Sony Ericsson W580 mobile phone review

Shake it like a Polaroid picture - motion sensors come to the mobile, but is it any good?

Sony Ericsson W580 mobile phone. Phones, Mobile phones, Sony Ericsson, 2 megapixels and below, Walkman 0
Reviewer
Stuart Miles
Review Date
3 September 2007
Manufacturer
Sony
Price as reviewed
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Our score

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Quick review

The good
SensMe, TrackID, design, Blogger tool, built-in pedometer
The bad
Shake feature bit of a gimmick, only 2 megapixel camera
Verdict
If you are looking for Walkman phone with a couple of added benefits this will fit the bill nicely

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Comments

  • I love this cell phone, i have had it for 1½ year now and i still love it.
    Its correct that it has no special tricks, but it is a solid, smart, easy, compact son of a genious. The battery seams to last for ever, its easy to change the song playing, you dont even have to get it out of your pocket, and the display is lovely and so are the themes shipping with it.
    Posted by Tobias Petersen, Denmark
  • i heard someone say that this phone breaks really easily - I just got one for my exams - 10 A* :) - 2 days ago and am worried its gonna break on me Posted by Jamie Beacom, Northern Ireland
  • haha my battery on it only seems to last for like 12 hours. I'm sick of charging it up constantly. I've only had it for about 7 weeks Posted by , england
  • 10 A*s?

    who the f*** do you think you are....

    my child got 3 C's and he is the smartest person in my family

    thats not fair that you can make other people feel like sh*t

    what gives you the right to boast about people in lower class societies than you

    just because you can afford to get extra tuition...your not as smart as you think

    i'm on to you i know all about you, you think your better?

    well your no better than anyone

    i hope you sleep well knowing your gonna take the jobs of other people who need the money and deserve them better later in life

    now to the phone

    i love this phone more than any phone but it is terrible and cheap

    i dont like it


    Posted by Mr Arnold Reagen, Germany
  • i agree with that man from germany

    the germans are always right about the things

    mr beacom has no right to live

    give us the grades we need

    its not fair the boundaries to get back into our schools in northern ireland are going up because of people like him

    i shun you

    i have no respect for such a person
    Posted by Margerate Johnston, Northern Ireland
  • I HATE THESE PHONES Posted by Gary, England
  • jamie.... pelase dont come on this forum and gloat about you get 10 A*, Some cant achieve these kind of grades and your not very considerate commenting like that. No need for it to be honest.

    Btw if u coment liek dat agin i iz gon go get ma gang o forum trollz to cum and crit crit lolol own ya roflcopterlamo
    Posted by akri of neptulon, NorthRend
  • nt reali <3 Posted by akri of neptulon, northrend
  • congrats on the A*s Jamie Posted by A*, A*
  • what do the two little footsteps mean in the corner? Posted by Keiko, Canada
  • congratz on the A* Jamie. Don't listen to the haters out there. If they'd new anything at all they wouldn't run their mouths like that. And as for the tuition bit Mr. reagner if your son cannot afford tuition to boost his grades up than it is simply because you were incompetent back in your days, were messing about in school, got disappointing grades and ended up with a not so good job and thus cannot pay for your son's tuition fees. What i'm trying to say here is that you shouldn't blame the kid for making something of his life. Sie sind selber schuld wenn sie nix anstaendiges mit ihrem leben gemacht haben sie versager.


    As for the phone, i have bought it yesterday and i must say that it is an excellent little thing :).
    Posted by Darwin, England
  • Can u all please start commenting about the phone, I need to know what it is like! Give the 1OA* STUFF A BREAK! Posted by Jennie, Scottland
  • Yes Please. Start comment on the phone. Thanks Posted by Dj, Sri Lanka
  • hahaha omg jamie. PHAIL you guys are all retards getting worked up about this, so fuckin what! you spastics seriously i cant get over how fucking stupid you all are "Aww you got 10 A*s YOUR A BASTARD!" you guys are fucking green with envy. seriously LOL, regner you fucking nazi prick you guys are all stupid because you keep trying to take over europe just because our country is developed and not taught be people that claim WWII never happened. Posted by Thomas fucking Porter, Norn Fucking Iron
  • My Sony Ericsson w850 broke after 2 months in my opinion i dont think anyone should buy this phone, dont get me wrong it is good (when it works). My memory card dont seem to work no more in this phone for some reason. Sometimes it will show my memory card as working then after 5 minutes it will have no memory card inserted. The buttons do not work properly either they seem to be really sloppy and loose. Dont buy this phone it is not worth the money in all honesty it is a SACK OF WANK:)!!! Posted by Ass, Brum

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