Sony Ericsson W580i
Introducation:
Excellent Slider ! Great Value ! Slick Design…Those word probably is the best word to describe this Sony Ericsson W580i.
The Sony Ericsson come up with an innovative feature known as “Shake to Shuffle” that you can randomly choose another existed song in your phone just with a flick of wrist. Not only that, it also have stored a lot of feature in this W580i such as :
- 2 MegaPixel Camera/Camcorder
- Fast BlueTooth Connectivity
- Memory Expansion
- Web Browser for Internet Surfing
- PIM functions including calendar, tasks, notes, alarm, calculator, stopwatch, and timer
- Built-in pedometer and fitness applications
Service Available:
The W580i operates on GSM networks and it can handle a high-speed data connectivity through the AT&T EDGE network known or stands for “Enchanced Data Rates for Global Evolution” and it available in more than 13,000 US cities along some majopr highways.
The GSM Network is fast enough to support wide range of data service between 75k- 135kbps. Watching the video, Web/Internet Browsing , Download Music from the Net , Email and more isn’t a problem at all with Sony Ericsson W580i
Sony Ericsson W580i also have a unique service that allow you to identify any song that you just heard known as TrackID service, by just recording the snippet of the sound using the microphone.
Once sending the file for recognition, you will have the name, artist, album of the song sent to your phone…Sound pretty cool, right?
Phone Feature:
The W580i have the full-function digital audio players that compatible with MP3 and ACC formats.
As for the Sony Ericsson’s innovative “ shake to shuffle” feature, You can changed or shuffle the existed song to the next song in your phone just with a flick of your wrist as long you activated the Shake Control and press/hold the Walkman key .
Although I not sure how useful is this feature, but it is a fun gimmick .
There would be a vibration to let you know that the tracks have been changed and automatically played.
If you have the Disc 2 Phone software installed in your phone, then you would have the option to transfer the song file between the cellphone and the computer easily.
Fitness Step Counter Feature:
The W580i also have a pretty neat feature known as the fitness step counter feature which will count your steps , your calories and monitor of your running speed, distance, time with the integrated motion sensors when you are listening to your favorite tracks.
Your workout results are stored in your phone so you can always monitor your progress.
Camera Feature:
There is a built-in 2.0 camera megapixel as well that captures stills and video, of course it is only limited to memory card size. You can also setup those pictures effects, screensavers, backgrounds, and theme that fit your taste and personality.
It also provides support for PictBridges technology so you can print your desired photo without the need of a PC. Indeed, the W580i makes it easy to send a snapped photos directly to a blog or an online photo with complete text.
Internet Service:
Sony Ericsson W580i also ships in the Access Netfront Web Browser that allow you to surf the full HTML websites. It also support the RSS feeds for your convenience to view the minutes news and other content from the selected website as long you subscribe to the feed and let it come to you.
Overall:
It seem that Sony Ericsson love to pick a specialty for it’s phone and the W580i are specializes in music. The music quality that playing on the W580i are extremely good.
With the combination of the “Shake to Shuffle” feature , You can easily changed your music track without much hassle.
Definitely suitable for a people who love to listen music and treat their cellphone as mini-walkman.
As for the colour, there are few colour selection such as White, Gray and Pink if you dont like the Black Colour W580i .
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