Sony Ericsson W550i

Sony Ericsson W550iThe latest edition of the Sony Ericsson Walkman series the W550i is another in a line of Sony Ericsson handsets that is being marketed to the music interested youth market that every company seems to be attempting to exploit as fast as possible.

With its tri-band GSM phone that includes music, Java, Internet and e-mail capabilities, it might have got it pretty close to right with the W550i.

The most noticeable design elements on the W550i are the speakers and the spin flip design. They are bold and unique, and for those looking for something a little different from the clamshell or regular slider design, this is something a little new.

The speakers are prominent on top and side which makes it very easy to tell that the phone is used for audio needs, though it is said that when it is closed it sounds pretty much like the K750 series with its 40 tone polyphonic range.

For talk time, you can expect the battery to last around 8.3 hours and a really decent 400 hours of standby time.

Some of the secondary features of the W550i include upgradeable firmware, Java application support, POP3 e-mail ready and the WAP service is complemented by a fully compatible HTML browser.

Also included is a 1.3 megapixel digital camera witout any optical zoom, but with a flash strong enough to capture clear pictures in a dark room. The quality of the images is said to be good, and its video capture abilities are decent and look nice on the nice screen included with the Sony Ericsson W550i.

Other things which I think are as important as the Mp3 abilities include a built in FM radio which is nice when you have listened to everything you have on your phone, which is complete with Radio Data Support (RDS) feeds. This means you can see a weather or news ticker over the radio screen, and also included are some nice pre-installed games which include Worms Fortress 3D and the classic Gauntlet.

The main problem for music enthusiasts will be the lack of a removable storage card. I am surprised that Sony did not make room to through a memory stick in the mix, but the W500i still has ample storage for a cell phone with 256MB of onboard memory.

Expect this phone to make it pretty high on the most wanted list, as it is very well rounded and not just another Mp3 phone.

November 8th, 2005 Posted by David in Sony Ericsson at 1:06 pm Comment Now! »
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