Sony Ericsson W910i
W as in Walkman. Yet another phone from the Walkman range. This latest improvement on the Sony Ericsson Walkman range has seen the software improved and made even easier to use. Music is at the heart of the phone with all other features built out from this. This is a slide phone unlike most other Sony Ericsson Walkman phones and also comes with 3G giving you a lot of access to online services, no matter where you are.
While not as thin as other Sony Ericssons, this is still on the svelt side. What this phone has that you don’t see in most other phones is an accelerometer tied into the menu system. Move the phone to the side and the menu system will reflect this, just like an iPhone but unlike the iPhone if you nudge the phone left or right it skips to the next or previous song and shaking the phone like a polaroid naturally has it shuffle your music selection, presenting you with random tracks. The old shake N’ Vac ads from the 80s come to mind. Design inspiration perhaps?
Probably the best part of this phone is the media software on it, allowing you to create multiple playlists and you can even have the phone react to your mood by playing certain types of music. The motion sensors also react to the speed you are moving or not moving at.
All in all this is a fantastic multimedia phone, designed with multimedia in mind while also giving you 3G connectivity. If you like your music then this is the phone for you. This gets a 5, something most phones will not get.
Bernie Goldbach on July 16th, 2008 at 11:32 am #
The only problem with this W910i Walkman phone is that it will not recover from a bum sitting position nor will it survive an infant gnawing on its screen.
It does not snap photos as perfectly as Sony’s C-series phones.
Its playlist management is drag-and-drop, unlike the iPhone.
And it’s a handy little number for recording cameraphone moments directly onto removable media in a format that can be embedded into an iTunes account.
Fergal on December 9th, 2008 at 8:50 pm #
this phone is flawed beyond repair it seems. it constantly turns itself off and back on and the phone freezes during use. also in the media menu it turns off and when sending mms it also turns off if you press any of the keys. i have to return this to the store now after only 10 days and hope to get a replacement that works.
apart from these issues i love the phone!