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Strengths and Weaknesses of Sony Ericsson W300i

April 29th, 2010



‘Sony Ericsson’ the name arouse some kind of feelings in you. You know that this brand offers everything keeping in mid customer needs and their capabilities. They have introduced Walkman series of phones with models like W800i’s, W850i and others. These are high end phones and are very expensive. Crowds like students and other low profile people may not want them for its costs. Hence Sony came up with another model for them in the Walkman series called Sony Ericsson W300i. This handset offers all the basics things and has incorporated attributes so that its users too can enjoy the taste of Walkman phones.

Its a little wonderful phone with clamshell design. This compact and lightweight phone has features which won’t enable you to bring down the stars but can do so much for you that you won’t expect much within this price bracket. Lets attentively look at the features of it and try to find out its weaknesses and strengths.

First of all these phone can roam with you around the globe due to its GSM quad band technology. Sony has done a commendable job with this model. Sony Ericsson W300i has a TFT screen with resolution of 128 x 160 pixels and 256K colours of images are displayed. The phone has 0.3 VGA megapixel camera to click some passionate moments with friends and other momentous events. The dimensions of the phone are 90 x 47 x 24 mm and it weighs around 94 gm only. You can set ringtones of the phone in any mode you like-MP3, or polyphonic. The phone has composer and download options. The phonebook has good capacity for contacts and you have options for photo call. It can record 30 missed, received, dialed calls record. The phone has an internal 20MB shared memory and is equipped with EDGE, HSCSD. There is Bluetooth technology but no WLAN. There is infra red port and USB port for connectivity to other devices. You can browse with WAP 2.0/xHTMl browser and listen live radio entertianment with the inbuilt FM radio with RDS. The best part of the phone is its talktime option with 9 hours.

With all these strengths we can see that the phone is quite user friendly. But Sony could have treated it a little better in areas of camera and other attributes to make it a more classy phone.

By: Matt Damon

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Sony Ericsson W980i Adds to the Walkman Range – Sony W980i

October 2nd, 2009



Technology manufacturers are consistently managing to bundle more and more features into their new product launches which is exactly what Sony Ericsson have done with their latest music focussed mobile phone release.

Expending the ‘W’ series range of Walkman phones, the new Sony W980i is the latest flip design handset to be be launched in the UK and bears the distinctive Walkman branding now commonly associated with the manufacturers music devices.

Having released two new Smartphones, two Cyber-Shot phones and a PocketPC of late, its of no surprise that the manufacturer has also launched a new Walkman phone to add to their growing range.

The Sony Ericsson W980i Walkman music phone offers improved stereo quality and surround sound that has not been available in previous walkman models.

The Walkman Player comes complete with TrackID music recognition, PlayNow, Shake control and SensMe features, plus an FM Radio with full RDS support and FM transmitter for interfacing with your car stereo or home hi-fi system.

In addition to this there is a 3.2 mega pixel camera with photo fix and 3.2 x digital zoom, video player and picture blogging function.

3G HSDPA enabled, the Sony Ericsson W980i includes a secondary camera for video calling, dedicated music and camera keys, an internal 2.2 inch display screen and external TFT display. The internal memory is a massive 8GB and as such no expansion is available with the Sony Ericsson W980i, but we seriously doubt you’ll need it.

Not forgetting features such as the web browser, email, bluetooth with A2DP stereo support, flight mode functions and 3D games, the Sony Ericsson W980i Walkman in its Piano Black colour scheme is oddly very stylish and extremely seductive.

This new mobile phone will please many a Sony Ericsson fan as their range of flip phones is not as wide as their candy-bar format handsets, many consumers prefer a clamshell design simply because once the phone is closed the keys are protected making it almost impossible to make unwanted calls from a pocket or handbag.

The beauty of the new Sony Ericsson W980i is that the manufacturer has included external controls for the music player allowing users to access their music tracks whilst the phone is in the closed position, the buttons resemble a standard stand alone MP3 player format by being slightly raised making it easy to use in poor light conditions.

Thankfully, the W980i has not been launched as a network exclusive as seems to be the case with many new model launches of late, this means that consumers have the choice of networks when trying to match their usage requirements to find the best tariff combination.

The Sony Ericsson W980i is a sleek and compact handset with high specification music playing abilities, a good camera and the latest music features, this handset will appeal to music lovers aswell as gadget enthusiasts and Sony Ericsson fans.

Initially launched on the O2 network the Sony W980i is expected to be rolled out onto further networks in the very near future.

By: Susan Hargreaves

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