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Whistle Stopper - Sony Ericsson W580i White Phone (AT&T)
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List Price: $399.99
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Manufacturer: AT&T
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Binding: Wireless Phone
Brand: Sony Ericsson
Color: White
EAN: 7311270151969
Feature: Walkman 2.0 Media Player with one-touch music shuffle and dedicated music control keys on the front; integrated FM radio
Label: AT&T
Manufacturer: AT&T
Model: W580i
Publisher: AT&T
Release Date: 2007-08-24
Special Features: Bluetooth
Studio: AT&T
Variation Description: White
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Features
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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, 256MB Memory Card, User's Manual and Quick Start Guide
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Customer Rating:
Summary: Don't buy, multiple faults
Comment: #1. "Open Phone" sensor woun't work
#2. Automatically, it will go off
#3. Sometimes it won't sense the SIM Card
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Overall worst phone you could imagine
Customer Rating:
Summary: Great little phone, packed with features
Comment: This is a great, feature packed, phone! I was tired of my LG CU500v (which did have a lot of features but no style) and decided to get a Razr when I was due for an upgrade. However, when I went to the store and held the Razr's in my hand I didn't like them. This little white W580i slider caught my eye and I went home to research it online. The reviews were a little mixed but decent enough so I decided to give it a shot and planned to return it if I was disappointed.
No disappointment here! The call quality is loud and clear. This phone is extremely reliable about keeping in touch with the cell towers. I don't have cell service at my home and I drive through a lot of areas with no service. This phone seems to always be paying attention and, as soon as I know that I'm back in a cell zone, if I look at the phone it always shows bars. (Can't say the same for my old LG unfortunately!) I've been using the W580i for about 4 months now and I still love it! Here's why:
- The menu is extremely customizable so you can make your frequently used features just a single button press away.
- I love the Pedometer! I didn't even know the phone had this feature when I got it but it's my favorite feature now. I set it up so the step count is displayed on the main screen where I can check it easily and often. I love being able to know how long I hiked and, since your daily step count is stored for a month, I can easily compare to see if today's hike was longer or shorter than one last week.
- The screen is very bright and easy to see, even outdoors.
- Removable memory card. I bought a 2 gig memory stick so I could add music and have room for photos and videos. It was really easy to add music and I like the Walkman software that lets me create playlists.
- You can set a note to display on your main screen so you can have an action item displayed as a reminder or you can display an inspirational quote.
- With the included earbuds to act as an antenna, it has - surprise - an FM radio.
- Some of the many features it has are becoming standard on most phones but some of these features are only available on larger Blackberry type phones. For example, you can store lots of information about each contact, kind of like Outlook. And of course it has a Calendar, Alarms, Tasks, Notes, Timer, Stopwatch, and, a Calculator. And this isn't even all of the features!
- It's extremely easy to put in silent mode (hold down the pound key).
- You can change the clock to display as a larger font on the main screen. Also, when the phone is closed and locked, you can display the time by pressing the volume key.
- It's small and pretty. Yes, I know it's silly and superficial but I love the way it looks and feels in my hand.
It instantly recognized my handsfree headset and it was incredibly intuitive to set up voice dialing using the headset (Motorola H500 which I also recommend, just make sure you don't buy a fake, there are lots of them out there).
I'm surprised at how good the camera is for a phone and it takes decent video also. I have my shortcuts set up so I can record video in two button presses. I frequently use the video to record notes like something to buy at the grocery store or a website that I want to look up when I get home or even where I park in a large garage. The phone can also record sound only, which would work for my reminders but I have the camera set up on a shortcut key and I can get to it slightly faster. If I wanted, I could set up Record Sound on a shortcut key.
Overall, even though I originally planned to get a Motorola Razr, I liked this phone much better. The Razr actually seemed rather old and clunky compared to this little gem and I have no regrets. I highly recommend this phone.
Customer Rating:
Summary: AVOID ALL SONY ERRICSSON PHONES !!!!
Comment: I am giving this phone and other SONY ERICSSON MODELS a BIG ZERO STAR not because it has any functional flaw in terms of lost signals, voice quality, wifi features etc. Even the phone with latest and greatest of features won't last for more than 6 months because of a very simple flaw in their design.
WITHIN A COUPLE OF MONTHS YOU WONT BE ABLE TO CHARGE IT !! When you put the phone on a charger, the battery charges through a pin-point contact. (LOOK AT THEIR CHARGING INTERFACE CLOSELY AND YOU PROBABLY DON'T HAVE TO READ THE REST OF THE REVIEW). Its literally a pin-point contact. After a couple of months the contact becomes dysfunctional as you would expect from such a contact. Compare it to the charging connector you get on other phones.
Me and my wife bought two SONY phones which has the same interface and the contact broke in 6 months on one of the phones. Luckily both the phones were same so we managed to swap the battery each night before we got a new phone. There is no way out of this dead end except throwing that phone because the battery is perfect but you CANNOT CHARGE it !!...
Imagine someone gave you a Macbook Air with 2 spare batteries but you cannot charge the battery. I don't know what the bozos at SONY were thinking when they designed this phone.
And if that is not enough, they have the same flaky interface for transferring data, or connecting their head phone.
If any sane person reads and understands this review he will NOT BUY SONY ERICCSSON phones which have this NOVEL and CRAPPY interface. I am a big fan of SONY and 90% of all electronic items in my house is SONY, but this is ridiculous. The problem is NOBODY will look at this flaw when buying a cell-phone because its so rare that you cannot charge your cell phone even though the battery is fine !!
Customer Rating:
Summary: Try a different slider
Comment: I loved the idea of a slider and this one looks great, but this one has given me nothing but problems! The sliding action is great, but the design for the charger is the WORST EVER!!! I've returned it under warranty twice within the first 3 months of having it! I barely got to even use the FM radio because I couldn't get this stupid phone to hold a charge. It was very frustrating. First they sent me a replacement after less than a month(!!!) and then when it still wouldn't work, they said it was the battery since that's the part I kept. I told them it wasn't the battery but they insisted I try that first. I did and it made no difference. I'm so fed up I just want a new and different phone altogether! Great idea, but it just doesn't work. Like I said, very very poor design for the charger. Also, because of the connection design, the ear piece for the FM radio won't always connect properly either- can't charge it, can't use the ear piece! Try a different slider!
Customer Rating:
Summary: Great phone!
Comment: Bought this phone last February and I love it. I have not experienced any of the problems others have mentioned. It has great reception. The few problems I have had are due to where I live, not the phone. My 15 year old niece just got one and she loves it as well. It is also holding up quite well to the demands of a 15-year-old. I would definitely recommend this phone.
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Editorial Reviews:
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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 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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