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.
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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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