Sony Ericsson W710i
Sony Ericsson is on a roll with its music-focus Walkman phone market. Its latest entry, the Sony Ericsson W710i, puts a unique twist on the Walkman series. The Sony Ericsson W710i is a “Walkman” version of the Z710i clamshell.
“The W710i Walkman phone is built for an active lifestyle. Whether you prefer to work your body outdoors or indoors doesn’t really matter - the W710i is the perfect companion when you like to stay fit, on track, and in touch.”, this is what Sony Ericsson claim for this walkman phone.
The W710i comes with a 176×220 pixel display in 262k colours, with a 128×128 pixel orange-hued monochrome display on the external of handset for showing the date, time, battery life, signal strength, and caller ID.
The lack of color support on the external display, means it doesn’t show photo caller ID and it can’t act as a viewfinder for self-portraits. Although you can change the backlighting time, but you are not allowed to customize the font size and brightness.
The camera lens sits just above the display, and in a disappointing move, Sony Ericsson did not include a flash or self-portrait mirror. There’s also a 2 megapixel camera sits above the display, but unfortunately there is no flash or self portait mirror.
With the camera, you’re always ready to capture the moment. Your own personal blog is included with the W710i, so you can post a photo in your blog, and share web address with friends and family.
There is 512Mb of built in memory and it is expandable up to 1Gb on Memory Stick Micro (M2) cards. There’s a 3.5mm socket for attaching headphones, but surprisingly the W710i doesn’t come with stereo Bluetooth support.
Using the W710i Web browser to get the latest news or sports scores. By utilizing RSS feeds, the news reader allows you subscribe to and receive Web-based news updates on the go. You can stay up to date via synchronization between your office computer’s calendar and contacts with W70i.
To enjoy music with the W710i Walkman, you need the full walkman kit. This including
music management software and a USB cable for easy PC-to-phone transfer of music. A 512MB Memory Stick Microâ„¢ (M2â„¢) with room for up to 460* songs and an active stereo headset. With the W710i Walkman player, you can create simple playlists and adjust the sound. It is also supports most music file formats.
You also get the FM radio that is near standard on Walkman phones and a Music ID application for identifying likeable tunes you can’t name. There’s also a quirky Music Mate application that shows the correct finger position for various guitar chords and piano chords while playing the notes. You can even use the phone as a metronome.
The W710i is design for your sport active life. Inside the W710i is a motion sensor which detects movements, and based on the movements, the fitness application measures time, speed and distance when you run. With the Sony Ericsson WTA Tour Web site, you can get unique WTA downloads, try the Tennis Challenge and step behind the scenes with the players.
Basic features for the W710i are similar to those of other handsets in the Walkman phone series. The phone book can hold up to 1,000 contacts with room in each entry for five phone numbers, e-mail and Web addresses, a job title and company, work and home street addresses, a birth date, and notes.
The SIM card holds an additional 250 contacts, and you can organize callers into groups. For caller ID, you can match contacts with one of just 14 (72-chord) polyphonic ring tones or assign them a photo or a video, but photos and videos do not show up on the external display.
Other essentials include a vibrate mode, text and multimedia messaging, an alarm clock, a calendar, a task list, a notepad, a timer, a stopwatch, a calculator, and a voice memo recorder (space is limited by the available memory.) On the high-end side, the W710i comes with a speakerphone (usable after you make a call), PC syncing, full Bluetooth with a stereo profile, e-mail, a code memo for storing sensitive information, and USB cable support.
Please check up the Sony Ericsson website for specifications of W710i
Reviews from CNET Asia Reviews
The good: Attractive, user-friendly design; good call quality; Bluetooth; speakerphone; 2-megapixel camera; Walkman digital music player.
The bad: Disappointing external display; some flimsy parts; camera lacks a few extras; sluggish music player navigation.
The bottom line: The Sony Ericsson W710i is solid addition to Sony Ericsson’s Walkman phone line despite a few design hiccups and some missing features.
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