But like the aforementioned Web browser button, they're too small for larger fingers. The Memory Stick Micro slot is located on the left spine, but you must remove the battery cover to access it.
Though you don't have to take out the battery as well, it's not an ideal location--the cover is rather flimsy. Also, the phone's sole speaker is on the rear face. Basic features for the Wi are similar to those of other handsets in the Walkman phone series.
The phone book holds a hefty 1, contacts with room in each entry for five phone numbers, e-mail and Web addresses, a job title and company, work and home street addresses, a birth date, and notes. The SIM card holds an additional contacts, and you can organize callers into groups. For caller ID, you can match contacts with one of just 14 chord polyphonic ring tones or assign them a photo or a video. Just remember that photos and videos do not show up on the external display.
Other essentials include a vibrate mode, text and multimedia messaging, an alarm clock, a calendar, a task list, a notepad, a timer, a stopwatch, a calculator, and a voice memo recorder space is limited by the available memory.
On the high-end side, the Wi comes with a speakerphone usable after you make a call , PC syncing, full Bluetooth with a stereo profile, e-mail, a code memo for storing sensitive information, and USB cable support.
Fitness applications include a pedometer for running and walking, a sports trivia game, and a fitness trainer for tracking your workouts. There's even a bizarre yet interesting application that will you calculate how long it would take you to walk to various world locations from your home city. Of course music is the main attraction on the Wi.
Its Walkman player is near identical to that on other Walkman phones see the Sony Ericsson Wi for a full report , except that it doesn't offer Sony's Mega Bass.
Also, as on previous models, you must use the included USB cable and the company's Disc2Phone software to load music onto the handset. You also get the FM radio that is near standard on Walkman phones and a Music ID application for identifying likeable tunes you can't name.
There's also a quirky Music Mate application that shows the correct finger position for various guitar chords and piano chords while playing the notes. You can even use the phone as a metronome. The 2-megapixel camera shoots photos in three sizes 2-megapixel, 1-megapixel, and standard VGA.
Other options include two quality settings, three color effects, a night mode, white balance and brightness adjustments, 12 fun frames, a 5X zoom, and four shutter sounds there's no silent option.
There's also a self-timer, a multishot mode, and an option for taking panoramic shots. The camcorder takes clips with sound and offers a set of editing options similar to the still camera.
Clips meant for multimedia messages are capped at just over 1 minute, 30 seconds; otherwise you can shoot for as long as the memory permits. Picture and video quality were good, with acceptable colors and little blurriness, but we miss having a flash, and the camera interface wasn't as attractive as that on the Wi.
You can personalize the Wi with a variety of themes, wallpaper, and screensavers. Alternatively, the phone comes with a MusicDJ application for composing your own ring tones. Call quality was good in both places, with admirable clarity and volume. Reception wasn't a problem either, even in a building notorious for spotty coverage, but on a few occasions the phone took longer than expected to connect.
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The camera viewfinder and video playback only occupy part of the available space. The onboard camera is a 2-megapixel device but unlike on some other Sony Ericsson phones there are no autofocus or close focusing facilities.
Picture performance turns out to be a mixed bag. Colour balance and fidelity is excellent, providing a very realistic picture, and without noticeable artefacts. However, noise seems to be an issue even when light is not particularly dingy. Exposure is reasonable, and avoids the burnt out highlights that mar so many cameraphones but an erratic attitude to contrast means that some images end up looking rather milky.
Performance from the headline Walkman music player is pleasing but you need to make use of the built-in equaliser to get a good performance. With neutral settings, rendition is trebly and lifeless - so cranking up the bass levels, or switching on the MegaBass feature, is recommended with practically any type of music. Although you get a MB M2 card supplied in the package, the handset is capable of taking 1GB M2 sticks - and there is 10MB of spare space on the phone itself.
In addition there is the FM radio on the phone, with a channel preset memory and RDS station ident facility. However, there is a full web browser built in, which makes a reasonable stab at displaying a range of our favourite pages, despite the small screen and slow connection speed. Perhaps the most useful feature, given the bandwidth restrictions, is the RSS reader, allowing you to access the most recent news in areas that interest you with the minimum of browsing.
For the keen runner, the provision of a pedometer actually turns out to be surprisingly useful. It has walking and running modes, which not only count steps but which can provide information of distance covered and speed. You need to calibrate the device for this to be completely accurate but unlike many standalone pedometers it greatly simplifies this process, by simply getting to you pace a course of which you already know the distance.
We took the device out for a run, taking advantage of the cradle and armband that secure the device when you are out on the road. It measured our six mile loop with enough accuracy to keep most runners happy.
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