| The Sony Ericsson W580i White is a member of | | | | |
| the Walkman family. The handset was launched | | | | Being a music solution, media playback |
| to carter to the younger audience with an | | | | capabilities of the Sony Ericsson W580i White |
| active lifestyle. In a way, the model shares | | | | are immense. Powered by the latest Walkman |
| much with the Sony Ericsson W710i, and has | | | | media player v2.0, the device produces the |
| roughly the same positioning and target | | | | best of sounds by current standards. All |
| demographic. However it differers in its | | | | premium Walkman features like TrackID, |
| styling and form factor. While the Sony | | | | TrueBass, Graphic Equalizer finds their |
| Ericsson W710i is a clamshell device, the | | | | respective places. The handset's internal |
| latest Sony Ericsson W580i sports a sleek | | | | memory pool is mere 12 Mb which is far from |
| sliding action. Apart from the white | | | | sufficient for a music solution. The company |
| solution, other current offerings include | | | | therefore are shipping a 512 Mb external |
| Urban Grey and Boulevard Black solutions. | | | | memory card free with a standard kit. Sound |
| | | | output could be through standard pair of |
| Built wise, the Sony Ericsson W580i looks | | | | headset supplied with the phone, wireless |
| pretty much same as another new model of a | | | | stereo Bluetooth headsets or even on the |
| different series - the Sony Ericsson S500i. | | | | built in speakers. |
| However, the latter is primarily a fashion | | | | |
| solution and features diminished capabilities | | | | Other major inclusion in the handset's |
| - both music and otherwise, when compared to | | | | feature list is its 2.0 megapixel digital |
| this latest addition to the Walkman series. | | | | camera with video recording skills. Quad band |
| Front fascia of the handset is dominated by | | | | GSM connectivity, HSCSD, GPRS, EDGE, WAP2.0 |
| its large TFT based screen that can produce | | | | xHTML browser, Bluetooth, USB - the Sony |
| more than 262k colours across 240 x 320 | | | | Ericsson W580i White has many ways to connect |
| pixels. Sliding open the Sony Ericsson W580i | | | | that you ever thought was possible with such |
| White reveals four rows of numeric keys in | | | | a petite device as this. |
| iconic orange colour. | | | | |