Sony Ericsson W580i – The Walkman Phone with Pedometer Feature
The Sony Ericsson W580i is the second generation of Walkman phone series. This phone was announced in March 2007 and released in July 2007. The device is available in five interesting colors i.e. style white, urban grey, boulevard black, metro pink, jungle green, and velvet red. It is a music-oriented phone that comes with a slide-out keypad form factor.
As a matter of fact, Sony Ericsson W580i has a glossy design with the round structures and arched edges. Instead of QWERTY keyboard, the device still uses the regular alphanumeric keys with round-shaped keypad. This good-looking phone measures 99 x 47 x 14 mm in dimension and 94 grams in weight.
The screen packs 2.0 inches TFT display with 256K colors and the QVGA resolution of 240 x 320 pixels. It has been added with the capability of displaying wallpaper and screensavers. The device has an internal memory of 12 MB and it can be expanded with Memory Stick Micro (M2) up to 4 GB (512MB card included). It also can store up to 1000 contacts in phonebook and call records of 30 received, dialed and missed calls.
One of the attractive features of Sony Ericsson W580i is the 2 megapixels rear-camera that will be revealed only when sliding the handset. The camera can capture still images or photos with the maximum resolution of 1600 x 1200 pixels. The camera is also equipped with 2.5x digital zoom and it is capable of video recording with QCIF quality.
As many other Walkman phone series, Sony Ericsson W580i has been equipped with Walkman 2.0 music player (instead of Walkman 4.0 used by the SE W995 model). The music player supports for playing MP3, AAC, AAC+, eAAC+ and WMA file formats. It also comes with the Track ID music recognition, Stereo FM radio with RDS, and standard 3.5 mm headset jack. This phone is powered by a 930 mAh Li-Po battery (BST-38). The company claimed that it is capable of supplying 370 hours of standby time and 540 minutes of talk time.
In terms of connectivity, the Sony Ericsson W580i supports for 3G network via HSDPA (up to 3.6 Mbps), GPRS Class 10 (32/48 kbps), and EDGE Class 10 (236.8 kbps). The device also supports for Bluetooth v2.0 with A2DP and micro USB v2.0 port.
Other value-added features of Sony Ericsson W580i are pedometer and calories counter. A pedometer is a portable device that is capable of counting each step of a person by detecting the movement of the person’s hips.
On the whole, Sony Ericsson W580i has great features such as the Walkman 4.0 player, high speed data access via 3G network, pedometer, covered camera that keeps it clear and stay protected. Nevertheless, there are many disadvantages like the camera does not come with autofocus and flash, the low capacity of internal memory and the low quality of video recording.
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