download ringtones and pictures feature' makes it a bit behind nokia

I had a facination on Sony J70 and I purchased three J70s, you know why? because all of them used to freeze or hang. Thats because the GSM 900 chips were faulty, I wonder howcome all three had the same problem. Any ways I changed the chip on my last J70 and after that it never hanged. This phone has a great reception quality, in some low coverage areas where Nokia and Panasonic were searching for network, Sony was showing a single bar with the same network. Its polyphonic ring tones are nice to hear though it can't be heard in noisy environment. Its alarm does not work when the phone is turned off its quite ackward comparing with other phones. last word whoever having freezeing problem with your J70 please change your GSM 900 chip or GSM 1800 chip. Other wise this phone is a nice one with lot of options.

i have recently purchased this phone to find that it constantly switches off and freeses by itself. As i have seen that this problem is occuring with other people i wanted to ask if anyone has solved the problem.

My boyfriend bought me this phone a year ago so i didnt choose it and to be honest i probably wouldnt if i had the choice. It has its good points though. Last year alot of people i knew had nokias that had monophonic ringtones and mine had polyphonic ones which was good and even now they do draw attention as their quite fun and theres plenty of them. Texting is really good and quick. The phonebook is pretty quick and easy to use also. The games aren't very good but i don't need games so i didn't mind. The scheduler is pretty handy, if your like me and forget things on a regular basis then this phone is very handy as you can store many reminders. I personally thinks this phone is great and has lasted me a good year. It's a ultra light, stylish, easy keypad and a great little phone.

I hate it with a vengeance. I have had nothing but problems with my J70 and here are just a few consistent faults; randomly turns itself off, randomly turns sound off, freezes and only way to get it to work is by removing the battery, recent call list lies or it has been calling random people, I sometimes get a very loud interference noise (which is nice!) oh and I often can't answer it - just keeps ringing and ignoring the fact I am pressing the receive button. Overall - random! Even when I had the phone replaced with a new one the faults re-appeared. In Sony's defence I have two friends with the same phone and they do not have as many problems as I do?!

Very good overall functions,
though the wallpapers could have been easier
to change. find?
Also miss GPRS, and A IR-port.
And the recordable ringertones could
have
been louder.
Otherwise nothing.