hmm.. well the blackout issue is not due to the phone being an AP set.. as what i was told, an IC chip was fried and the whole montherboard had to be replaced. and the cost was beyond economical repair. so.. and so far, no one knows the true cause of it yet. but one thing i can tell you is, this rarely occurs. i've seen only 3 cases that have been reported in LYN so far. so it actually depends on your luck.

shops? how about our LYN's handphone sellers like Clareen and Renee etc etc? they provide a very very good price and their service is not bad too..

hmm.. well i'm using a 2gb M2 card on my K800i and nope, it ain't slow at all. same goes for the K610i. well.. one way to make sure the memory cards you're getting are original ones is if you also get them from LYN's handphone accessories seller's. i'm not trying to brag about them or anything, but they're trustable.
well.. i would say that this, besides the K750i, is one of the best buy's today. an excellent 2mp camera, Walkman music player, bundled HPM-70 and 512mb card makes it a very popular choice amongst end-user's.