My new best friend! Sony Ericsson Walkman W880i
If I can prevent it getting lost in my bag, I’d be totally in love with this phone. It’s the thinnest I’ve played with (9.4mm) and it only weighs 70 grams (yes, battery included), so you can understand how it could get mixed up with my business card holder when I’m fishing around for it!
Listening to the radio in the car and want to know the name of a song? Use the phone’s TrackID feature – it listens to a song snippet and magically gives you the track, artist and album name (I got this to work with John The Fisherman/Primus, Barbie Girl/Aqua and Every Breath You Take/The Police). Subscribe to Planet 3’s music club for access to half price music and video ($1.50), Rage Mobile TV; Triple M’s Gig Guide; MTV and more.
Not enough? Set up push email; quick internet access; get awesome battery time including 6.5hrs talk time and 18hrs music playback in Flight Mode plus some snazzy accessories like portable speakers and a hi-fi music cradle.
This Bluetooth phone comes standard with 16MB phone memory and a 1GB memory card which will store around 900 tracks. The 2 megapixel camera on the back takes great pics which can be loaded instantly to your blog. The front camera can be used for video calling. The large screen is fantastic, as is the navigation system – slick and futuristic.
Big-fingered blokes might find the keypad a bit fiddly, but what better reason to grow your nails guys!?
Verdict? This phone not only has the wow-factor that has people taking it out of your hands for a look, it’s fully featured and truly allows you to combine your phone and music player in one device.
Issues? I had trouble setting up the Disk2Phone file transfer program on Windows Vista but it worked perfectly on Windows XP. Lack of an FM receiver is a bummer.
$899 (or $22 /mth on a $29 cap over 24 mths with 3 mobile)
Check it out at the Sony Ericsson site.
(this article was published in an edited form in the MX newspaper today in Melbourne, Sydney, Brisbane.)
Listening to the radio in the car and want to know the name of a song? Use the phone’s TrackID feature – it listens to a song snippet and magically gives you the track, artist and album name (I got this to work with John The Fisherman/Primus, Barbie Girl/Aqua and Every Breath You Take/The Police). Subscribe to Planet 3’s music club for access to half price music and video ($1.50), Rage Mobile TV; Triple M’s Gig Guide; MTV and more.
Not enough? Set up push email; quick internet access; get awesome battery time including 6.5hrs talk time and 18hrs music playback in Flight Mode plus some snazzy accessories like portable speakers and a hi-fi music cradle.
This Bluetooth phone comes standard with 16MB phone memory and a 1GB memory card which will store around 900 tracks. The 2 megapixel camera on the back takes great pics which can be loaded instantly to your blog. The front camera can be used for video calling. The large screen is fantastic, as is the navigation system – slick and futuristic.
Big-fingered blokes might find the keypad a bit fiddly, but what better reason to grow your nails guys!?
Verdict? This phone not only has the wow-factor that has people taking it out of your hands for a look, it’s fully featured and truly allows you to combine your phone and music player in one device.
Issues? I had trouble setting up the Disk2Phone file transfer program on Windows Vista but it worked perfectly on Windows XP. Lack of an FM receiver is a bummer.
$899 (or $22 /mth on a $29 cap over 24 mths with 3 mobile)
Check it out at the Sony Ericsson site.
(this article was published in an edited form in the MX newspaper today in Melbourne, Sydney, Brisbane.)
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