Sony ericson masterpiece.. the W580i

I just saw the W850i and thought i must blog about it as soon as possible. Its sleek design and smooth slider make it look very sexy and at a mere 3.9 x 1.8 x 0.5 inches it is as sleek as it can get. At 94 g, the phone is rather light. It is available in two colors- urban gray and style white. The 240x320 pixel screen is a 262,144-color TFT.

With expandable memory, things become very easy. It supports a micro SD card and has 12MB internal phone memory. It supports EDGE , GSM 850, GSM 900, GSM 1800, GSM 1900.

The camera is a 2.0 megapixel camera with 4x zoom, video recording and picture blogging.

The w580i comes with a A2DP bluetooth stereo which helps in transmitting high quality stereo from phone to headset and other devices. It supports mp3, wav, aac, wmv etc. Megabass improves the sound quality of the phone. A music tool called the melody composer/MIDI/ music DJ comes preloaded in the phone with the help of which you can create your own polyphonic ringtones. It also has features like Playnow which helps in downlaoding ringtones with a press of a button and Track ID which identifies the song from a recorded sample.

The W580i offers many connectivity options like Bluetooth and GPRS.

Internet browsing is now made easier with the Access Netfront web browser which comes pre loaded in the phone. Other features include RSS feeds etc. There is a builyt-in email client with inbox, outbox, compose, send and other functions.

Pictures can be ones taken with a built-in camera or camera accessory or ones saved in your phone. Sounds can be recorded sounds, ringtones or other sounds stored in your phone. Sony Ericsson's MMS solution allows you to send several pages/slides with pictures, sounds and text to another MMS device or to an email address.

Macromedia Flash Lite comes preloaded in the phone for you to create smooth and stylish animations and graphics. Another software which comes preloaded is the Video DJ which allows you to edit your videos.


That was all about the Sony Ericson W580i. At about Rs. 17,000 ( about $380) i think the phone is economic and worth buying if you want a good combination of a walkman and a phone.