After making huge sensation in the world of mobile market with its K-Series (still going strong with new models), Sony Ericsson has fully concentrated on making music phones under the Walkman Series. Those who listened to Sony's discman would understand better what's special there in a Sony. Truly speaking, the walkman music phones have transcended the way people listen to music digitally. Ipods, MP3 players are getting tough competition from these walkman music phones from Sony Ericsson.
The Sony Ericsson W850i is the big brother of the popular Sony Ericsson W830i. The phone is 3G enabled and offers great connectivity through Bluetooth, GPRS, USB, Infrared, UMTS, Fast Port and PC Synchronisation. The 262k colour TFT screen with resolution of 240 x 320 pixels provide unparalleled viewing experience. The built-in 2megapixel camera is well complemented by 4 x digital zoom and photo light. There is a second VGA camera for video calling.
But the prime focus in the phone is its Walkman 2.0 Music Player which produces unmatched sound effect to make you dance. Additional music features like MegaBass, PlayNow, MusicDJ, TrackID make your musical journey even more meaningful. The Sony Ericsson W850i also carries some other features like sound recorder, FM radio with RDS, PIM Sync, flight mode, light effects, handsfree speakerphone, Access NetFront Web Browser, modem, RSS Feeds, 64MB onboard memory plus 1GB Memory Stick PRO Duo and so on.
In a nutshell, the Sony Ericsson W850i is an all round performer. Epitomize your acoustic pleasure only with a click of button that gives direct access to the music feature. If music is your forte then you can't get anything better than this. All the best for your musical journey with the Sony Ericsson W850i!
The Sony Ericsson W850i is the first Walkman phone to have a slide opening mechanism. Infact, this is Sony Ericsson's first take at slider phones – an area where its competitors have innumerable models. The company's designers passed the test with flying colours with their 'hidden sliding mechanism' becoming the first company to do so. Two variants of this Walkman phones are available – a Golden White version with a real gold Walkman logo and a Precious Black for a more sober look.
Being a Walkman phone, the Sony Ericsson W850i wields immense multimedia power. The handset is equipped with an upgraded Walkman Media player v2.0. Apart from the basic user interface changes, the upgraded software features many new and interesting applications. Track ID is one of such tools through which you can get to know about all relevant information about a song by send a few seconds of its recording. Multiple format support, play-list support, equalizer, True Bass – these are hallmarks of a Walkman player that remained unchanged in the Sony Ericsson W850i. With such evolved music playing capabilities, the handset's built in memory of 16 Mb is next to nothing. Therefore, an external memory card supplied with a standard kit.
The Sony Ericsson W850i is a 3G phone, capable of making and receiving video calls across UMTS networks. In optimum 3G condition, the Sony Ericsson W850i can achieve data transfer speed of up to 384 kbps. even in non 3G networks, the Sony Ericsson W850i can give you decent data speed through GPRS. Local transfer of files and synchronization of information via Bluetooth, Infrared and USB is easy and lightning fast. This dual camera phone has a 2.0 megapixel digital camera for primary imaging and a secondary VGA camera for video calls.
Talk, text, mail, surf the web, shoot pictures and videos, play Java games and most importantly, listen to music. After all thats what the Sony Ericsson W850i was primarily meant for.
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