The Sony Ericsson W595 is a mobile measuring 47 x 100 x 14mm with a weight of 104 grams. It embeds a digital camera with 3.2 megapixels and an MP3 music player. Memory is expandable via Memory Stick Micro M2. These points are great media player, system proven, nice screen. The Sony Ericsson W595 is compatible with Bluetooth, HSDPA, EDGE, UMTS.
It seems that the Sony Ericsson W580 has finally found his replacement with the new Sony Ericsson W595, a device that keeps an almost similar design but with an air of novelty easy to collect!
Sony Ericsson was probably the best manufacturer to design terminals dedicated to music. Today Apple has come to interfere with the iPhone but without really worrying the range represented by the new Sony Ericsson W595.
Not yet commercialized, the W595 we have is still a prototype but rather functional, which allows us to present it in a test track exclusively.
Design, finish and ergonomics
Sony Ericsson has chosen to keep with the new terminal design with sliding keyboard that has both succeeded his predecessor. From the front, the phone is all that is classic and still very much in the spirit of Sony Ericsson. The slide slides perfectly and plastics, in front of the hull as illustrated by their robustness. As usual, the game joystick houses the main controls for MP3 player, with the exception of adjusting the volume transported on the edge of the device. On both sides of the joystick, dedicated keys allow access to specific functions such as directory, menu interface or multimedia player feature highlighted on the W595.
Laterally, the Sony Ericsson W595 is fine and her curves appealing through metal edges which gives a little more class to the phone. The phone’s speakers are located on the top and bottom of the phone, which allows for stereo sound.
The finish of the phone is quite good, Sony Ericsson did not disappoint and still treats all its phones. The build quality is good, all things seem good. Good point, the screen is now located almost at the same height as plastics, which limits more the infiltration of dust.
Regarding ergonomics, there is not really complain, the W595 fits comfortably in hand with dimensions in the middle, sliding keyboard and is easily manipulated. The little buttons on the sides of the phone also facilitate the use of mobile. One can regret that no dedicated button on the camera was not provided although this is not its primary function.
The phone, mail and browser
Probably foremost a phone, but this Walkman shines however in this feature. The sound emerged from the speaker jack is good without being excellent. This phone “upscale” does not allow for comfortable listening in noisy environments, it is even too low. The maximum volume, the speaker is at the saturation limit which sometimes causes some crackling in the caller’s voice, which is, as you may doubt it very unpleasant.
The messaging of the Sony Ericsson W595 is very complete. All main functions of a phone messaging are well managed and premium Sony Ericsson adds messaging E-Mail running POP and SMTP and a feed reader.
Functionality E-mails began to spread over many models gradually. The W595 allows recovery of e-mails on a regular basis but not a real Push Mail as found on the terminals of Microsoft Windows Mobile, BlackBerry or even some of the latest devices announced at Mobile World Congress 2008 by Sony Ericsson. Writing a message is very simple intuitive T9 mode, sometimes a little difficult to master on some brands.
The browser that the mobile team is rather convincing, but not excellent, because a non-touch navigation, the disability is at the level of paging. NetFront will prove far less effective than the browser built into the Nokia Mobile. Besides it is not comparable with the browser of the famous Apple iPhone that for the moment is a point of comparison is inevitable because it simply “the best” mobile browser in terms of ergonomics. Note that the connectivity of 3G HSDPA Sony Ericsson W595 is still very practical, surfing is fast. You can search Google directly from the homepage of the browser. If you do not go surfing since this phone, it can become a 3G modem for your laptop.
The media player
As we have already stated several times, the Sony Ericsson W595 is a terminal of the famous Walkman range of Japan-Sweden manufacturer. This designation requires the Walkman to be effective in respect of audio and video, and we can say that the menus and design are really geared towards this point. Real media player, it features a menu as a media center with a dedicated graphic interface, very easy to use. All files will automatically sort when they are copied into the folder of the memory M2. No need to carry out any operation in the import library. The tags of the songs are well managed which allows you to find his music very easily be sorted by artist, album, or simply by title.
Photos and videos are also managed by this small media center. It is also possible to tilt the phone and the image adjusts automatically. Thanks to the accelerometer, it is very easy to view a slideshow of your photos or take a long or short film, over the screen size is quite comfortable for such occasional use. The transition from one medium to another is quick, we feel that the phone does not lack of memory for such tasks and it runs everything we asked with ease. In short, the Sony Ericsson W595 will be the perfect companion for your multimedia entertainment and mobile both.
With the mobile, hands-free kit is provided, it is intro-atrial and quite comfortable, especially when multiple adapters are provided. Regrettably, however, is not it a little more upscale, the basses are correct but the acute very poor. Often this kind of problems found with headsets and headphones cheap.
The adaptation of another headset is very easy thanks to using the remote adapter 3.5 mm Jack, if you have a better helmet you will be surprised, because the Sony Ericsson W595 sending really sound very good for a mobile phone.
The camera
A Walkman is a Cyber-Shot, and the W595 is the perfect example. A digital camera for only 3 megapixels, no autofocus or even LED flashlight as a Flash, it is relatively difficult to make good pictures can be displayed and processed by a computer. Do not throw him a stone anyway, the pictures are perfect for display on the screen of 240 x 320 pixels, but is often the case
The outdoor photos are quite good although raster (optical 2 megapixels), the indoor shots do not reflect the true colors as many mobile phones. Note that some terminals, but are not specialized best. Better pictures than waffle.
Special menus
The menus are always so pleasant to handle at Sony Ericsson. The lack of renewal is undoubtedly the lack thereof, but does not change a winning team. Furthermore the majority of people buying a Sony Ericsson are likely to buy another later.
PlayNow
In the store PlayNow, you can choose from a wide selection of music tracks to purchase and download to your phone with ease. One major advantage of the PlayNow service is that you can listen to music tracks before you buy. And no, this is not the iPhone the first mobile to incorporate this style online store!
Internet
As with any good 3G phone, the Sony Ericsson had built an Internet browser worthy of its name. Unfortunately, there remains a very poor ergonomics and display pages of mediocre if you surf on real sites. A browser that works perfectly, however, WAP sites.
Hobbies
As its name suggests, this menu refer certain applications to be entertained in any circumstance. It will take applications on Sony Ericsson to mix their music, videos and pictures directly on the mobile very simple and intuitive. Of course gamers will be served well.
FM Radio
Sony Ericsson currently includes almost all its mobile radio FM. However, the manufacturer does not yet seem determined to integrated antenna to the mobile. It will therefore once again connect the headset to enjoy.
Settings
And finally, the last menu to access the settings for all phone functions. Customizing security through the network, everything is possible in this menu. As usual with Sony Ericsson found a very good ergonomic hand tabbed browsing, more modern, faster and certainly more readable than other manufacturers.
Synchronization
The W595 is supplied with software, the Sony Ericsson PC Suite lets you synchronize the device with your computer very easy. Both contacts that your calendar software on the CD ROM can also transfer music to the phone or retrieve your photos from your computer. One feature that seems very well managed from a Windows computer, unfortunately no Mac version is available. With a Mac OSX platform, it is still possible to read and write to your memory card, but iSync does not support synchronization of contacts, some plugins are available on the Web to fix this annoying detail.
Autonomy
Autonomy seems pretty good in the office to which he is obviously first intended. In prolonged listening to music, autonomy is very satisfactory, it is similar to many MP3 players and therefore a dozen hours. Of course, provided only listen to music.
Mobile 3G implies reduction of autonomy. Indeed this kind of chip to perform mobile broadband consumes much more than traditional GSM chip. We recommend that people do not use video calling or surfing the Internet frequently to disable it by selecting a GSM network, simply.
Nevertheless, autonomy remains very satisfactory, and true to what Sony Ericsson has used throughout its various lines of phones.
Conclusion
To conclude, the Sony Ericsson W595 is a complete terminal that addresses a customer magnet listen to music on his mobile phone without compromise. With a sound quality quite good and screen quality, the Japan-Swedish phone is a phone for money very interesting.
We have discovered a practical phone to use daily that will revolutionize unfortunately this range. Indeed, Sony Ericsson is once again on its achievements despite the audience looking often improvements. While the phone is faster than its predecessor, but otherwise, the interface is the same and the handling really similar.
Finally, we assessed the overall quality of the phone and the many features it offers. We regret the lack of originality by the manufacturer as well as difficulties in synchronization with a system different from Windows.
