W950i Walkman is a slim and stylish mobile phone with an advanced digital music player and large touchscreen for optimal ease of use. Using W950i is easy. The keypad of the slim W950i is smooth and flush with the surface and the dedicated music player keys and other controls have one-press-to-open functionality. You can also transfer hours of your favorite music from your PC to your phone easy and fast. W950i has an impressive 4GB of flash memory. 3G makes surfing the Web on the go a fast and satisfying experience. The Opera™ 8.0 Web browser gives you the Internet browsing experience you’re used to and you have everywhere access to your favorite Web sites.
Until very recent times Sony Ericsson has been producing smartphones only within the bounds of P line-up – the devices belonging to this product line possess maximum functionality, and as a rule claim leading positions in this market share. At the same time, in contrast to Nokia, the company didn’t make any attempts to vary its product line of smartphones, as production facilities were strictly limited. Early in 2006, the situation fundamentally changed and the manufacturer has been widening the line-up from that point on – Sony Ericsson M600i was the first sign, armed with a QWERTY-keyboard and uncommon two-position buttons; a bit later on, the company featured W950i, which possessed in the same shell, but with a number of differences. These two handsets are powered by Symbian 9.1 and have a UIQ 3.0-like user interface applied.
Sony W950 Specs at a glance:
Music
- Walkman player
- Supports MP3, AAC, AAC+, E-AAC+, WAV and m4a
- 4 GB flash memory
- Up to 4.000 songs can be stored when downloading songs from operator networks in E-AAC+ file format
- Touchscreen with album art support
- Polyphonic ringtones, 40 voices
- Graphical equalizer and Mega Bass
- Disc2Phone music management software
- Stereo headphones in the box
- FM radio with RDS
- MusicDJ
- Speakerphone
- Streaming Audio/Video
- Bluetooth stereo streaming support
- Java MIDP 2.0
- 2D and 3D gaming
- Music play time – 10 hours
Messaging
- Bright QVGA TFT 2.6’’ Display
- 262K Color display
- Video playback , 30fps
- SMS, MMS and e-mail
- Handwriting Recognition
- Touch screen
- Word completion and Auto correction
Connectivity
- Opera 8.0 Internet browser
- RSS Feeds
- Bluetooth 1.2
- Infrared port
- USB 2.0 Mass storage, High speed (480 Mbps)
- USB cable in the box
- Modem
- WAP 2.0 XHTML/HTML
- Dual Mode UMTS 2100 – GSM/GPRS 900/1800/1900
Business
- Full HTML browser Opera 8
- External antenna connector
- USB charging
- PC synchronization
- Flight mode
- Size: 106 x 54 x 15 mm
- Weight 112 grams
- Talk time: up to 2.5/7.5 hours (UMTS/GSM)
- Standby time: up to 250/340 hours (UMTS/GSM)
Main advantages:
- 4GB of storage space
- Walkman MP3 player and stereo FM radio with RDS
- Dedicated multimedia keys
- 3G support
- Symbian 9.1 OS with the UIQ 3.0 user interface
- Touchscreen with QVGA resolution
- Bluetooth 2.0 with A2DP profile, Infrared port and USB 2.0 support
- Comes with a 3.5 mm audio jack adapter
Main disadvantages:
- No camera
- No Wi-Fi
- No memory card slot
- No EDGE support
- Uncomfortable keypad
