The company Sony Ericsson has created a number of unique handsets in the past. They offered unique features as well as hardware that no other phone manufacturer had to offer. One of these handsets is the Sony Ericsson W8 “Walkman Phone”.
you might not think much of this new handset by the joint venture between Japan and Sweden. Honestly speaking, it looks like any other Android touch screen smartphone. It does not sport a large display. It doesn’t look like it comes with the latest hardware and software.
So what makes the Sony Ericsson W8 so special? It comes with TrackID music recognition. The smartphones is optimized to make users enjoy more from the feature. What’s the feature all about? The service allows users to record short clips of tracks. You can record a few seconds from various sources such as the radio. The short recording is now sent to Sony’s servers. It is then compared to vast music database. Once there is a match, information such as artist name and album name.
Sony Ericsson W8 Outstanding Features :
| Android OS, v2.1 (Eclair) | |
| 600 MHz ARM 11 processor, Adreno 200 GPU, Qualcomm MSM7227 chipset | |
| SMS (threaded view), MMS, Email, Push email, IM | |
| HTML browser in Sony Ericsson W8 | |
| Stereo FM radio with RDS | |
| Yes games in Sony Ericsson W8 | |
| Sony Ericsson W8 has multiple colour Azure, Orange, Red | |
| Yes, with A-GPS support | |
| Yes, via Java MIDP emulator | |
| - SNS integration - Digital compass - Walkman player - MP4/H.263/H.264/WMV player - MP3/eAAC+/WMA/WAV player - TrackID music recognition - Google Search, Maps, Gmail YouTube, Calendar, Google Talk - Voice memoin Sony Ericsson W8 - Predictive text input option in Sony Ericsson W8 |
