The
Sony Ericsson W850i is the first
3G sliding form factor mobile phone by
Sony Ericsson, introduced in Q2 2006. It is a member of their
Walkman
Walkman, stylised as , is a brand of portable audio players manufactured and marketed by Japanese technology company Sony since 1979. The original Walkman was a portable cassette player and its popularity made "walkman" an unofficial term for ...
line. The phone made its first public appearance in the 2006 movie ''
The Da Vinci Code'', months before its release. It is similar mechanically to the
Sony Ericsson K800i, but differs in its form factor, memory card support of the
Memory Stick PRO Duo
The Memory Stick is a removable flash memory card format, originally launched by Sony in late 1998. In addition to the original Memory Stick, this family includes the Memory Stick PRO, a revision that allows greater maximum storage capacity and ...
instead of
Memory Stick Micro
The Memory Stick is a removable flash memory card format, originally launched by Sony in late 1998. In addition to the original Memory Stick, this family includes the Memory Stick PRO, a revision that allows greater maximum storage capacity and ...
, and the camera (2.0 megapixels instead of 3.2 for the K800i, and with some additional features removed)
The phone is available in Precious Black or Golden White and is configured for operator over the air (OTA) music download services and accepts popular music file formats including e-AAC+, and includes a 1 GB Memory Stick PRO Duo. The Golden White version has a gold Walkman logo on the back which the black version does not include.
The Walkman player contains Gracenote Mobile TrackID, which enables a user to record a few seconds of a song, either via the microphone or the in-built FM radio, and then with one click send that clip to the Gracenote worldwide music database which will identify the track and relay the information back to the phone.
The model shares all the features the
W880i
The Sony Ericsson W880i is a mobile phone that was announced on 6 February 2007 and released in spring 2007. Part of Sony Ericsson's Walkman series, the phone has been popular due to its tiny dimensions and low weight. At only 9.4 mm thick, th ...
has except the form factor and the inclusion of an FM radio and Photolight on this model.
There is a non-3G version of the W850i called W830c.
Hardware and Software
The Sony Ericsson W850, released in Q2 2006, has a
TFT 240×320 display packed in a 116 gram
slider body. It was released in two colours (Precious Black and Golden White) and is capable of showing eight lines of text on its two inch display. It also has a fixed internal antenna.
The software also comes equipped with basic utilities like a stop watch and calculator.
Cameras
The phone features both a
rear camera
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and a
front-facing camera
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. The rear camera two
megapixel
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In most digital display devices, pixels are the smal ...
can record up to 320×240 videos along with accompanying audio. The rear camera also has an
LED flash.
See also
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Sony Ericsson
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List of Sony Ericsson products
The following is a list of products manufactured under the Sony Ericsson brand. Most of the models have been released under multiple names, depending on region of release, currently usually indicated by a letter added to the end of the model numb ...
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Walkman
Walkman, stylised as , is a brand of portable audio players manufactured and marketed by Japanese technology company Sony since 1979. The original Walkman was a portable cassette player and its popularity made "walkman" an unofficial term for ...
References
External links
Sony Ericsson W850i Product Page
Reviews
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