On March 26 2007 Sony Ericsson announced one of my dreamphone, the new W580 slider Walkman phone in Orlando, a day before the official start of the CTIA Wireless show. This quad-band GSM/EDGE phone was designed specifically with the North American market in mind, something of a rare thing at Sony Ericsson these days. But I think lot of rare thing that Sony Ericsson trying to bring for us. Bravo... Sony Ericsson... I love your phone style, always represent my life style.
Sony Ericsson states that the phone will be available initially in white or gray, both of which will have Walkman orange accents.
As a Walkman phone, the W580 obviously caters to the music lover. The device ships with a 512MB Memory Stick Micro card that can hold just short of 500 songs when filled up by a PC running the included Sony Ericsson Disc2Phone software. A supplied USB cable will let the W580 be used as a USB mass storage device when connected to a personal computer. For those radio maniac (lol), the W580 also sports an RDS compatible FM radio. If, instead, you prefer to have your phone doing the transmitting, the W580's built-in Bluetooth stereo support will allow it to supply tunes to a pair of wireless headphones - not included (uh.. I hate this statement ;))
Other features of note in the W580 include the 2" 262k color display, a 2 megapixel fixed-focus camera, and a pedometer that can track steps walked and ran, speed, distance, and calories burned. In terms of software, the W580 sports a full RSS news feed reader, 3D Java games, and the Track ID application that lets users identify songs by simply holding their phone up to an audio source - like a car stereo speaker.
The Sony Ericsson W580 is expected to start shipping in Q3 of this year. The company has not released any pricing information at this time.
Here`s the Short Specifications
GENERALNetwork GSM 850 / GSM 900 / GSM 1800 / GSM 1900
SIZE
Dimensions 99 x 47 x 14 mm
Weight 94 g
DISPLAY
Type TFT, 256K colors
Size 240 x 320 pixels
- Wallpapers, screensavers
MEMORY
Phonebook 1000 contacts, Photo call
Card slot Memory Stick Micro (M2), 512 MB card included
12 MB shared memory
FEATURES
Messaging SMS, MMS, Email
Browser WAP 2.0/HTML(NetFront), RSS feeds
Colors Style White, Urban Grey
Camera 2 MP, 1600x1200 pixels, video
- TrackID music recognition
- Walkman 2.0 music player
- FM radio with RDS
- Built-in handsfree
BATTERY
Standard battery, Li-Ion
Stand-by Up to 370 h
Talk time Up to 9 h
Wish I could have one : ))
J Joshida