Overcast outdoor shots look a bit hazy but still have reasonably good detail and sharpness, and have very good color balance. Photos taken indoors have a noticeable cool color cast and the noise level is high compared to outdoor shots higher noise indoors is the norm. The camera can take picture in 2 megapixel, 1 megapixel and VGA sizes and offers additional shooting modes such as panorama and burst.
There camera app offers a variety of white balance, color effects and other settings for still images. The camera can also take videos with audio. You can shoot videos for video messaging MMS or long videos to store on a card or on the phone. Video quality is good with audio in sync. It deals with low-light conditions fairly well, but you can see a bit of yellowish tint in indoor videos under incandescent light.
Otherwise the clips are sharp and playback smoothly. The Sony Ericsson Wi has Bluetooth v2. The phone also has an interesting Bluetooth remote control profile that lets the phone control desktop applications via Bluetooth. When working with the Plantronics Pulsar A stereo headset, the Wi had excellent and powerful sound. Music sounded full on all channels and volume was very loud. When a call comes in while you are listening to music, the headset will fade the music out and alert you of the incoming call.
When you end your call, the music will resume playing automatically. The Motorola S9 is prone to low background hiss and can sound a bit thin, but the sound quality with the Sony Ericsson W was absolutely amazing.
The audio was full, bass was strong and volume was super loud. In-call voice quality was also very good. Voice dialing through Bluetooth headsets worked well. The battery is user replaceable. The claimed talk time is 9 hours and the official standby time is over 15 days. Our tests showed that these numbers were a little too optimistic, especially in standby mode. The claimed music playback time is 20 hours which is right on target compared to our battery test.
In addition to the entertainment and phone applications, you also get PIM personal information management tools under the Organizer group. If you work out regularly you can use the fitness tool to monitor and record your workout progress and keep track of calorie burning and more. You can access all your files and applications under this group.
There is no Mac iSync plugin in the box. The Sony Ericsson Wi Walkman phone continues its strong position in music and gaming, and it offers plenty of goodies in a small package. If you to listen music frequently on your phone, this is a great choice at an entry to mid-tier price range.
The 2 megapixel camera takes great photos and the M2 slot is very handy to store photos and music tracks. We wish that the phone had better battery life for calls and standby, and for those who buy directly from Sony Ericsson, we wish the Sony Ericsson portal had more content to offer.
Bluetooth headset voice quality wasn't that good in our tests, though A2DP stereo quality was excellent. Web sites: www. Display: , color TFT screen. Resolution: x pixels.
Battery is user replaceable. Claimed talk time is 9 hours and standby time is hours. Claimed music playback time is 20 hours.
Size: 3. Weight: 3. Camera: 2. Also records video clips with audio. Audio: Built in speaker, mic and a Sony Ericsson's proprietary Fast port stereo headset connector. Mega Bass software included to boost the bass. The slider mechanism is well-constructed; we could open it with just one hand but it wasn't too loose. In the phone's Settings menu you can choose to end calls automatically when you close the phone.
The ,color display seems a tad small 2 inches; x pixels for the phone's size, but it was nevertheless easy on the eyes. Colors were bright and vivid, and graphics and photos showed up well. Only the screen's brightness level is adjustable.
Below are the well-designed navigation buttons, which, as we mentioned, are a step above the unintuitive controls on the Wi. The circular toggle and central OK button are large and tactile, and we liked the blue backlighting. The toggle can be set as a shortcut to four user-defined applications, and you can use it to control the Walkman player when listening to music.
Yet we had one small complaint. Though the toggle is raised above the surface of the phone, a raised plastic ring surrounds it. In our experience, our thumb kept hitting the ring when we tried to press the toggle. It's a minor point, but one that's still worth noting. Other navigation controls consisted of two soft keys, a back button, a clear button, a dedicated Walkman control, and an "Activity menu" button that opens a secondary shortcuts menu.
As is the case with other Sony Ericsson phones, there's no dedicated Talk or End controls; rather the soft keys control calling functions when you're talking.
The keypad buttons rest below the front sliding face. That means they're completely flat with the surface of the phone, so it's rather difficult to dial by feel. Also, they feel a tad cheap and they're squashed together, so users with big fingers may want to give this phone a test run first.
Some users have complained of the keys cracking, but that's not a problem we've encountered. On the upside, bright backlighting helps for dialing in dim situations, and the numbers on the keys are large.
Completing the exterior of the phone are a charger port on the left spine and a thin volume rocker on the right spine. Also on both sides are narrow light strips that flash when a call comes in. It's a tad gimmicky, yes, but it's an eye-catching touch to an already stylish phone.
You can choose from 16 color patterns. A power button and the Memory Stick slot rest on the top of the phone. The power button could be larger, but it's not a big deal. On the other hand, the battery cover on the rear of the phone was almost impossible to pry off.
The camera lens is the last exterior element. As it's located on the rear of the sliding face, the shooter can only be used when the slider is up.
There's no flash or self-portrait mirror. Features The Wi has a 1,contact phone book with room in each entry for five phone numbers, an e-mail and Web address, a job title, company name and work address, a birthday, and notes. You can save contacts to groups and pair them with a photo and one of 19 polyphonic ringtones for caller ID.
You also can select a video for callers and you can choose a pattern for the side-mounted lights. Other essentials include a vibrate mode, a voice memo recorder, text and multimedia messaging, an alarm clock, a calendar, a task list, a notepad, a timer, a speakerphone usable after you make a call , a stopwatch, and a calculator.
Of course a phone like the Wi wouldn't be complete without such offerings as full Bluetooth including a stereo profile , e-mail support, PC syncing, USB mass storage, a code memo for storing sensitive information, and USB cable support. The handset also capitalizes on its "Walkman" name by offering a number of fitness applications.
There's a pedometer for running and walking, a sports trivia game, and a fitness trainer for tracking your workouts. There's even a bizarre yet interesting application that will let you calculate how long it would take you to walk to various world locations from your home city. Naturally, music is the main attraction on the Wi. Its Walkman player is nearly identical to that on other Walkman phones.
Settings include an equalizer, playlists, stereo widening, and shuffle and loop modes. The interface is minimalist, but you can select a color skin and choose from one of two simple visualizations. The player also supports album art, but it won't recognize every song it plays. You also get an airplane mode for listening to your tunes with the phone transmitter off. Yet the Wi holds a new surprise with its "shake control" application.
By holding down the Walkman button when music is playing you can advance to the next track by flicking your wrist. It works quite well and it's an attractive feature. Loading music on the phone is relatively easy.
The needed USB cable and the Disc2Phone software are included, so you're saved the pain of shelling out more money for a music kit. The Sony Ericsson software can be a bit clunky, so we're glad that you can also drag and drop music from your PC to the Wi. You also get the standard FM radio and a Music ID application for identifying likable tunes you can't name.
There's a quirky Music Mate application that shows the correct finger position for various guitar chords and piano chords while playing the notes. You can even use the phone as a metronome. The 2-megapixel camera shoots photos in three sizes 2-megapixel, 1-megapixel, and standard VGA.
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