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7.0
haneymi haneymi

I have enjoyed this phone over the last year. I really enjoy creating themes for it, which keeps using it interesting. I don't really use the media features much except for creating custom ringtones. It is small, has been durable, and has any easy to use interface. A great feature is that...

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3.0
ippi ippi

the phone and its functions were fine for the first few months and then gradually things got slower or stopped working altogether, for instance the camera would not work, it kept saying "another application is already using the camera" even with no other apps running. another major...

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3.0
redalert360 redalert360

The Sony Ericsson W580 is marketed as a multimedia phone that plays your music, videos, and the like, also featuring video editing and even the creation of an original song. While these are invaluable assets to add to someone's repertoire of applications, the lack of functions dampens its...

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7.0
McBass McBass

Its no iPhone, but with a data cable, some memory and headphones you can have a very robust phone. The music player supports album art and the phone can easily be synced with windows media player. The video player is lacking though. Its only identification for videos is their file names...

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7.0
Uncompliant Uncompliant

If you aren't looking for a smart phone, this is a nice phone to look at. AT&T offers the newer version of this (Mom has one, its pretty much the same phone) for upgrades and you can get it for less than $80 the last time I checked. As far as a phone it works very well, with all the normal...

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7.0
DilbertDave DilbertDave

I got this phone because I wanted to be able to use the Walkman functionality to listen to podcasts etc in the gym without having to carry another gadget around with me. I soon found that there just was not enough volume to drown out the background noise in the gym. I've had the phone for...

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