Black Sony Ericsson W580 is coming  

 

   

 

  While the stylish mid-range W580 Walkman phone still waits to be released in Q3 2007, we already know that beside “Style White” and “Urban Grey”, it will be available in black. That’s actually Walkman-kind-of-black that comes in pair with that cool orange. The specs remains the same, and include a 2″ screen, Bluetooth 2.0 with A2DP, easy-to-use Walkman media player, 512 MB Memory Stick Micro card included in a sales pack, and a pedometer for keeping track of your workouts. Specs tell us to expect the retail price to be around 300 EUR before any subsidies.  

 

   

 

   
 

Key features

  • Intriguing design at only 14 mm thickness
  • Comfortable keypad
  • 2" 262K color TFT display with a QVGA resolution
  • Light effects
  • 2 megapixel camera
  • Memory Stick Micro card slot
  • Walkman 2.0 music player
  • FM radio with RDS
  • Bluetooth with A2DP support
  • GPRS and EDGE
  • Pedometer and fitness application
  • Data cable, quality headphones and 512MB memory card in the package

Main disadvantages

  • Only 12MB of integrated memory
  • Sliding mechanism little shaky
  • No notification of missed events
  • Camera lacks flash and autofocus
  • Records video in the outdated QCIF (176 x 144 pixels) resolution only
  • Phone won't operate without SIM