Sony Ericsson W580i Unlocked Cell Phone with 2 MP Camera, MP3/Video Player, Memory Stick Micro--U.S. Version with Warranty (Urban Gray)

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Product Details

Sony Ericsson Warranty [PDF]

• Product Dimensions: 3.9 x 1.8 x 0.6 inches ; 3.4 ounces
• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds
• Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S. and to APO/FPO addresses. For APO/FPO shipments, please check with the manufacturer regarding warranty and support issues.
• ASIN: B000U7UB7U
• Item model number: W8580
• Average Customer Review: 2.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (35 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #69,824 in Cell Phones & Accessories (See Top 100 in Cell Phones & Accessories)

Product Description

Amazon.com Product Description

Sony Ericsson shakes things up with its new quad-band W580i Walkman phone, introducing an innovative "shake to shuffle" feature that randomly chooses another song stored on your phone with just a flick of the wrist. This thin, slider-style phone also features a 2-megapixel camera/camcorder, fast Bluetooth 2.0 + EDR connectivity with music streaming, Memory Stick Micro expansion, Web browser for viewing full Internet sites, email access, an FM radio with RDS, and EDGE data support.

Unlocked Phone
This unlocked cell phone can be used with a GSM network service provider and it provides quad-band connectivity (850 MHz, 900 MHz, 1800 MHz, 1900 MHz). It does not come with a SIM card, and it requires that you provide a SIM card for usage with your selected service provider. This phone comes with a one-year warranty from a third party provider.

The slim slider W580i measures just 0.55 inches thin and includes a brightly colorful QVGA screen and dedicated music controls.

Phone Features
The W580i Walkman phone offers a full-function digital audio player that's compatible with MP3 and AAC files. The front of this slider phone includes dedicated music control buttons, and it includes Sony Ericsson's innovative "shake to shuffle" feature. With Shake control activated, press and hold the Walkman key and flick your wrist. A vibration lets you know that the track has been changed--a new song from your current playlist is randomly selected and automatically played.

With the TrackID service, you can identify any song that you can hear by just recording a snippet of sound using the microphone. After sending the file for recognition, you'll have the name, artist and album sent to your phone. Other Walkman features include MegaBass enhancement for added depth of sound, a flight mode that lets you keep listening to tunes with the phone's network connectivity turned off, and Disc2Phone software for easy transfer of song files between phone and PC. It also includes a built-in FM radio with RDS, which displays the name of the currently playing song (when tuned to compatible radio stations).

This phone provides Bluetooth version 2.0 wireless connectivity with EDR (enhanced data rate), and includes profiles for communication headset, handsfree car kits, and audio/video remote control. With the A2DP Bluetooth profile, you can stream your music to a pair of compatible Bluetooth stereo headphones. You can connect your laptop (either via Bluetooth or wired USB) and enjoy dial-up networking--surf the Internet, send email, and access files from a server.

The keypad slides smoothly open for dialing and texting.

The built-in 2.0 megapixel camera captures stills and video--and playback of video or still pictures is only limited to the memory card size. Picture effects and custom screensavers, backgrounds, and themes can be setup to fit your personality. It provides support for PictBridge technology so you can print your photos without the need of a PC (either using USB or Bluetooth). And the W580i makes it easy to send snapped photos directly to a blog or an online photo, complete with text. This phone is also compatible with RTSP/3GPP streaming video playback

You can even take your favorite tracks to the track with the W580i, which will count your steps, your calories and monitor your running speed/distance/time with the integrated motion sensor. Your workout results are stored in your phone so you can monitor your progress.

The phone also ships with a built-in email client with support for POP3 and IMAP4 protocols, while the included Access NetFront Web Browser allows you to surf full HTML web sites. It also supports RSS feeds, allowing you to use your phone to view up-to-the-minute news and other content from selected Web sites and blogs. Just subscribe to the feed and let it come to you. Support is built in for sending and receiving text, video, graphics and sound via messages.

The phone also supports the SyncML PC synchronization standard. This means the phone can be used with the included Sony Ericsson Sync Station software, which lets you synchronize your Microsoft Outlook calendar, contacts, notes and tasks on your PC with the phone.

Other features include:

• 2-inch LCD with a 240 x 320-pixel resolution and support for 262K colors
• Up to 1000 contact entries, each with five number fields
• Java support for online and offline 3D games
• USB 2.0 wired connectivity with mass storage capability
• PIM functions including calendar, tasks, notes, alarm, calculator, stopwatch, and timer
• T9 text entry technology
• 72-chord polyphonic ringtones and MP3 ringtones
• Digital audio file formats: MP3, AAC, AAC+, eAAC+

Vital Statistics
The W580i weighs 3.32 ounces and measures 3.9 x 1.85 x 0.55 inches. Its 930 mAh lithium-polymer battery is rated at up to 9 hours of talk time, and up to 370 hours of digital standby time. It runs on the 850/900/1800/1900 GSM/GPRS/EDGE frequencies.

Product Description

The W580 borrows a few design traits from the W880. But even so, the W580 does have few of its own distinctive tricks up its 14mm thick sleeves. Most notable of which is the curved body section at the bottom of the device that caused the Fast Port power/headset jack to be moved up to the side of the device. 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 that prefer their music coming over the airwaves, 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. Other features of note in the W580 include the 2" 262k color display, a 2 mega pixel fixed-focus camera, and a pedometer for keeping track of your workouts. 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

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

19 of 21 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent slider. Great Value. Slick Design., August 20, 2007

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This review is from: Sony Ericsson W580i Unlocked Cell Phone with 2 MP Camera, MP3/Video Player, Memory Stick Micro--U.S. Version with Warranty (Urban Gray) (Wireless Phone Accessory)

A long-time Motorola phone user now converted. Not only is this phone lightweight and amazing looking, it's feature packed.

Pros:

- Crystal-clear calling. No static and loud when needed.
- The screen is amazing. The resolution is awesome. By far the best I've ever seen on a phone this size.
- This phone is tiny; in a good way. Super-slim and tucks nicely in your pocket. Being that it's a slider, you'll never have to worry about pocket-dialing. :)
- The software is very easy to navigate. This is nicely improved over the Motorola interface of my older RAZR.
- The MP3 player rocks; no pun intended. The Walkman software lets you sort by Artists, Albums, Tracks, Playlists and more. This is light-years ahead of the my old RAZR's MP3 player. This one rivals any standalone MP3 device I've used.
- The stereo headphones that comes with it include a 3.5mm adapter. While the included headphones sound great, this adapter gives you the flexibility to use your Bose, Shure or other stereo headphones. A very nice option.
- Carbon grey and anodized blue color is slick; nothing else like it. The back side of the phone, when in the up position, is where the anodized blue metal is. Amazon doesn't show a photo of it. It is stunning.
- Unlike "some" other sliders, the camera is protected and kept under cover when the slide is closed. This works great in keeping dust off the lens.
- The 2.0MP camera is actually pretty good. It takes great outdoor photos.
- I LOVE the fitness/step counter. It measures distance in steps and calculated miles along with the calories you've burned. It also keeps a daily average and each days results.

Cons:

- No 3G
- Sony Proprietary Memory Stick Micro M2 versus easy to find and less expensive MicroSD
- No LED Flash or Photo Light

In conclusion, if you are looking for a super-slim phone with great call quality and superb music capability, look no further. This Sony wears the Walkman name with pride.

UPDATE 9/27/07: I bought a SanDisk SDMSM2-4096-A11M 4GB Memory Stick Micro (M2) and it works perfectly. 4GB of music!!!

19 of 22 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The best phone I've had, October 18, 2007

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Tae S. Shin "ScientificDeveloper" - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Sony Ericsson W580i Unlocked Cell Phone with 2 MP Camera, MP3/Video Player, Memory Stick Micro--U.S. Version with Warranty (Urban Gray) (Wireless Phone Accessory)

I have used RAZR, PPC phone, and other "state of art" phones. I think this SE W580i is the best phone I've had. Of course, this is from my personal preference. I don't like big and heavy phone with short battery life time - like PPC phone. I don't and won't ever like text messaging or watching video over phone screen. But I like small and long-lasting device with multiple (and useful) functionalities. Following are what I found with the phone so far

0. This phone is light and small enough for me to do running exercise with. Its size and weight do not bother my running at all. Handfree headset fits well in my ears so while running, any ear piece does not fall off from my ear.

1. Memory Stick Micro (M3) slot with 4GB capacity to store any type of data. With 4GB memory stick micro (about $64 from Amazon) and bluetooth connectivity, the phone can act as wireless multimedia device with 4GB hard drive.

2. 2M camera that is far from perfect but much much better and tolerable than 1M camera from usual phone. picture quality of 1M camera was too terrible to use it for any purpose. But 2M camera actually provides enjoyable and sharable(?) quality of the picture.

3. Media player is very good. It automatically identifies album title, singer, and other info from MP3 and WMA - Yes it can also play Microsoft wma file. This means you don't have to subscribe anything or download/buy any software to convert your existing music files. You just connect phone to PC with USB adapter or bluetooth, and copy the files into the phone. That simple. About ringtones, as one of reviewer said, you have to make music file size less than 600K to use it as ringtone.

4. handfree headset includes 3.5mm (mini plug) adapter. With the adapter, you can connect your W580i not only to any PC speakers but also to car audio system if your car has 3.5mm Aux Audio port. Luckily, my car has the Aux Audio port. I don't even use CD changer in the car any more. When I connect my w580i to the Aux Audio port, I can listen to thousands of songs in the small device.

5. Battery life is surprisingly long. Talking life time is about 9 hours as advertised. As I frequently use bluetooth connectivity for various purposes, I always keep bluetooth on in the device. But unlike other phones, the bluetooth connectivity does not eat up battery life that much. In my case, full charge once a couple of days would be enough with bluetooth on.

6. Internet browser has been much improved. It is still not Safari on iphone. It can only read WAP web sites, not normal web sites PC can display. But it has nice zoom capability and tolerable speed. Don't forget to subscribe a AT&T Media.Net program - cheapest one is $10/Month. Otherwise pay-per-connection may cost you hundreds dollars after you download several files.

7. Email software is automatically checking email arrivals and let you know.

8. Voice Recorder is good enough to record a call session or a lecture.

9. Yes, keys are not big but once you are used to them, it does not really matter.

10. I love screen of this phone. It's bright and sharp. Still I don't like to watch TV on it but I love to see pictures taken with the phone on the screen.

Briefly, this is poor man's iphone. With 2 year contract with AT&T, you can buy this phone from Amazon for 1 cent. The price and many functionalities I mentioned might be the reasons this phone is #1 bestseller in Amazon these days.

12 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Good overall Phone, August 28, 2007

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M. Pham "makoshark21" (Seattle, WA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Sony Ericsson W580i Unlocked Cell Phone with 2 MP Camera, MP3/Video Player, Memory Stick Micro--U.S. Version with Warranty (Urban Gray) (Wireless Phone Accessory)

I have had several different phones over the years. I am a long time AT&T, then cingular and now back to AT&T customer. My own preference was to get an unlocked phone and not deal with the locked version (when i wanted to upgrade, the current selections sucked).

I do agree with the previous remark on the keys. They are quite small and from the touch, seem delicate. I sometimes wonder if the keys cracking are due to pressing the keys with a finger nail vs the tip of your finger. Time will tell with this phone. I will remark later if any of my keys start cracking.

The OS on this phone is very good, I used to have a nokia and liked the symbian OS, so this feels very similar to that. The Windows OS for the smart phone is not very good. Actually it was quite cumbersome, all the subscreens and white screens of death (oh yes, even the OS's they create for phones have this windows fault).

Reception quality has been very good, the camera is ok (no standard flash like the other sony ericsson phones),the fitness feature is interesting (if you exercise enough), Internet Gui is still better the Windows OS version and the phone is very compact.

This phone overall is good, not perfect (what phone is), it gets the job done and has the extra bells and whistles to keep you entertained at church.