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62 of 64 found the following review helpful:
 Excellent slider. Great Value. Slick Design Aug 27, 2007
By AreYouKidding?
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!!!
41 of 43 found the following review helpful:
The best looking non-smartphone Sep 19, 2007
By Daruchini
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.
38 of 41 found the following review helpful:
Extremely well done Sep 13, 2007
By WindyCityScope
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.
11 of 11 found the following review helpful:
 better than the razr, with some drawbacks May 26, 2008
By J.
Pros:
- small size
- great voice quality
- play music without headphones
- 2 MP still and video camera
- great screen
Cons:
- non-standard connectors
- no per-group ringtones
- poor mp3 management
- AT&T branding
- small keyboard
Upgraded from an original Razr to this via AT&T a few weeks back and I love this phone. I carry my phone in my pocket wherever I go, so I want a small phone with good battery life and great voice quality. This phone has that.
First thing to do after getting the AT&T version is to debrand it (search youtube for tutorials), and make sure you don't use the Sony Ericsson updater or it will update your phone firmware to a version that can't be debranded or further modified (e.g. changing the walkman skins). Debranding gives you flash menus, unlimited length mp3 ringtones, and the shortcut button on the front is customizable rather than being hard coded to AT&T Medianet. The phone is still locked to AT&T, but it's more fun to use and you no longer have those annoying AT&T splash screens.
The biggest annoyance is that the phone doesn't use standard connectors, so the headset, charger, and file transfer all go through the custom connector on the side. It would so much more convenient if they used standard headphone connector for audio and standard miniUSB for charging / data. And of course the micro M2 memory stick is annoying since no one carries them so I had to mail order an 8GB card for my music, video, pics, etc.
Keyboard is tiny. It works ok for texting, and I haven't had any problems with keys breaking, but it is tight. There's plenty of room for larger keys, so a larger keyboard with more tactile feedback to make it easier to differentiate the keys would be nice.
MP3 management is lame. No other way around it. I was very disappointed to find that the only way to manage playlists is to manually create them on the phone. This is so painful that it's effectively impossible. I have playlists for itunes and winamp. I should be able to drag a playlist into my phone and have the playlist and the songs copied over and accessible on the phone. Instead, I create folders in my "music" folder, copy the playlist songs into that folder, and then go into that folder via the phone, send the songs to the walkman, and save as a playlist. Annoying for you to read about it, and even more annoying for me to do it. Huge oversight on the part of Sony.
Finally, the group ringtones. On my razr I can set a default ringtone for my phone, and then I set up groups of contacts (friends, family, work, etc.) and I can assign a ringtone for each group so I can easily tell from how the phone rings who is calling. The best part of this is that anyone not in my phonebook rings a different way, so when I hear that, I know I can ignore it or set that ringtone to silent so I'm not distracted by people I don't know. The w580 lets you set ringtones per contact, but not for groups. You can only SMS to a group and that's about it. This means I have to set the ringtone for each individual person which is impractical, and there's no way to set a silent ringtone for people not in your addressbook. This is basic phone functionality, and a huge hole in the w580 feature set.
I don't use the Internet on it, so no comments there. Overall, it's a good phone, and I expect to be happy with it for the next few years. I'm glad I bought it, and if it breaks I would likely buy the same thing again unless something that fixes the above problems in the same form factor becomes available.
10 of 10 found the following review helpful:
Better than the others Dec 03, 2007
By Sabeen Alwy
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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