I haven’t really posted how happy I am with my Sony Ericsson w800i, and now it is going to be replaced by Sony Ericsson due to a malfunction with the connector, I did miss my dear compadré in the mean time.
When I bought the phone, I immediately bought an extra 2 GB memory card. The 512 MB that default comes with the phone prolly is sufficient for many people, but I knew it aint going to be for me. (Ps through a good deal I've got another 2GB card here if ur interested! :)
The sound quality is awesome, and not surprising when Sony puts their Walkman logo on it! The equalizer brings even more sound improvements when needed. What I really like is that the default headphone cord with microphone for handsfree with the SE w800i phone connector doesnt have a silly SE branded headphone jack plug, no its a normal 3.5 jack!, that means u can use the handsfree cable with what ever headphone u like! The option to use the walkman without the phone roaming is also great, and gave me couple of good hours listening pleasure on my trip from Sydney to London with no problems, except a stupid British Airways flight hostess on the last bit from London to Amsterdam ordered me to shut the phone off completely, as I was interfering with the navigation systems.. haha even with the phone in flight mode.. yeah.. RIGHT, stupid cow! They had a little screw-up a couple of minutes before, and info got broadcasted over the complete aircraft radio that was meant for the cockpit only, they were looking for an escape cloggie, and found me.. pff!
I had a look at the w900i when I was in the Netherlands, whom is the 3G sequal with bigger screen, but that one felt and looked to plastic for me.
The 2megapixel camera is fantastic and already has been of gr8 use to me, and even more functional is the light beam (flashlight) function.. awesome feature when you’re in the dark and need to find something!
I almost would say, give the phone some swiss army knife functions and bye bye letterman! :)
Ive use the GPRS for WAP and went like a breeze, and also ive used the GPRS with a Java application and had to set two times to allow connection before it worked. One time the application and I recon once for Java to use the connection.
The software navigation for a old Nokia and Motorola user is very simple to get used to. Although I've never used the Disk2phone software that comes with the phone, as I'm just chuckin all my files direct on the memory card i'm pretty sure it gives u waaaaaayyy more freedom then that crappy iTunes with iPod crap.
I havent used the outlook sync and the PC suite software yet, but I will soon.. so dont know much about that.
The bluetooth sharing files went also without any problems. And Ive BlueJackQ’d some ppl here.. (gosh here in Oz many leave their wireless internet open, but also masses leave their phones on with bluetooth.. lol.)
Ok ok.. as i said it hasnt been all smooth sailing, I wanted to hook my phone up with the MMR-60, SE's FM-transmitter, so I could listen to my fav music or podcasts without headphone in the car wireless through the car stereo. Ive finally found an wholesale point (luckily i work for a IT reseller), and got the transmitter the next day but didnt work. Ive bought another FM transmitter and brought the first one to SE's service point here around the corner. The second one didnt work also, so that triggered the thought it must be the phone... I upgraded the firmware and the phone software, but no luck.
SE's service point tried to put in new connectors, also no luck.. the FM transmitters work on other phone's so I'm getting a new w800i in a couple of days.
My little help points:
- Don’t lower the quality of your MP3's to fit on the card.. EVER! whip out the money and buy bigger if u need to!
- When the album isn’t reachable direct but u can see the folder, and you get the "not used the correct software bla bla" message. Make a playlist of the song, that uses the file manager and then it works!
- If your albums or some of them don’t show up on the memorycard, you disconnected the phone or card to quickly form the PC! Or need to do the save removal hardware via your systray icons!
Hopefully gets fixed:
- The walkman software so far cant play a complete music mix in separate trax without the pause between the songs. I'm sure this is a software issue and if I have the correct opportunity I will report this.
- There are pictures out there that show the MMR-60 FM transmitter with an SE connector also on the bottom so u can still charge or use the connection to the phone while broadcasting... sadly this isn’t on the real version, and i've checked this is not just an Pacific/Asia issue.
The biggest +’s for me.
- The phone carries big functionality and is still rather small.
- Swappable Media, so unlimited storage if u really want..
- Very good sound quality.
- The option to default use whatever headphone you want and still being able to use the handsfree mic cord!
- Flashlight :) hooyah..
The biggest -’s for me.
- The camera slide is to easily openend, and sometimes opens when putting the phone in ur pocket making the lens uncovered... nice picture hey :)
