Sony Ericsson W580i
Sony Ericsson W580i is a slider phone from the Walkman family series. Measuring 99 x 47 x 14mm and weighs a light 94 grams, this handset comes with a very large color display that is visible in both its slide open and slide closed positions. With 262,000 color TFT screen and a high resolution of 240 x 320 pixels, the W580i offers a very soothing and nice viewing experience.
With the younger audience as targeted consumer, the Sony Erickson W580i equipped with a 2 megapixel camera completing with 4 x digital zoom. With features like video streaming, video player and picture blogging which is getting popular, the W580i mobile phones has nice and quality functionality that will certainly entice the younger generation user.
Sony Ericsson W580i comes with a music player that is enriched with an FM radio with RDS. On top of that, it also comes with Stereo Portable Handsfree HPM-65. The portable HPM-65 is slim and flexible and the ear-hooks giving a stable fit even when you’re moving around, with the in-ear buds ensure outstanding audio for both voice and music.
When comparing to other Sony Erickson model, the W580i looks pretty much same as the Sony Ericsson S500i. However, the S500i is primarily a fashion solution and features much lesser capabilities when comparing to the Sony Erison W580i.
As a walkman phones, the media features of the W580i is definitely wonderful. It is powered by the latest Walkman media player v2.0; with other walkman features that you will like such as the TrackID, TrueBass and Graphic Equalizer. However, the internal memory of the W580i mobile phone is a big letdown. As a music phone, a mere 12MB internal memory is clearly insufficient. Luckily, the phone do supports Memory Stick Micro M2 for memory expansion and the phone package also comes with a free 512MB external memory card that you can use.
Other standard phone features that you would expected to have are mostly available on the W580i, such as the preload Java games, organizer, calculator etc
For connectivity, Sony Ericsson W580i is enriched with a Quad Band technology and features multiple connectivity options like EDGE, USB, Bluetooth, Fast Port, GPRS, Modem and PC synchronization. Surfing the internet is not a problem, with the device being equipped with features like Access NetFront Web browser and RSS Feeds.
The Sony Ericsson W580i walkman phone is powered by a Li-Po 900 mAh standard battery. The battery has up to 9 hours of talk time and 370 hours of standby time.