Sony Ericsson W760i – Review

Overview

The Sony Ericsson W760i is an outstanding music phone with the added benefit of GPS satellite navigation. The handset also includes several fun features like shake control, SensMe which plays music according to your mood and the Wii-Style games. The included camera is however not that perfect but you will love other features of the device. The Sony Ericsson W760i is available in intense black, fancy red and rocky silver choice of colours.

The Sony Ericsson W760i is an exciting and outstanding handset. Being designed as a walkman phone the W760i integrates a new style of stereo speakers that are mounted at the front of the device that plays music very loud and also includes a number of music related features. In addition to this it also includes GPS satellite navigation featuring Google Maps. The Sony Ericsson W760i is a very practical handset. You just have to shake the phone to hear the next song or just have to tilt the phone like the Wii-Style and play games. It is pretty interested combinations.

Specifications and Features

If you need to know the best feature of Sony Ericsson W760i then the cell phone plays music the best. In fact the team at Sony Ericsson has included almost every music related features in the cell phone. It includes the latest technology of walkman player with features like SensMe which automatically creates a playlist according to your mood and album art. It is also designed with MEgaBass offering you high sound quality, PlayNow feature that lets you instantly download music, Track ID to find out the artist for the track and the impressive shake controls through which you can change the song with just a shake. It offers you just 40Mb of in built memory that might hold around 10 MP3 songs but you can also extent the memory to 1GB through a Memory Stick Micro Card. There is also an in built FM radio. The handset uses a stereo widening including the front mounted speaker for excellent reproduction. You can also enjoy music through a wireless Bluetooth headset or conventional headphones.

There is also an in built camera which however does not hold an impression as it a 3.2 megapixel camera without flash and auto focus. However you have the surprising GPS navigation features although the device being music oriented phone. You can use the GPS to navigate around the town using Wayfinder navigation or Google Maps. As there is GPS navigation system also included in the cyber shot mid range C702 phone you must have already assumed that 2008 would be a common feature in most mobiles, which is a good feature.

Design and performance

The battery life of Sony Ericsson W760i is also very good and would last longer when you prefer to turn to 2G. Physically the handset is offers excellent design with a improved keypad that other handsets from Sony Ericsson. A few people have however claimed that their W760i did not include the mapping software in which the Sony Ericsson team has looked. Apart from that there is no other reason to dislike the Sony Ericsson W760i walkman phone. Source...