Sony Ericsson W580 Review by a Tech Enthusiast
So, for the past few months I had the pleasure of using Sony Ericsson’s W580. I came across this phone by accident of breaking my other phone, and I must say, I am impressed with my decision in such short notice.
As a slider phone, its only 14 mm thick and weighs only 3.3 oz.
The screen resolution features a 240×320 visual display with 262,144 Color TFT LCD. The design is absolutely.. sexy. Sporting a thin look with a display of lights when use the phone, the W580 is really one of a kind.
The features of this phone include bluetooth, a 2.0 mega pixel camera, quad band, EDGE, and the basic necessities such as an Alarm clock, calculator, calendar, phone book, stopwatch, etc.
The main features that are sported by this phone are used for fitness. It has a pedometer as well as a wide range of fitness programs.
As a Sony branded product, I expected high quality stereo output. And that is exactly what I got. The speaker phone outputs on the media player navigation keys. Although its small, the output is pretty loud compared to other cellphones or even basic laptop speakers (referring to my crappy laptop speakers).
Messaging features for this phone are great. One can easily access their voice mail, inbox, email, and there is also a place where you can get RSS feeds. Text messaging on this phone is very tactile with its keypad. The buttons are soft, yet when you push down on a key, it keeps a solid feel to it. Media messaging is also available and another feature called voice messaging, where I assume one can record their voice and send it over as a message (I don’t see the point in that really..).
Bluetooth on this phone is one of a kind, it features A2DP bluetooth which enables one to stream music to any bluetooth controlled speakers. At home I have a USB bluetooth dongle, and I set up my bluetooth connection with the phone and voila, my phone’s music starts blasting in my 6 speaker system on my PC.
Another possible bluetooth option is using the phone as a modem for your laptop or PC. Of course if you have deep pockets you could probably use this feature, considering the expensive data plans for cell phones these days.
Games, are always great to have on a phone, and I must say that the Java 2 Platform is wonderful. I downloaded some games and installed them on my phone and I was able to play Pokemon Crystal and an all time classic, Worms 2. Here are links for those games, assuming your phone has support for the J2 Platform.
Picture quality is superb, and perfect for basic point and shooting. The night mode works great as the photos come out brilliantly colorful. Here are some photos of downtown Atlanta.
One downside, depending on technology today, is that there is no flash on the phone. In this day and age, most phones that are generally available and affordable to the public do not carry a flash for their camera phones, thus there is no downside if you think about it that way.
All in all, this one of a kind phone will serve you will for ages. Perfect functionality comes right out of the box with the media player, bluetooth functionality, overall great looks, and compact design. Impress your friends today and buy one!
Comments and responses to "Sony Ericsson W580 Review by a Tech Enthusiast"
happy to find the advice… wat bout the key pad cracking..???? is there any solution for that???
On my phone, the keypad isnt flimsy or doesnt crack. But the tactileness of the keypad allows for great texting.
the pound sign doesnt work much.. i have a hard time making it work now.. and its been like what 3 months since i got my phone? =.=
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