Sony Ericsson Unveils the W960i
Techtree News Staff, Jan 11, 2008 1244 hrs IST
Weighing around 119 grams, the W960i sports a slender 16mm frame, and allows you experience music with either the touch of a finger or a stylus.
While the phone's been on the market since about a month, Sony Ericsson has now officially launched its W960i Walkman phone that flaunts a touch-screen display, 8GB memory, and Walkman media player among others.
Weighing around 119 grams, the W960i sports a slender 16mm frame, and allows you experience music with either the touch of a finger or a stylus. With 8GB of built-in flash memory, the phone is claimed to store up to 700 albums or 8,000 songs.
The touch-sensitive 2.6-inches 262K color TFT (240 x 320 pixels) display serves as a super screen for watching videos or browsing the Web using 3G network or Wi-Fi connectivity. It doubles as viewfinder for the built-in 3.2 mega pixels camera with auto-focus. The W960i allows picture messaging and email/picture blogging, and supports TV-quality video playback at 30 frames per second (fps).
Significantly, the phone sports 160MB phone memory with 8GB built-in flash memory, and promises up to 25 hours of music listening time. Tracks can be managed using Media Manager while you can build your music collection in three simple steps with PlayNow. In keeping with the tradition of Sony Ericsson Walkman phones, the W960i packs a Walkman Media Player with support for MP3, AAC, and eAAC+ music file formats.
While the W960i incorporates Sony Ericsson's TrackID feature just like other Walkman phones, in this iteration of phone, the TrackID feature has been taken to the next level, where it is possible to get detailed information about a particular song identified. Also, newer ways to search have been added.
The UMTS 2100-GSM/GPRS 900/1800/1900 Sony Ericsson W960i is available in Vinyl Black color for Rs 28,995 across India. The phone package comes with an included stereo portable hands-free.
USER COMMENTS
HTC S710 selling at Rs. 11.5K in scratchless condition with box + warranty. Even the original screenguard is intact. Kindly reply if interested.
by Mukul, mumbai, on Jan 12, 2008 02:41 PM, Report abuse Reply
by anand, Thane(W), on Sep 05, 2008 03:28 PM, Report abuse
hi yesterday i was lookin through se phones n i found out that 960i walkman phone was with 5mp camera ,,,i am unable to find a review of the phone which has 5mp camera,al rrview shows it has 3.2 mp camera.has the phone being upgraded???
by dr shobhit, negpur, on Aug 24, 2008 01:27 PM, Report abuse Reply
it is really beautiful but expensive,would like to own one. i love sony
by kannan, kanchipuram, on Jul 13, 2008 10:48 PM, Report abuse Reply
well i own this w 960i and i m proud of it, its awesome, this phone has everything wat u want
by arshad, london, on Jun 13, 2008 09:24 PM, Report abuse Reply
it is really beautiful but expensive,would like to own one.
by Richard ferari., Accra, on Feb 11, 2008 08:09 PM, Report abuse Reply
by richard stoute, Accra, on Jan 18, 2008 02:12 AM, Report abuse Reply
by richard, Accra, on Jan 18, 2008 02:07 AM, Report abuse Reply
hey.... Prabhas where can i get it in pune?
by Rahul, Pune, on Jan 15, 2008 10:27 PM, Report abuse Reply
Touch screen adds so much value to this one over n95... but my n95 is on its way
by drgopoos, Trivandrum, on Jan 13, 2008 05:55 PM, Report abuse Reply
more than the competition from any Nokia stuff, it faces stiff competition from the LG Viewty. Almost all frequently used features in Viewty are better than this chic. Viewty comes for 19,500 whereas this is priced at a scorching 26,800 (prices are in pune). So take ur pick carefully..
by prabhas, pune, on Jan 13, 2008 09:54 AM, Report abuse Reply
looks slick..but does this come with a 3.5 mm jack ... i wonder why sony is not being so flexible with proprietory headsets....
by kamal narendran, banglaore, on Jan 11, 2008 02:12 PM, Report abuse Reply
MR kamal narendran , panni , ur here too ? they making shitloads on de bundled headsets , plus , they sound pretty good . . maybe dats y , hmm
by Anoop, bangalore, on Jan 12, 2008 12:05 PM, Report abuse
IT Looks cool and sexy want we more want then 8gb it but sonyericsson battery back is weak so more people prefrence nokia n 95 it also 8gb
by Dev, Amritsar, on Jan 12, 2008 10:09 AM, Report abuse Reply
If this phone needs to compete with Nokia N95, they should increase the MP of the built-in camera. 5 MP of Nokia wins over 3.2MP . But looks slick and iPhonish in style. I'm not sure whether it has a memory card slot... if it does then its a value add.
by el_bronte, Chennai, on Jan 11, 2008 05:02 PM, Report abuse Reply
What do you require more than 8GB, it has onboard 8GB, thats more than enough for any user.
by srini1973, chennai, on Jan 12, 2008 09:14 AM, Report abuse
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