Sony Ericsson W890i Review
The W890i is a very nice-looking, superslim Walkman phone,
with a metal finish and available in a choice of silver or
brown. This is one of the best Walkman phones ever. It features
a music player with 2GB of memory, an FM radio, a 3 megapixel
camera, 3G video calling, Bluetooth & USB connectivity and HSDPA
for superfast downloads. With a user-friendly keypad and a
quality feel, Sony Ericsson are back on top form, and we
recommend this phone.
The W890i looks very similar to its predecessor - it's a classic
design superslim phone with a user-friendly keypad and a nice
5-way navigation key, plus dedicated music keys. At 10mm it's
one of the thinnest phones around and is super-lightweight at
78g. Available in a choice of colours - Sparkling Silver or
Mocha Brown, it's a smart and good-looking phone. The metallic
finish gives a feeling of quality missing from the cheaper
Walkman phones.
Musically speaking, this Walkman phone delivers everything that
we could want. The latest Walkman player software is the best in
the business, and the sound quality is high, especially if you
plug in a stereo headset.
The camera has been upgraded too to 3.2 megapixels, but lacks
autofocus. Video calling is supported, as the W890i is a 3G
phone. You can record video clips too, and even edit them with
the VideoDJ software supplied. The display is a high quality TFT
screen with 262,000 colours and 240 x 320 pixels.
A new feature for the W890i is HSDPA (nicknamed 3.5G) - a faster
implementation of 3G that enables downloads at up to 3.6Mbps -
that's 12 times faster than normal 3G. The W890i is quadband GSM
too, so it can operate on any continent in either 2G or 3G mode.
Other features worth a mention include 3D Java games, a web
browser plus support for RSS web feeds, and flight mode.
We really like the W890i. It fixes all of the problems that were
present in the W880i, and is a sign that Sony Ericsson may have
turned the corner after a disappointing year in 2007. This is a
classic Walkman phone with great music features and a quality
superslim design. It doesn't have the best camera, but it does
have the benefit of fast 3G and a host of other features. No
phone does everything, but if your focus is music, this is
definitely in our shortlist of best phones to choose from in
2008.
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