Review By: Latha Jayaprakash Review Date: 14 Nov 2008
Sony Ericsson W300i is the seventh of the walkman series which are known for their musical experience other than being a very good mobile. W300i comes in a compact clamshell form with the Walkman music hardware controls, support for a wide variety of music formats and a Memory Stick Micro expansion slot. This quad-band GSM world phone from Sony Ericsson sports EDGE for data, a VGA camera, an integrated FM radio, stereo audio, Bluetooth, Java for 3D gaming and syncing to desktop via PC Suite.
This handset from Sony Ericsson has a built-in digital camera with screen viewfinder, dedicated menus and direct interaction with in-phone imaging and messaging features.
The front face houses the VGA camera and a self-portrait mirror and a 1" monochrome external display which shows basic info such as date and time, battery status, signal stats in standby mode and incoming call notification (no call ID photo on the external display) when a call is coming in, and track and volume status while playing music. The W300i has very few buttons on its sides, there is only the music control cluster of buttons on the left side that includes a play/pause button and up and down keys. The up and down keys control the volume when you press them quickly and they also function as a track selectors when you press and hold on them. When in a call, you can press these buttons to adjust the incoming voice volume. You will find an IR window on the right side of the phone.
You can find the loudspeaker on the top of the back side of the handset and the battery is down below that. You can have access to the battery and the spring loaded Memory stick micro card slot only when you open the battery door. When you open the door the phone will not get shut down unless you remove the battery. The sim card is put in beneath the battery.
When you open the flip, you can see the internal display and the ear piece on the top cover with the menu and functions keys, the number pad and the microphone on the bottom half. The round 5-way navigational key pad is large enough for playing games and also as the quick launch for the camera application. Two Select keys, the Back key and the Clear key flank the d-pad. Below them is the number keypad which has orange backlight.
Below the number keypad you will find a small Walkman launch button on the left, the mic in the middle and the power on/off key on the right.
The Sony Ericsson W300i has over 20MB of internal storage space out of the box . You can download additional applications, ringtones, images and videos from the web. The Sony Ericsson WAP portal offers some free applications such as World Clock, Converter and more.
Next to being a walkman musical phone it is a gaming phone too. You can play java games like Neopets, PuzzleSlider and QuadraPop games and game-launching time is average. The d-pad on the Sony Ericsson provides good space for the game controls.
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Good: elegant looking clamshell, phone
Bad: nothing specific
Recommend: Yes
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