Recently I overcame my own belief that only nokia produces the best mobile phones in the world. And I leaped into the world of Android. And thus I became the proud owner of Sony Erricson W8 ( I still wonder why they call it a walkman series) As always this too was a.hurried decision without any prior review or research.
Anyway on the first looks the phone impressed me. And it is a stylish phone with quite a good battery life, but the main issues were, that it could not save apps to the sdcard and also it had Android 2.1 . There was nothing different from X8 and also the phone had a.limited internal memory of 200mb.
Despite all this I am still overjoyed and proud to hold an Android in my hands. Looks like android will be the new holy grail of open source movements.
W8 SPECS
| General | 2G Network | GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 |
|---|---|---|
| 3G Network | HSDPA 900 / 2100 | |
| HSDPA 850 / 1900 / 2100 | ||
| Announced | 2011, April | |
| Status | Available. Released 2011, May |
| Body | Dimensions | 99 x 54 x 15 mm |
|---|---|---|
| Weight | 104 g |
| Display | Type | TFT capacitive touchscreen, 16M colors |
|---|---|---|
| Size | 320 x 480 pixels, 3.0 inches (~192 ppi pixel density) | |
| Protection | Scratch-resistant glass | |
| – Timescape UI |
| Sound | Alert types | Vibration, MP3 ringtones |
|---|---|---|
| Loudspeaker | Yes | |
| 3.5mm jack | Yes |
| Memory | Card slot | microSD, up to 16GB, buy memory |
|---|---|---|
| Internal | 128 MB storage, 168 MB RAM |
| Data | GPRS | Up to 85.6 kbps |
|---|---|---|
| EDGE | Up to 236.8 kbps | |
| Speed | HSDPA, 7.2 Mbps; HSUPA, 2 Mbps | |
| WLAN | Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g | |
| Bluetooth | Yes, v2.1 with A2DP | |
| USB | Yes, v2.0 microUSB |
| Camera | Primary | 3.15 MP, 2048×1536 pixels, check quality |
|---|---|---|
| Features | Geo-tagging | |
| Video | Yes, VGA@30fps | |
| Secondary | No |
| Features | OS | Android OS, v2.1 (Eclair) |
|---|---|---|
| Chipset | Qualcomm MSM7227 | |
| CPU | 600 MHz ARM 11 | |
| GPU | Adreno 200 | |
| Sensors | Accelerometer, proximity, compass | |
| Messaging | SMS (threaded view), MMS, Email, Push email, IM | |
| Browser | HTML | |
| Radio | Stereo FM radio with RDS | |
| GPS | Yes, with A-GPS support | |
| Java | Yes, via Java MIDP emulator | |
| Colors | Azure, Orange, Red | |
| – SNS integration – Walkman player – MP4/H.263/H.264/WMV player – MP3/eAAC+/WMA/WAV player – TrackID music recognition – Google Search, Maps, Gmail, YouTube, Calendar, Google Talk – Voice memo – Predictive text input |
| Battery | Standard battery, Li-Po 1200 mAh | |
|---|---|---|
| Stand-by | Up to 446 h (2G) / Up to 476 h (3G) | |
| Talk time | Up to 4 h 45 min | |
| Music play | Up to 23 h 40 min |
GEEK PEEK 