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The jog dial is kind of flimsy.So far I'm very happy with the purchase. The sound quality of the music is great, and the controls are nicely laid out. Purchased two Sony-Ericsson w580i's for my wife and I, about 6 weeks ago.Good: Small, nice colors available (we have one red and one green), plays FM radio as well as MP3 (when using headset - the headset wire is the FM antenna). The sound quality of the included wired headset is very good, and I can easily switch from music to phone calls. I also like the SE PC Suite for synching phone to Windows PC (this is a free download from Sony). Very good sound quality.Bad: Requires Sony M2 storage card instead of SHDC (more $$). Keypad buttons are a little small.
You could restart it & get a screen back, but it would be gone if it got slid. You just can't hear the Shine ring. If this one doesn't do it, I'll go back to green. I love the personal organizer as I use it to put my life on the calendar. You can repeat dates if you need & have end times/dates. Of course, when I was ready to upgrade 2 weeks after my guys did & the phones were free, the w580i wasn't. I have no idea if it does, but I've read that it takes a 2gb memory card.
I love the bluetooth to get pix & ringtones, music from my kids. It comes in pink as well, as well as more "masculine" looking fabric.Now onto the reason I'm writing. I love this bag. Well it is now gone. I would like to trial the w760 in red, but BestBuy has it for $129.99 as does AT&T. It now is fritzed as it worked for 6 months just fine, & one day when it was slid open, the screen distorted into mumbo jumbo.
Wish me luck. Several girls we know are on their 3rd Sprint Rumor-cute phone-because of the sliding killing their video ribbon.BestBuy showed the red w580i in their Dec catalogue as capable of tolerating an 8gb memory card. I had to pay $18.00 to upgrade/activate, & $10.00 as Fed EX was shipping for $10.00 & the phone would be "FREE".I chose green as it is unique & neutral, & would go with pretty much any beaded wrist thingy I made to make sure I didn't drop it & crack the screen like my daughter did a week after she got her much loved white w580i. So many things better than my w300i, except call quality. I loved the Walkman feature on it, & the FM radio which I use alot.
They wouldn't fix it, or replace it. BestBuy gives you 30 days to see if the phone works for you. Day 30 is almost too late.I love the green one, but may try the red one this time. Walmart has it for $99.99 or $49.99 can't remember. My guys got the Shine, free at BestBuy with an upgrade charge of course through AT&T. I upgraded to this phone after having the SE w300i for 2 years & loved it.
So, I decided to take a chance. I even discovered it beneficial at the drive-in, as the speakers at the drive-in are crackly in sound. You will kill your video ribbon & it will be a bummer for you, just ask my daughter. I have the phone with me at all times, so I can make sure I'm where I'm supposed to be on time. The letters are hard to read on the keys, but the scrolling is visible on the screen when typing to allow you to hit the right key if you check the screen as you type.
We went to the Omaha zoo, & the camera took much better inside pix than my expensive camera did. Don't just slide them open & closed being bored. Bummer to buy one & not be able to use it. It's tricky to do so, but I did figure it & shared it with BestBuy & the AT&T store as they couldn't help me. I never lost calls unless the caller was using their Sprint phone to call me, & never had static, breaking up, while talking to people until now. The second phone didn't have this, not like I'd know the difference anyway.
Sometimes I amaze myself.So when it came time to upgrade this fall, I was really hesitant to change to anything but a SE. I bought a green Golla bag for mine at BestBuy, so I could protect the phone & carry my earbuds with me at all times. Never had any problems with it. Not so on the Shine. BestBuy doesn't have the largest selection of phones from AT&T, & AT&T doesn't really seem to have that great of phone selection compared to the other's IMHO. I went ahead & bought it, & went home to check it out. I love the way you can change the time size.
Ticks me off about the lack of cable & earbuds as it is a Walkman. I just plugged in my included earbuds, set the station to the drive-in station & heard the movie in stereo. It's never easy is it. We don't have texting, but I use the keys to put in stuff on the calendar so am worried about those keys cracking soon. Well bummer for me, that I changed out the phone because of poor call quality as the second one is the same, plus I lost my calendar for the fall, with lots of stuff on it, which I had to replace on the new phone, & will have to do again-maybe, when I exchange the phone tomorrow. The first phone had this special graphics icon that was supposed to be a good thing to have. My son wanted to return his Shine because of this, & because the Shine doesn't have "themes" like the w580i.
I love the multiple phone numbers you can put on one person's name & just scroll with the ring to get the one you need. I read all of the reviews regarding the SE 580i which is usually 50% happy & 50% not happy. I love the camera that I use to take pix to create wallpapers.
Just a word about sliders. I waited awhile before I committed. So after a month, I exchanged my green phone for another green w580i.
It has a great ring sound-better than the Shine. I ended up paying $28.00. I love the features on this phone.
There are 2 loaded on the phone and I'm not going to download a theme just to have a black font. I don't have anything bad to say about this phone. But if that's the only thing I have to complain about. I'll deal with it as is. The navigation is easy, the sound is great, the design is slick, the camera is great (for a cell phone), I love it. Ok, the ONLY negative I have to say about it is that I can't change the colors of the font on my main screen without changing the theme.
The only drawbacks in my opinion are the tiny keys and no flash. The phone has been so great. RSS feeds disabled.4. It's a WAY better browser than MEdia Net.So, STILL a great phone, but AT&T does terrible things to it. Blogging from phone disabled.3. Several menu items disabled6. It is a lot of fun to use, though the quality isn't great by default. UPDATE: If you purchase the AT&T version, prepare to have the following features disabled.1.
Shortcut menu disabled (on original model, the button in the bottem right corner of the phone's face goes to a handy shortcut menu, not MEdia Net).7. Original Review:I just got this phone, and it is wonderful. The music player is the best cellular player around (short of the iPhone). Keep that in mind. Setting full mp3s as ringtones disabled8. Mobile e-mail with more than a handful of providers (the few that pay AT&T). I use MobileMe/.Mac, and my school account. The phone info says it's compatible up to 2GB Memory Stick Micro M2, but it works just fine in higher capacities (I'm using a 4GB).Best of all, for me, this phone syncs contacts and calendar with my iMac flawlessly.
It easily beats my previous Moto Q for ease of use, and quality of software. Out of the box, the phone comes with a USB cable, charger, and headphone adapter with microphone and button for calls, which allows you to use any headphone you like. It only cost me ~$9.00. You have to download a plugin (a free download) but it works so well.The camera is decent (no flash or mirror, though), and the built in software for editing photos and making videos and music is fun to play with.I love this phone, it's absolutely wonderful.
However, if you plan to use the music player at all, GET A MEMORY CARD. Out of the box, it comes with everything you need. After tweaking the EQ a bit, it sounds nearly as good as my iPod. The AT&T mobile email doesn't allow you to have custom accounts.2.
The only feature my Moto had that this lacks is the QWERTY keyboard, but the benefits of this phone far surpass that one setback.The number buttons are absolutely TINY, though. It restores the ORIGINAL, intended Sony Ericsson operating system on the phone.Also, if you don't want to debrand your phone, you can fix the RSS problem, and get a FAR better browser by downloading the free Opera Mini browser. Preloaded full games disabled5. AT&T adds a bunch of b/s trial applications that you don't need and can't use unless you buy.HOWEVER, I fixed all these by "Debranding/flashing" my phone using WotanServer.com.
The keypad went out on the first and the second would not read the sim card. I'm actually on Amazon to look to buy a new phone since I appear to be stuck with a two year contract and this lemon. Incidentally, my son has the black W580i and its his third one. I'm on my fourth W580i in less than two months. Stay away from Sony-they should all be yellow for lemon. This was replaced with another factory rebuild that could not read the sim card and wouldn't start. The speaker went out on the original new phone in less than one month of use, ATT replaced it with a factory rebuild that could not be recharged. Now I have a fourth factory rebuild with a screen so scratched up its distracting and poor speaker quality.
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