Sony Ericsson W960 review

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Sony Ericsson W960

The W960 Walkman phone is a potent combination of slim UMTS phone and high performance media player. It can pack up to 8,000 songs* and includes a Walkman player for finger-touch navigation around play lists on the large screen. The 2.6" display serves as an excellent viewfinder for a 3.2 mega pixel camera and as a widescreen for watching video in TV quality.

  • Walkman player
  • 3.2 Megapixel camera x3 digital zoom, autofocus and business card scanner
  • WiFi (802.11b) (UMTS version only)
  • Large 2.6" touchscreen with a Transflective Display that is easier to view in bright light conditions
  • Choice of text input method including handwriting and word completion

SPECIFICATION

Networks

  • W960i Dual mode UMTS (2100MHz), GPRS 900/1800/1900

Screen Display

  • 240x320 pixels QVGA
  • 262 k TFT color

Memory

  • RAM Memory: 128MB
  • Flash Memory: 256MB
  • Shared memory for storage: Up to 160MB + 8GB (for user storage)
  • Max JAR Size: Unlimited (but depending on available storage)
  • Max SIS Size: Unlimited (but depending on available storage)

Symbian OS Technology

  • Symbian OS v9.1
  • UIQ 3.0
  • Native hardware accelerated 3D graphics with Open GL ES support

Java Technology

  • Java ME CLDC 1.1:
    • JTWI 1.0 (JSR 185) consisting of Connected Limited Device Configuration (CLDC) 1.1 HI (JSR 139), MIDP 2.0 (JSR 118), WMA 1.1 (JSR 120)
    • PDA Optional Packages, supporting the File and PIM APIs (JSR 75) 
    • Bluetooth™ API (JSR 82)
    • Wireless Messaging API 2.0 (JSR 205)
    • Web Services API (JSR 172)
    • Mobile Media API (JSR 135) Mobile 3D Graphics (JSR 184) with hardware acceleration
    • Scalable 2D Vector Graphics API for J2ME (JSR 226)
    • Nokia UI API 1.1

    Browser

    • Opera version 8: HTML 4.01, xHTML 1.0, CSS, Javascript (ECMAScript), RSS
    • TLS/SSL security
    • WAP 2.0

    Messaging

    • SMS, MMS, EMS
    • POP3, IMAP, SMTP and MIME Push e-mail

    Digital Rights Mgmt

    • OMA DRM v1.0

    Multimedia Support

    • Audio: MP3, AAC, eAAC+, AAC+, AU, iMelody, AMR, RMF, DLS, RealAudio, G-MIDI level 1, WAV, WMA, XMF
    • Video: MP4 (MPEG4 and AAC-LC), 3GP (H.263 SMR NB and AAC), Real Audio Video, WMV 9
    • Image: BMP, GIF, JPEG, MBM, PNG, WBMP, SVG Tiny 1.1
    • Animations: GIF
    • Streaming: RTSP according to 3GPP™

    Local Connectivity

    • Bluetooth 2.0
    • USB 2.0
    • WiFi (802.11b) (UMTS version only)
    • VoIP support
    • PC software

    Extra features

    • Walkman player
    • 3.2 Megapixel camera x3 digital zoom, autofocus and business card scanner
    • Sony Ericsson Media Manager, music management software
    • TrackID™
    • PlayNow™
    • FM RDS radio
    • MusicDJ™
    • Streaming audio/video
    • WiFi connectivity
    • Enabled for VoIP third-party clients
    • Latin and Chinese character handwriting recognition
    • Chinese keypad, Pinyin and Stokes input
    • Transreflective display for bright light conditions
    • Jog dial
    • RSS feeds
    • Podcasting support
    • Flight mode


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