W595 Sony Ericsson walkman
The W595 Sony Ericsson is a great music phone, as you'd expect. The Walkman player has received plenty of praise before, and this is the new version 3.0. You can create and manage playlists, shuffle songs, equalise, etc, and album art can be displayed when music is playing. The supplied software lets you transfer music from PC to phone, and rip music from CD's. The W595 has excellent audio quality, either through the loud stereo speakers, or via a conventional stereo headset or a Bluetooth stereo headset. The MegaBass feature helps to enhance bass frequencies for a fuller sound. In addition to the music player, there's an FM radio with RDS.
The built-in memory is limited to 40 Mbytes, but a 2GB memory card (enough for around 500 MP3 tracks) is supplied with the phone and the W595 supports cards up to 8 Gbytes. The camera has been upgraded to 3.2 megapixels but lacks autofocus and a flash, so don't expect too much from it. The camera can also record video, and video calling is possible on a 3G network with the front mounted video camera.
The W595 is a brilliant phone. It's what the W910i should have been. We think that the bugs have been fixed, and judging from the user reviews below there don't seem to be many problems at all. Top phone! Check out the new W705 for an even better phone!
But our complaints extend a little further than just its same-y Sony Ericsson look and feel, which obviously is sexier than we give it credit for. The W995 Sony Ericsson is a media-centric phone, pitched at 20-somethings who want video and music on the move. We're impressed the phone includes a 3.5mm headphone socket and comes bundled with an 8GB M2 memory card — plus Sony Ericsson has fitted a kick-stand on the back to rest the phone on a desk — but its 2.6-inch screen is totally wrong for this purpose. We loaded a bunch of video clips onto the phone and struggled to feel motivated to watch anything longer than a movie trailer on this screen size. The colour and contrast are both good, but the size and resolution is so underwhelming.
Around the edge of the W995 you can expect a few extra shortcut keys than your standard Nokia or Samsung. Alongside the dedicated camera key and charging port you find four Walkman buttons; one to open the media menu and three to control what you're listening to. Sony Ericsson gives these keys prominence, relegating the phone's volume keys to two tiny slivers at the bottom of the right-side, making it awkward to adjust volume during a call, and tricky to zoom in and out in camera mode without looking first at where to place your fingers.
W705 Sony Ericssonis another a Walkman phone, and comes with the very latest Walkman features. These include Clear Bass and Clear Stereo, giving the very best audio experience currently available from Sony Ericsson. The phone also comes with bundled with premium stereo headphones, so we're not too disappointed that there's still no 3.5mm audio jack. We've got to say that the W705 does music very well indeed. There's plenty of space for storing music too. Not only does the W705 come with a generous 120 MB of internal memory, it also supports memory sticks up to 8GB and comes with a 4GB stick included. This is enough for around 1,000 MP3 songs, and even more in AAC format. As well as the music player, the phone has a built-in FM radio with RDS.
Don't expect too much from the camera - it's not a Cyber-Shot phone after all. The camera is rated at 3.2 megapixels and has a flash and digital zoom, but no autofocus. But it does have geo-tagging and an option to upload images to a blog, and this reveals what the camera is really for - taking snaps and sharing them with friends. It can also record video clips and upload those too. Video calling is also available.
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The built-in memory is limited to 40 Mbytes, but a 2GB memory card (enough for around 500 MP3 tracks) is supplied with the phone and the W595 supports cards up to 8 Gbytes. The camera has been upgraded to 3.2 megapixels but lacks autofocus and a flash, so don't expect too much from it. The camera can also record video, and video calling is possible on a 3G network with the front mounted video camera.
The W595 is a brilliant phone. It's what the W910i should have been. We think that the bugs have been fixed, and judging from the user reviews below there don't seem to be many problems at all. Top phone! Check out the new W705 for an even better phone!
But our complaints extend a little further than just its same-y Sony Ericsson look and feel, which obviously is sexier than we give it credit for. The W995 Sony Ericsson is a media-centric phone, pitched at 20-somethings who want video and music on the move. We're impressed the phone includes a 3.5mm headphone socket and comes bundled with an 8GB M2 memory card — plus Sony Ericsson has fitted a kick-stand on the back to rest the phone on a desk — but its 2.6-inch screen is totally wrong for this purpose. We loaded a bunch of video clips onto the phone and struggled to feel motivated to watch anything longer than a movie trailer on this screen size. The colour and contrast are both good, but the size and resolution is so underwhelming.
Around the edge of the W995 you can expect a few extra shortcut keys than your standard Nokia or Samsung. Alongside the dedicated camera key and charging port you find four Walkman buttons; one to open the media menu and three to control what you're listening to. Sony Ericsson gives these keys prominence, relegating the phone's volume keys to two tiny slivers at the bottom of the right-side, making it awkward to adjust volume during a call, and tricky to zoom in and out in camera mode without looking first at where to place your fingers.
W705 Sony Ericssonis another a Walkman phone, and comes with the very latest Walkman features. These include Clear Bass and Clear Stereo, giving the very best audio experience currently available from Sony Ericsson. The phone also comes with bundled with premium stereo headphones, so we're not too disappointed that there's still no 3.5mm audio jack. We've got to say that the W705 does music very well indeed. There's plenty of space for storing music too. Not only does the W705 come with a generous 120 MB of internal memory, it also supports memory sticks up to 8GB and comes with a 4GB stick included. This is enough for around 1,000 MP3 songs, and even more in AAC format. As well as the music player, the phone has a built-in FM radio with RDS.
Don't expect too much from the camera - it's not a Cyber-Shot phone after all. The camera is rated at 3.2 megapixels and has a flash and digital zoom, but no autofocus. But it does have geo-tagging and an option to upload images to a blog, and this reveals what the camera is really for - taking snaps and sharing them with friends. It can also record video clips and upload those too. Video calling is also available.
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