Damage: W850i($550)(Second hand)
HBH-DS970($60)(Second hand)
Package Details:
W850i Package1 x Phone
1 x Battery
1 x Data Cable
1 x Phone Strap
1 x Warranty Card
Lots of manual ,phamplet and the software CD
HBH-DS970 Package1 x Headset
1 x Charger
1 x Warranty card
lots of manual
Ok for a start i am reviewing the latest acquisition, the W850i and the HBH-DS970. I must say these two devices really make me think twice about convergent devices. I must say i am a no-no person when it comes to convergent devices, one thing is because i never think that the battery would ever last, for example let say if you use your phone for Mp3 but then half a day pass and your battery runs flat you now have 2 devices which dont work, one is the mp3 player and the other is your phone, how dumb. But this pair of W850i and DS970 totally changed that mindset of mind, after listening to 1.5 hours of MP3 the battery are still going strong , the battery was at around 85% the headset's battery hardly shows signs of weakening. A search on several review website shows that the battery in the HBH-DS970 was as long as 6hrs!!! I was impressed.
Ok for a start i would like to review the W850i. It is one of the phone which makes me quite pleased, first it is a slider phone( the first from Sony Ericsson), secondly it is small and best of all it is a 3G phone!!! The form factor was the major push factor for me choosing this phone. Before this phone i had the Sony Ericsson W900i and also the Toshiba 803T( Yes toshiba do make phones but they are not readily available in singapore thou), both phones are great form factor 803T is a flip phone W900i is a Swivel phone, but the size was a big block. Both were huge phones.
Below are 3 pictures which i had taken of the W850i in 3 different positions and with a ruler for you to gauge the size.
It might seem a little bigger then usual but thats because i am using a crystal casing with it. It is really small without the case. For more informations and detailed specifications , do visit the links below.
Official SE WebsiteOne feature which i loved on this phone would be the ability to do a photo blog instantly, i tried that today and the blog account was created instantly and my picture was send to the blog and published all in one single step!! You can see the results on my main blog:
My WayOne notable feature improvement would be the charger. For those mobile enthusiast, you would probabaly notice that Sony Ericsson changed the connector of their mobile phones, the charger on the W850i have taken a step further. It was a charger with a pass through for the data cable, what this means would be that you would now be able to sync and charge your phone using the supplied charger and cable. of course this means you need to have the charger connected to the mains and then the data cable connect through the pass through on the connected charger connector. This might look ugly but it does its job and solved the problem when your battery are running flat and still wanna sync with the computer. This charger is new as i did not see this on my w900i phone , the newer w810i and other phones might have this but i am not sure. Oh ya for those people who don't know what i am tokking about, you can view the pictures below it might gives you a better idea.
Next would the review on the HBH-DS970. This is a hang over your neck kind of bluetooth headset, the earphones was surprising good , someone even mentioned it might be a creative EP630 OEM, i do have the EP630 and the earphones do look similar. One thing i loved on my EP630 would that the mid-range bass was clearly heard and the sound was crisp and clear, this was replicated in the earpones of the DS970. Ok hands up those who like the feeling of going wireless... Ok a lot of hands up...this is the main reason why i got the HBH-DS970, it is a great bluetooth headset plus the ability to stream those mp3 from your phone to the headset was tempting. Tempting enough to make me get one of these. This headset comes with a LCD screen which means you can see who is calling you without you having to pull the phone out from your pocket or handbags. This LCD screen also allows you to view the song title,
BUT do take note that chinese character is not displayed for MP3 , this is sickening, this headset could do callerid for chinese character why not for song titles!!!! Below is a picture which i took when i called myself , the character 我 was displayed which is the name i stored for my house number.
I mean come on we can see the chinese character for caller is and not for songs??? This is ridiculous man, i mean this is not a hardware design problem anymore, the hardware is capable of displaying the chinese character, lazy software engineer??? Maybe.
Another problem with this headset would be that you cannot use any other earphones because the earphones is built in none detachable. Perhaps the next model they can correct this two problem.
Next up would the remaining pictures which i have taken for your viewing pleasure.
