.: Walkman Phone II :. Review on Sony Ericsson W 550i

Here comes the new jewel in the mobile phones by Sony-Erricsson. w550i

This phone is second in the category of walk man phone, next to Sony’s current heartthrob Sony w800i.

W550i is the blend of S700 and w800i.It has got it spin-slide function from S700 and music functionality from w800i.

Phone looks are very glossy and sporty and will suit for both the genders.

Phone...

W550i is a triband phone supporting GSM 900 / GSM 1800 / GSM 1900 Network. Its Display is very effective because of TFT glazed 1.8'' screen and 262k colors.w550i comes with effecting push-sliding upper deck to reveal the keypad. When not in slided position it has couple of keys on upper panel which works well as shortcut keys and very handy while playing games. Beside this traditional key pad comes with some additional keys on the side of phone just like in w800i.These additional keys work as camera button, navigation key, internet key, side volume keys and other menu shortcut keys.w550i comes with internal 256 memory, with no external memory slot which led you for limited memory storage.

Phone can store up to 500 entries in its phone book. For each entry in the phone book 15 fields(per entry) are available plus a photo identity. Phone comes with 40 pre loaded polyphonic ringtones.Mp3 files can also be used as ring tone.

w550i is available in 3 colors

Vibrant Orange

Universal Blue.

Faceplates(Covers) of W550i can be changed to different colors unlike w800i and w550i is much more customizable then its sibling w800i.Style-Up Covers are available for w550i which gives you to dress up your phone according to your style.

One Good thing is w550i can play Flash files as Microsoft Flash Lite comes as a software with it.

Music and Entertainment...

Besides these basic features, no need to mention, w550i is equipped with walkman and FM radio with mega feature and comes with stereo speakers. Stereophonic sound gives you excellent experience of listening music. As w550i is sibling of SE-w800i, w550i inherits all the features of w800i as a music player. some prominent feature being Mega Bass, graphic equalizer, inegrated speakers, connectivity to external speakers.

The W550i comes bundled with Disc2Phone PC software which manages the transfer of music to and from the handset, and also ties into Sony's CONNECT music download service to allow for the playback.

Entertainment Feature(s) at glance

- Melody composer/MIDI

- Mega Bass

- Media Player

- F M radio RDS

- Music tones

- Games Embedded

- Polyphonic ringtones

- Games Download

- 3D games

- Screensaver

Camera...

Sony w550i is integrated with 1.3 mega pixel camera with some awesome features like picture Editor, Picture Gallery, and Picture effects, picture phone book, 4x digital zoom.

This time camera doesn’t come with flash and there is no auto shutter facility. It’s a simple i.3 MP. But Camera ,though has limited feature,is good enpugh to give you quality images not in big size though.

Camera Features at a glance

- Camera 1.3 megapixel

- Picture editor

- Sound recorder

- Picture gallery

- Picture effects

- Picture Phonebook

- Wallpaper animation

- Picture wallpaper

- Photo light

- Digital camera menu

- Video Clip

W550i is breeze like when we come to connectivity measurees.It can be connected by IR, Bluetooth and USB as well. Other ways for connectivity are GPRS, SYNC ML.Sony w550i do not have flash.

Connectivity features at glance

- Sync ML

- Infrared port

- USB mass storage

- GPRS

- USB support

- Synchronisation PC

- Bluetooth wireless technology

Other features...

Apart from above said features Sony w550i comes with following features WAP, 3d games, Calculator, SMS (Predictive Text), MMS, File Manager, Calendar, Tasks, Stopwatch, Alarm clock, timer and other basic features.

Cons

The biggest and the only con in w550i is memory. Being a music dedicated phone, w550i comes only with 256 internal memory and there is no external memory slot to expand it.256mb memory is not enough for storing songs, picture stills and video at one point of time. Limited memory is just like having so much to eat but with no hands.

If compared to W800i, its camera is only 1.3 mp where as w800i is equipped with 2mp Camera. But it hardly matters if we compare price of both Phones.w550i is only Rs.13500 (approx)

while w800i is Rs 21000.Other wise phone is smash hit with much better looks than w800i, bigger screen and same walkman capabilities.

So this was my review on this new phone by Sony Ericsson.

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