The Sony Ericsson W910i slider showcases the same look as the Walkman player, and comes with motion sensor shake controls and HSDPA download speeds. What’s more, the Sony Ericsson W910i has made its way onto PAYG, which is great news for those looking for a great all-round phone with prove pedigree. We take a look at the Sony Ericsson W910i and see what it has to offer.
Of course motion sensors aren’t new in the world of gadgets and Sony Ericsson has obviously half-inched the technology from its sister company’s NW-S200 Walkman digital music player. Still, it seems to work well on the Sony Ericsson W910i - keep pressing the dedicated Walkman key, flick your wrist left or right and the tracks will skip accompanied by a vibration. Even better, set the player to shuffle, waggle the phone and it will randomly pick out songs.
Sony Ericsson has even developed the shake for gaming but we’ve yet to check out this Wii-stylee action. Still, such movement control could be convenient for when you’re, say, jogging, but involuntary jerking on the bus might be cause for concern for the watching public.
The Sony Ericsson W910i magical motion capabilities don’t stop there and further accelerometer sensors have been fitted to automatically switch the large QVGA-display from portrait to landscape mode when you reposition the phone. Not only is this a more civilised manner to watch movies or browse the web over express HSDPA speeds but the transition was seamless.
The new look Walkman music player now gathers your other multimedia effects like photos, videos, podcasts, under one roof and is graphically very slick. Another new addition is the SensMe feature that lets you tag songs depending on your emotional state and automatically creates playlists from your library. Otherwise it’s as you were regarding the Walkman’s fine audio performance, Mega Bass boost, intuitive desktop music software for transferring your music collection and support for wireless Stereo Bluetooth (A2DP). A Memory Stick Micro handles all your storage needs.
The phone itself is incredibly trim and lightweight (which can translate as flimsy) with a nice gliding slide action, although the flat but mechanised keypad can be frustratingly unresponsive at times. The W910i only manages an uninspiring two-megapixel lens but we’ll forgive Sony Ericsson for this shortcoming because its music talent is so good.
Verdict
The Sony Ericsson W910i is by far the best Walkman and music phone to date but for how long?*
*Probably until the W960i rocks up!
Best features
Lightweight design
Motion sensor controls
HSDPA download speeds
Lively sounding music player
Expandable memory
Not so good
Sticky to thumb keypad
Lightweight design
Find the latest Sony Ericsson W910i deals >>
Sony Ericsson W910i full specifications >>
Check out the Sony Ericsson W910i photo gallery
100% secured payment
the problem is… it always hangs-up!