The Sony Ericsson W580i is a mid range slider style mobile phone in the
Walkman
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series. The phone was announced on 26 March 2007 and was released in early August. It is a 2.5G Quad-band (850/900/1800/1900) GSM phone with EDGE capabilities and has a 2
megapixel
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In most digital display devices, pixels are the sm ...
camera. It comes in "Style White", "Boulevard Black", "Metro Pink", "Urban Grey", "Jungle Green" and "Velvet Red".
The phone made an appearance in
Ciara
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Can't Leave 'Em Alone
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". It was also shown in the films ''
You Don't Mess with the Zohan
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'' and '' Paul Blart: Mall Cop''. The phone contains the ability to detect motion on a limited scale. For instance, the phone keeps track of how many steps the user has taken. The W580i has a special feature, Shake Control, which also makes use of motion sensing. When listening to music in the Walkman feature, depressing the Walkman button and subsequently shaking the phone will select a song at random.
The W580i is the predecessor to the
Sony Ericsson W595
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Specifications
Design
*Colours: Style White, Metro Pink, Boulevard Black, Urban Grey, Jungle Green, Velvet Red, and Jazzy Purple
*Navigation key
*Picture wallpaper
*Wallpaper animation
*Size
**99 × 47 × 14 mm
**3.9 × 1.8 × 0.5 inches
*Weight
**94 g
**3.3 oz
*Screen
**262,144 color
TFT LCD
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**240x320
pixel
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In most digital display devices, pixels are the ...
s
Entertainment
*3D games
*Java
*FM radio with search function and RDS
*Video streaming
*Video play
*Music
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Bluetooth
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stereo (A2DP)
**Mega Bass
**PlayNow
**Shake control
**Supports music file formats MP3, AAC
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TrackID
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*Camera
**2.0
megapixel
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In most digital display devices, pixels are the sm ...
**Digital zoom 2.5× (Only available in
VGA
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640x480)
**Digital zoom 4× (Only available in video recording)
**Picture blogging
**Video recording
Bluetooth
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technology
*Modem
*PictBridge
*Synchronization PC
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USB
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Quad band
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EDGE
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web browser
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Pedometer
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*Shake control
*Shortcut: enter any number from 1-999 and hold # to check SIM contacts
*Shortcut: enter 0 and hold # to check call history
Battery
*930 mAhLi-Pol battery
*Standby time: up to 570 hours
*Talk time: up to 15 hours
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Overview
The phone has a sleek sl ...
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Samsung J700
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Samsung D900
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