Sony Ericsson W580i Gray Phone (AT&T) | 
| Brand: Sony Ericsson
List Price: $399.99
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Rating:  57 reviews
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Color: Gray
Media: Wireless Phone
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Model: W580i
EAN: 7311270151952
ASIN: B000UWBXPY
Release Date: August 24, 2007
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| Features:
| • | Walkman 2.0 Media Player with one-touch music shuffle and dedicated music control keys on the front; integrated FM radio | | • | Quad-band connectivity for global roaming and EDGE data network compatibility for AT&T Mobile Music streaming and downloads | | • | 2-megapixel camera with video capture; Memory Stick Micro expansion; Bluetooth 2.0 + EDR connectivity with stereo music streaming | | • | Built-in web browser for MEdia Net downloads and Internet surfing; mobile email and messaging via AOL, Yahoo!, and MSN | | • | Includes: Battery, Charger, Corded Headset, USB Cable, User's Manual and Quick Start Guide |
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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. 
The slim slider W580i measures just 0.55 inches thin and features a brightly colorful QVGA screen, external music keys, and a 2-megapixel camera/camcorder. | 
With AT&T's Mobile Music service, you can access your Napster subscription service for music downloads to keep you booming out the tunes for up to 20 hours. | AT&T Service
The W580i operates on GSM 850/900/1800/1900 networks and can handle high-speed data connectivity via AT&T's EDGE network (which stands for "Enhanced Data Rates for Global Evolution"), with availability in more than 13,000 US cities and along some 40,000 miles of major highways. This third-generation, high-speed, mobile data and Internet access technology is fast enough to support a wide range of advanced data services (with average data speeds between 75-135Kbps), including video and music clips, full picture and video messaging, high-speed color Internet access, and email on the go. The phone has a built-in web browser for MEdia Net downloads and mobile web browsing. AT&T's MEdia Net service lets you do more than just stream videos--it enables you to receive and send emails, read news headlines, get weather updates, download games and ringtones, and more. It also features AT&T Mobile Music, which provides access to the Napster subscription music service in addition to Music ID song-recognition software, music videos and The Buzz music news portal. (A MEdia Max subscription bundle is recommended for accessing AT&T's Internet, video, and music services.) 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 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
- Built-in pedometer and fitness applications
- Picture blogging with Google Blogger
- Mobile email and messaging via AOL/AIM, Yahoo!, and MSN
- Java support for online and offline 3D games (preloaded games include PacMan and Ms. PacMan)
- 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; the phone will also play for up to 20 hours when in Music Mode. It runs on the 850/900/1800/1900 GSM/GPRS/EDGE frequencies.
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 Excellent slider. Great Value. Slick Design August 27, 2007
AreYouKidding?
56 out of 59 found this review helpful
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!!!
The best looking non-smartphone September 19, 2007
Daruchini (Denton, TX)
36 out of 39 found this review helpful
I'm very satisfied with this phone. I think it is the best looking non-smartphone available right now. I'll just add one point here because this information is very hard to get on Amazon:
The phone has a memory card slot, but it doesn't come with any memory stick. The phone has only 12 MB built-in memory with just 8.5 MB free. You'll have to purchase M2 (Memory Stick Micro) separately if you want to transfer music or other files from your computer to the phone. So the USB data cable is useless without a memory stick.
Extremely well done September 13, 2007
WindyCityScope
33 out of 36 found this review helpful
Just got my new Sony Ericsson W580i, and must I say, I am GLAD I bought it! Coming from the old 1st generation Razr, the w580i is a refreshing change. The only complaint I have (and the reluctance I had before ordering) is the 2-yr service agreement with att.
The good:
- The form factor: sleek and sturdy. Despite its thinness, it does not give any feeling of being flimsy.
- The display: I instantly fell in love with the default theme
- Excellent voice quality and stereo radio.
- I haven't checked out the video yet, but the 2MP camera is top of line for a cellphone.
- Intuitive and clean navigation. Much faster than most competitors.
The bad:
- Not really much, though the small keys can make it a bit harder to hold and dial with one hand - but thats the price you pay to have a slim device.
- The lack of locking ability for individual applications: If you don't need to access internet/ data services to keep you engaged with the device (its a cellphone after all) but keep hitting the upfront media buttons accidentally - or better still, you don't even realize you used data services for a simple looking game session on the phone - you may be surprised to see your data usage bill. I don't know if the device does not have individual locks or if AT&T disabled it. In any case, if you do not have unlimited data package and just want to avoid the pricey accidental usage, it may be a nuisance. The quick and dirty workaround I devised was to set up a new dummy data connection profile and set up the streaming and internet profiles to use the dummy data connection. The data applications are not locked as such, but they just fail to connect to internet upon launch. When needed, you just need to switch the internet profile to AT&T's mediaNet.
Overall, I couldn't have hoped to get a better phone.
 Great phone.. a few cons. September 22, 2007
Krystina A. Patch (florida)
12 out of 13 found this review helpful
This phone is everything you'd want in a phone, nice looking, clear reception, not bad speakers. Although the speakers sort of sound like tin cans, the ring is loud enough. The battery life is mediocre, not bad but not fantastic either. The phone looks great with a lot of customization options, you can even get it to light up different colors depending on who is calling. Buttons work great and have a good feel to them.
CONS: the headphones were totally defective. I ordered two of these phones and they both were defective. Instead of spitting off like a Y, the part you plug in gets about 4 inches, and one headphones splits off and gives you another 4 inches... and then the other headphone gives you a few feet. basically if you use them you have to have your phone like 8 inches from your ear, which does not work.
ALSO: this phone does not come with the memory card as advertised on sonys website specs for this phone. it also does not have the cool blue walkman logo, it has the stupid looking at&t logo as seen in the picture on here. I had researched the phone on sonys website, and then got this one and didnt notice the difference, still a cool looking phone but i was a little dissapointed, as i cant stand having my carriers logos all over the phone.
also will not let you take pictures without a memory stick, rendering the camera useless unless you want to cough up money for sonys proprietary memory device.
******* GET FREE THEMES ********** instead of paying at&ts 5 dollar per theme rip off price at sonyericsson.com/fun just sign up with your email address and download tons of stuff to your phone for free.
overall a great phone, it would have gotten 5 stars if not for the defective headphones, replacing them is a pain in the rear and this defect has been known about for a while, why they have not corrected it by this time is beyond me.
Better than the others December 3, 2007
Sabeen Alwy (Providence, RI)
10 out of 10 found this review helpful
I have had a sony Ericsson before as well and I loved the phone. I then switched to Verizon and their phones are just horrible (service is good). A month ago, I swtiched back to AT&T this year and got this phone. I have been very happy with this phone except for a few things.
PROS:
- Slick desgin
- I like the Slider (it is very smooth)
- Very light and easy to carry.
- If you get the Micro SD card you can add music on the phone and the quality is pretty good.
- FM Radio
CONS:
- If you forget to lock your phone and its in your pocket, you will find yourself browsing the internet without knowing. To stop this from happening, I just went to Menu - Settings - Connectivity - Internet Settings - Internet Profiles and switched to Software update instead of media net. So now it would not connect to the internet while in the pocket.
- The music that you add in your phone can not be used as a ringtone unless you convert it to a wmi file.
- Does not have a lot of themes to choose from.
Overall, I like this phone a lot better than the 2 previous LG phones that I have and the Sony Ericsson T610. Good upgrade!
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