Sony Ericsson W960 Expert Reviews

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Experts rate this product 78/100 and users 82/100. We analyzed these ratings, the product age and more factors. Compared to other Cell Phones, the Sony Ericsson W960 / W960i is awarded an overall alaScore™ of 88/100 = Very Godd quality.

Sony Ericsson W960 is Sony Ericsson's top notch music offering featuring a massive 8 gigabyte flash memory, Walkman 3.0 Touch player, QVGA resolution touch screen, WLAN & Symbian OS with UIQ 3.0. Don't start shaking in your pants because you just saw ...

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As far as Sony Ericsson's Walkman music phones go, the W960 is pretty sedate looking. But while it might look more like a suit than a hipster, it still packs a touchscreen and the full Walkman experience. Ricky asks it to dance in this review.

Sony Ericsson W960 is aptly the big gun in the Sony Ericsson portfolio of music-centered handsets. Gifted with the scorching 8GB of storage space and a large touchscreen TFT display, a 3-megapixel camera, Wi-Fi and 3G capabilities, the W960 easily ...

Walkman Touch music player ; Symbian OS 9.1 with UIQ 3.0 ; 3G support with video calls ; Wi-Fi support ; 3 megapixel camera with autofocus ; 8GB of storage space ; Dedicated touch-sensitive player keys ; 262K color TFT touchscreen display ; FM radio

Not as impressive in life as in the promotional photos ; Slow interface response as storage gets nearly used up ; Back key location changed ; No memory card slot (yeah, we know it has 8GB of internal memory) ; Music player cannot sort tracks by ...

As the W960 features 8GB of integrated memory, it is trying to directly rival the higher class stand alone portable music players. In order to be competitive, it must be able ......

If you are familiar with Sony Ericsson smartphones you would know that they all use Symbian Operating System and UIQ interface. The W960 is not an exception and it comes with exactly the same OS as the P1 – Symbian 9.1 and UIQ for phones with touch ...

Sony Ericsson has been improve their cell phone by launching W960i. The major improvement is a 3.2 megapixel camera and WiFi support for Sony Ericsson W960i

The Sony Ericsson W960i is a "Walkman" version of the Sony Ericsson P1i 3G smartphone, and it can be considered to be a straight upgrade to the existing W950i.

It is an unusually elegant looking device, available in one colour only (Vinyl Black). Despite the wide range of features, the W960i weighs a reasonable 119 grams and measures 109 x 55 x 16mm. Sony Ericsson anticipate that the W960i should be ...

Thanks to Sony Ericsson, music phones are all the rage, and the W960i is the richest, best-sounding phone we've heard so far. Its 8GB of onboard memory nets you plenty of space for your tunes and the new drag and drop media manager is a breeze. If you ...

Walkman player ; Wi-Fi ; 3G ; memory

Too many input options ; interface isn't finger-friendly enough

The Sony Ericsson W960i is very close to being a fantastic phone. Audio quality from the music player is excellent and on paper it has some great features. Unfortunately, when you're using it, it just doesn't feel as good as it could be

The Walkman phone to replace your iPod?

As a music player it works well, especially with that 8GB of storage, but the W960i seems to fall short in many areas: control is a significant issue, the OS is slow to respond at times, and the lack of a 3.5mm headphone socket is inconvenient.

Sony Ericsson is probably best known for its Walkman and Cybershot branded handsets, but the company also turns its hand to smartphones. There have been several smartphones over the years, all running the UIQ operating system. ...

With 8GB of storage, a touch-screen and full smartphone credentials, it is a real shame that the user interface lets things down for this music-playing smartphone.