A part of the now famous Walkman series, the Sony Ericsson w580i is specially designed for fashion conscious people as well as music lovers. This slider phone from Sony Ericsson is slick in its looks and street smart in its appeal. The whole gamut of music options that are part of the handset adds to its popularity quite significantly.

A shake of the handset is all that it takes to control the music options. A user of the handset can shuffle play lists and select specific songs by just flicking his wrist. The Sony Ericsson w580i comes with an integrated music player that one can use to enjoy music files in MP3 and AAC file formats. In addition, music lovers are fascinated with the capability of this Sony Ericsson mobile to identify music; the TrackID music recognition software that is present in the handset makes this possible. The FM radio options with RDS are equally fascinating.

The handset comes with a 2 mega pixel camera for capturing images. A 2 inches TFT colour display ensures that the images and video clips look all the more vibrant. There is also a WAP 2.0 browser; an owner of the w580i can use it to access the web without any problems. Other connectivity options include support for EDGE Class 10 and Bluetooth 2.0 compatibility.

Comprehensive messaging capabilities and a 1000 contact phonebook are some of the other key features. With 512 MB of embedded and 12 MB of shared memory, there is a lot of space to store all the files, images, messages and video clips.

The handset is available in quite a few colours. The users can choose from white, black, pink and grey, while purchasing this Sony Ericsson mobile.