Sony Ericsson W600
- j
- jo
- Pv9
- 06 Mar 2006
this phoneh have like the worst camera sony ever made.
still the megabass is nice!. for some reason the version i tested didn't have firmware update over-the-air.
- M
- Mark Werenczuk
- jPV
- 05 Mar 2006
I've had both the w550i and the w600i. The w550i is the european model and the w600i is the American model.
I had horrible reception with total blackouts in some areas when using the w550i in America. I replaced it with a w600i and the problem dissapeared. The reason is that the w600i utilizes 25% more cell phone towers than the w550i.
The w550i also had a glitch where it would not save my pictures after i took them. It would say "saving" then just dump me back to the previous menu. The problem was fixed with the w600i.
Beware upgrading your firmware (the software of the phone). Sony has no official upgrade to my knowledge and I have heard numerous accounts of people rendering their phone useless by attempting to do so.
The only complaint I have with this phone is the battery life. It drains very quickly when you utilize the many features such as camera/video/games/music. When I had the N-Gage QD, my battery would last like 10 hours if I played games. This phone lasts around 3.
I hear many people complaining about the limited 256 megs of memory. While I would like a memory stick for pictures, 256 megs is plenty of memory for a cellphone. This isn't an ipod or a digital camera, its is a phone....one with great features and a cheap pricetag. Why would you want 2 billions songs on a cellphone? 80 is plenty.
I give the design a 9 (swivel is sometimes a pain), Features a 10, and performance a 7 (due to the horrible battery life)
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- PukeOnMe
- Ya7
- 04 Mar 2006
yes. this has speakerphone capability
- R
- Rhys
- m9F
- 04 Mar 2006
I bought this phne and it is excellent. The only problem is that i cant get my computer to run the software in 98se because it only supports win 2000+. is there a program i can download to counteract this?
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- grobik
- jZx
- 04 Mar 2006
I got the white screen as well... I'm on a mac so I thought maybe (since it's not supported) that screwed it up. but after many frustrating attempts at removing the battery, finally I just let the white screen sit and had it plugged into the power cord. after about 20min. It came back. no problem...?
for the money this should not happen!
and to bongo:
the w600 is not the same as the w550. well almost. the w600 is quad-band, making it much easier to connect to the plentiful 850mhz bands here in the states.
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- PukeONme
- Ya7
- 03 Mar 2006
ha, had this phone for about a month now, and it bloody rocks!, best quadband phone evar(maybe am just stupid cuz this is my very first phone lol). love the walkman, got about 150 songs in it. the earphones are OK, the mega-bass equalizer is schweeeet!!!. dont like the swivel thingy.. thats like protecting the keypad instead of protecting the screen from getting scratched up or sumtin? but pretty nifty phone.
i had a few freezes quite a few times, had to take the battry out to to get it going again, :(
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- Vlad
- Y9@
- 03 Mar 2006
Does this phone include a Speakerphone
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- NAGUL
- xx}
- 02 Mar 2006
Hey man i dont know how long the battery will last if you run the walkman on speaker but i still dont reccomend it because those speakers are not meant for loud music and they will blow out in time..
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- Leo
- 42a
- 02 Mar 2006
Does anyone know how long the battery will last if I run the walkman on speaker?
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- LiLY-JaDE
- SYF
- 02 Mar 2006
I have got the W550 and personally I think its a very good phone....the battery doesnt last long but I have used it for many things and I think its excellent and its never broke on me! xxXxx
- L
- Leo
- 42a
- 01 Mar 2006
I had this phone for 2 days. I loaded about 5 tracks on it. Went to plug it to the charger....BOOOOM. White screen of death. I had to send it to Sony Ericsson at my expense. They will fix it free. This sucks. 2 days I had it!!!
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- red
- x%x
- 28 Feb 2006
you use the remote control feature with a bluetooth adapter. i have used it as my mouse, its awesome!! well, a bit slower than the usual mouse, but yea, its awesome!
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- Jebus_GT
- Nx3
- 28 Feb 2006
okay...
what exactly is this remote control thing on this w600??? how do i use it???
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- DBJB
- P1b
- 28 Feb 2006
The sony w600 has a EDGE conection, gaming buttons, and stereo speakers, but the w800 no has anything of this functions
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- haui
- RKp
- 27 Feb 2006
can i set mp3,wav tones as message alert tone?? thnks
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- anton
- 4tv
- 25 Feb 2006
uh... realdragon
my point isn't that it will only play one song, its that it can't only play one song. The only way to do that is to make a playlist with only one song in it, or to only have one song for that artist/album so when you play the folder there is only one song in the playlist.
basically i mean there is no repeat option on the phone for one song, there is only repeat for the entire playlist/folder
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- Paul
- Pc7
- 25 Feb 2006
Hey...
I accidently deleted the desktop option from the remote control option while trying it out.....
Is there anyway I can get it back?
(It worked and it was cool!)
But now I only have Presenter & Media player..
I really hope there is a way to retrieve it without having to reset my phone...
- r
- realdragon
- F4p
- 24 Feb 2006
to anton ,
if you hate that problem of it keep on playing the same songs in that folder , try making a playlist of all the songs in ur phone , and start playing it , that should help solve the problem.
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- anton
- 4tv
- 24 Feb 2006
uh derick... i never installed limewire on my phone? I was only uploading some pics and mp3s to my phone from my computer...
still don't know whats up with the stereo widening option where it auto shuts off when you change tracks. plus i've noticed that there is no repeat option. if you go into a folder(album, or artist) it plays all songs no matter what. there is no way to isolate one song and repeat the same song over and over again unless there is only one song in that folder.
the more i use this phone, the more problems i find with it and wish sony had thought through the options before releasing it to the public.
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- Janet
- DHi
- 23 Feb 2006
What does the white screen of death mean? I have the motorola slvr and I'm considering changing phones and getting the w600.