I owned this phone for just over a year I was on 02 network and I paid £139.99 for it.
The mobile phone software is very good but the phone itself is very disappointing!!!!!
First of all the Sony Ericsson W580i comes with a 512MB memory card and a 2.0 mega pixel camera. This obviously means that there is alot of space for pictures, music and video files. The picture quality is also brilliant too.
On the Sony Ericsson W580i you can listen to the local radio station, Play the Games (My phone came with two games), TrackID (This you put your phone next to a speaker and the song is ID'd but comes with a price), Video Player. A "Video dj" Which allows you to add your videos together, PhotoDJ which allows you to edit the brightness etc of the photos, MusicDJ which allows you to compose your own music, Remote Control which allows you to control your laptop with your mobile phone and finally record sound allows you to record your own sounds.
Another feature of the mobile phone is the fitness feature which records how many steps you walk/run/jog and the calories you burn. You can also record the times and gain some "medals".(not very good for the couch potatoes!)
The walkman option allows you to create play lists and also "shuffle" the songs. The "Shuffle" option was hard to find out how to do it as it didn't tell you in the book. I had to discover this myself! (you have to hold the walkman button in)
On the other hand there is alot of bad things that I can say for the phone. I hadn't had the phone a month when the keypad started cracking. I purchased new buttons which were easy to fit onto the phone. Unfortunatly, my USB port decided to "malfunction" and so i was unable to connect it to the PC.. then my "back" button stopped working, followed by the up button and "cancel" button. So all in a year i now have to purchase a new mobile phone!
The battery life, which you would expect to be good on a walkman phone is very poor and doesn't last that long!# so truthfully whats the point in calling it a walkman if the battery life is so poor
The sim card was very hard to get into place and I was suggested to use a pen to put it in place by the gentleman in the carphone ware house. However, this isn't totally a bad thing about the telephone as it leaves a less chance of the sim card getting damaged or lost.
As a female I always have to have dangly things on my mobile phone and after been told where the charm went I discovered that it doesn't actually stay there!! I also found it very hard to get the back of the mobile off when I wanted to put the charm back on.
I would not recommend anyone buying this sony ericsson as you will be very disappointed, most people I know who have purchased it have had problems!
VERY DISAPPOINTING!!
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This pink Sony Ericsson W580i mobile phone is on the Orange network. This W580i has a 2 more
megapixel camera and a 262,000 colour screen to view your pictures or play the 2 integrated games. This phone features a in-built FM radio and a Walkman music player to play your favourite music on and comes with a 512MB M2 card to store all your tunes. The Quadband Sony Ericsson boasts a 9 hour talktime and a 370 hour standby time as well as Bluetooth connectivity and accessibility to the internet using WAP.
This Sony Ericsson W580i comes in red and is on the Orange mobile phone network. Complete more
with a 2 megapixel camera with video allowing you to take pictures and record videos. This Quadband Sony Ericsson mobile also includes Bluetooth, a built-in FM radio and built-in Walkman music player for people who like to listen to music on the go. Other features include vibrate alert, handsfree speakerphone, quadband functionality and the ability to access Internet style pages via WAP. The W580i comes comple with a 512Mb M2 card to store all your favourite music, and features an impressive 9 hour talktime and 370 hour standby time.
Take your music wherever you go with the Sony Ericsson W580i and change the song with a more
simple flick of your wrist. Listen to your favourite tracks and stations through its built-in MP3 player and FM radio and identify the artist and track of any song with the Track ID?function. The Sony Ericsson W580i comes on the Virgin Mobile network and has a 2 megapixel camera. This white phone comes with a stereo headset and an additional 512MB M2 memory card to provide substantial storage space for your music, pictures, videos and data.
Advantages: good for music and entertainment in general. Pedometer feature and shake feature v good Disadvantages: pricey and buttons can be annoying at first
shiv24 18.10.2007 (18.10.2007)
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