The Walkman is Back


Games & Gadgets MegamallApparently without much fanfare, the Sony Ericsson Walkman Phone W800i has finally slipped into the local market, at a retail price of PhP 27,990. It comes bundled with a pair of earphones and a 512MB Memory Stick PRO Duo card.

So how does it stack up?

As a Walkman Phone, the W800i allows you to listen to your music just like a regular MP3 player. Whenever a call comes in, your music automatically stops, to be automatically resumed right after your call ends.

It comes with a 2-megapixel camera, photo light, 34MB of internal memory, FM radio, Bluetooth, infrared port and a 262K 176×220 pixel LCD display. Its Media Player plays MP3 files so, thankfully, the W800i isn’t force-feeding us with Sony’s proprietary Atrac music file format. And at just 99 grams, it’s a surprisingly light phone, with a rated talk time of 9 hours and 400 hour standby time (no word on music-playing time).

It’s a richly featured phone (at 28 grand, it better be). Hang on and we’ll see to it that we get to review this orange and white beauty soon.

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August 20th, 2005
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Written by:
poch
Posted on:
8/20/2005 at 10:36 am

this phone is exactly the same as the k750i except for the color, a few GUI modifications, and the bundled 512MB memory stick. hope it interfaces well with PCs/ Macs. but does it integrate with iTunes at all or much like the iPod Shuffle does? am of the opinion that what makes iPods click besides the form factor is iTunes integration…

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Written by:
j-phearson
Posted on:
8/20/2005 at 11:10 am

Well this phone looks like a K750i clone to me, only with a big 512 memory stick in it and with walkman highlights.

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Written by:
BoRiS
Posted on:
8/20/2005 at 6:32 pm

I got mine for only P25,590 here in Bacolod City.. :) It’s awesome!!!!!!!!!!!!! I have no complaints! c”,) You can say that I’m a satisfied customer.. My dad has the k750i, but i still like mine! hehe.. because it looks hipper.. The sound is superb!!! The megabass is oustanding!!!!! I love it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :)

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Written by:
iBernie
Posted on:
8/21/2005 at 7:04 am

Not exactly “quietly entering the market”: I saw an ad for it on Inquirer last week.

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Written by:
gary
Posted on:
8/21/2005 at 10:36 am

i so wish I had kept our ancient (very very first edition) sony walkman my dad came home with on one of his trips from Japan 10,000 years (actually, 15~20) ago. I still had it working up to a year ago but since we moved I cant *@#! find it! :(

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Written by:
jayvee
Posted on:
8/22/2005 at 1:05 am

one thing i’ve realized with phones that have turned to quasi-entertainment devices … the entertainment stops when a call is in progress.

something to think about :)

was expecting it to be more expensive though.

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Written by:
Head Geekette
Posted on:
8/22/2005 at 9:06 am

According to my sources, if the phone is turned off (what people call as airplane-mode) you can listen to the music for 13 hours at the most.

I’m SERIOUSLY considering upgrading my k700i to the W800i. I wonder though, how’s the video mode of this baby? :D

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Written by:
lanie
Posted on:
8/22/2005 at 12:09 pm

poch.. i think sony will never integrate their product with apple’s itunes, same thing with the ipods being integrated with sony’s sonic stage.

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Written by:
BoRiS
Posted on:
8/23/2005 at 7:15 pm

i’ve had my w800i since saturday and i love it to death! it lives up to my expectations.. the sound is simply amazing even if i use the speaker.. the screen is very very clear! the response is pretty fast! the usb cable that lets you transfer data from your phone to pc serves as a battery charger too! :) synchronizatoin from windows’ address book to my phone was a working pretty well.. best of all, the camera!!! it may not be as good as a real digital camera, but it can take pretty good pictures, especially in daylight and well illuminated rooms.. :) at P25,590, the phone is worth every penny! if you’re thinking of getting the w800i, think no more! go right ahead and buy it! hehe..

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Written by:
iBern
Posted on:
9/14/2005 at 11:04 am

@Poch: There’s already a way to sync the W800i with iTunes! The app is available at versiontracker.com and its called “iTuneMyWalkman 0.2″ (duh!). I’m not sure if this will work with my beloved Windowz though… hehehehe…

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Written by:
janet
Posted on:
12/24/2005 at 1:31 am

I’m planning to buy a new cellphone. and im a bit confused whether go for SEK750i or SEW800i…they’re almost the same except for the back portion where the camera is and that memory thingy…. how much is a 1G memory pro stick anyway? send me a reply pls… thank you very much

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Written by:
palito
Posted on:
1/24/2006 at 1:29 pm

if your into music… then buy this phone! superior sound quality!!! plus the 2 megapixel camera! arrrrgghhh!!