Video: IntoMobile unboxes Sony Ericsson W960i; Questions please

It’s weekend and I should be probably resting after UIQ Fast Track in Budapest, Hungary. Instead I just wanted to share the unboxing experience with you folks. Yap, the Sony Ericsson W960i is in da house. Please use the comments to submit any questions you may have. I’ll try to address all of them!

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Dusan Belic

Dusan has been using smartphones since their introduction and is now following the latest trends in the industry. The "convergence" is what he's most excited about, and writing about it is the next logical thing to do. He thinks that using a smartphone is what everyone who cares about their time should do. In addition to his interests in mobile phones, Dusan also loves to experiment with the latest web and mobile 2.0 services. The idea of accessing and managing your information from any device no matter where you are simply amazes him. Whether it's an online to-do list, note taking service or a video sharing social network, he's there to try it out. He admits though, he's still searching for the ultimate web-based organizational tool, which "sings" perfectly with the mobile PIM application. Dusan used to run SymbianWatch.com which later became part of IntoMobile. He lives in Serbia, South-East Europe, from where he edits the site on a daily basis.

Freddy

Hi ! I hear lott of complain of w960i here in sweden . Its have NO turbo3G “soon 2008″ and it are confuse not so easy meny , and not so good
toch screen “diffucult with penn” . But the biggest issiue SE say it a musicphone but the loudspeakers and sound is not so impressive, here they say you get more and better value to get other musicphones like from Nokia?
Whats your feelings to all this?
Cheers
teodz

ive been waiting on this to be released here for months! care to do reviews??

teodz from philippines
Caelitus

How’s the browser working? Is it a full HTML one and is it like the one on the computer?

coz this thing has wi-fi but it is useless without a good full html browser

does it has all those things like CSS, javascript, ajax and all the others?
Frolic

Hi!

Working at sony ericsson and I’ve used this device for a couple of months. Just wondering what firmware you’ve got in yours.
I noticed a big change between the different softwares in my W960.
newtype2011

Still not quadband SE? The phone looks interesting, but if I don’t get reception here in the states, it’s useless. They should stop throwing us small bones with phones such as the K550, W580, etc…allow us to use your high-end devices, such as the P1i, W950, and now, the W960. The K850 has already been overshadowed by the N95 AND now the N82…you need to get this beast into the hands of as many people as possible -
Bear

how about turnin the device on?
Ben

sheesh I’m stupid, I could’ve left a comment here instead I torment you with e-mails… I’ll jsut c&p what I wrote to you

I was wondering how scratch resistant the display is, I know you probably can’t scratch it with some sharp object to find out, but maybe theres some other way to deduce scratch resistency. Also I was wondering how affected by finger smeers the display and the casing is. Another thing is that the keys seem to be quite fragile like those from the s500 ( I heard it’s a known defect that the keys will break easily for the s500 ). Of course the video and foto quality would be an issue as well as the browsing experience when going online and when browsing through your media.

Also I read about the w960 having handwriting recognition. I wonder how good that works.

And of course the battery life is an important factor for an all-in-one device.

Just a shame that it doesn’t support HSDPA
Antoine of BH/MMM

I’m with the others in stating that its a shame that it doesn’t support HSDPA. Ah well.

Seems a solid device, yes even in the US. If it were quad-band it would be a lot better.

If the software has been cleaned up and fine-tuned from the previous W950, then this could make a complelling alternative to the iPhone for a lot of folks.
chirag

Can anyone let me know whether w960i is avaliable in mumbai o not and where??? also can anyonee please tell me what is the price of the phone??
jojomonkey

chirag: it’s a billion rupees
angelo

so they really removed the bluetooth headset?
Jamie

i can see the questions above but where do i look for answers?

I’d also like to know if it has a full HTML browser, or can it run Opera Mobile (as opposed to mini.) Opera Mobile is full HTML isn’t it?
cheeky*..

hiya,
i was just wondering..
when was the sony ericsson w960i released?
and whats the phoe its self like??
because im looking at buying it but i just wondered about these first??
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