Sony Ericsson W580i, W580c User Manual

W580i and W580c

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Preface

Purpose of this document

This White Paper will be published in several revisions as the phone is developed. Therefore, some of the headings and tables below contain limited information. Additional information and facts will be forthcoming in later revisions.

The aim of this White Paper is to give the reader an understanding of technology and its main applications, as well as the main functions and features of the phone.

Note: This document contains general descriptions for this specific Sony Ericsson mobile phone.

People who can benefit from this document include:

• Operators

• Service providers

• Software developers

• Support engineers

• Application developers

This White paper is published by:

Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications AB, SE-221 88 Lund, Sweden

Phone: +46 46 19 40 00 Fax: +46 46 19 41 00 www.sonyericsson.com/

First edition (June 2008) Publication number: EN/LZT 108 9307 R8A

This document is published by Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications AB, without any warranty*. Improvements and changes to this text necessitated by typographical errors, inaccuracies of current information or improvements to programs and/or equipment, may be made by Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications AB at any time and without notice. Such changes will, however, be incorporated into new editions of this document. Printed versions are to be regarded as temporary reference copies only.

*All implied warranties, including without limitation the implied warranties of merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose, are excluded. In no event shall Sony Ericsson or its licensors be liable for incidental or consequential damages of any nature, including but not limited to lost profits or commercial loss, arising out of the use of the information in this document.

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Sony Ericsson Developer World

On www.SonyEricsson.com/developer, developers will find documentation and tools such as phone White Papers, Developers Guidelines for different technologies, SDKs and relevant APIs. The Web site also contains discussion forums monitored by the Sony Ericsson Developer Support team, an extensive Knowledge Base, Tips & Tricks, example code and news.

Sony Ericsson also offers technical support services to professional developers. For more information about these professional services, visit the Sony Ericsson Developer World Web site.

Document history

Change history

26 March 2007 Version R1A Initial Release.

12 April 2007 Version R2A Updated with feedback.

5 June 2007 Version R3A Updated with feedback.

10 July 2007 Version R4A Updated.

24 July 2007 Version R5A Updated.

9 August 2007 Version R6A Updated with model numbers.

17 September 2007 Version R7A Updated with comments

5 June 2008 Version R8A Updated with comments

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Product overview ....................................................................................................................... 5

Key features ............................................................................................................................. 6

Images ...................................................................................................................................... 8

Technologies in detail .............................................................................................................. 12

Facts and figures ..................................................................................................................... 25

Abbreviations ......................................................................................................................... 53

Related information ................................................................................................................ 57

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Product overview

Impress friends and colleagues with the sleek design of the W580. The design features a slim slider for your senses with inviting tactile surfaces that makes you want to touch and hold it. The built-in Walkman™, combines with the 512 MB Expandable Memory Stick Micro™ (M2™) to make the W580 a portable music device, as well as a phone.

W580 also has an impressive 2MP camera with 4x digital zoom and 1600 x 1200 resolution. Enjoy viewing pictures or video clips on the 2.0 inch, 240 x 320 pixel, 262k display. This phone supports EDGE Class 10 (Enhanced Data rates for Global Evolution) and GPRS (General Packet Radio Service) quad band 850/900/ 1800/1900 (Class 10 meaning 4+2 sum 5), and GSM (Global System for Mobile Communications). In addition to packet switched (PS) data, it also supports voice and circuit switched (CS) data.

The W580 is the ultimate mobile phone for the sports-minded and active individual. The design and sports functionality make W580 trendy, yet functional. Track your progress and expand your limits with the sports application. Record how your body performs during exercise and record graphical data that you can easily transfer to your PC.

Note: To be able to give updated information about the implemented technology and functionality of this product as soon as possible, this White Paper will be released in updated revisions.

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Key features

2.0 inch color screen

The 2.0 inch (240 x 320 pixels) full graphic 262k color screen enhances viewing, facilitating high-quality multimedia and entertainment.

2.0 Megapixel camera

With the 2.0 Megapixel, fixed focus camera, taking pictures becomes easy and fun. The camera includes a 4x digital zoom and many user friendly features. The user interface adds extra quality when it comes to handling the camera.

Walkman™ player

The Walkman™ 2.0 player converts the phone into a portable MP3, MPEG4, H263 player. Play music and video clips, streamed or downloaded. The folder system enables you, for example, to organize your favorite songs into groups and create simple playlists.

TrackID™

Obtain title, artist and album information about songs when listening to the FM radio or by recording music from an external source using the microphone. TrackID™ is powered by Gracenote Mobile MusicID™.

Shake control

Press and hold the Walkman™ key, then shake your phone to pick and play a song in the album or playlist you are listening to – at random.

Communicorder

By using the built-in communicorder, a video recording can be captured and stored in the phone. A video clip can easily be sent off in a picture message for example to friends or family to share experiences with instantly. The W580 supports viewing video clips in full screen mode.

Gaming

Gaming is already a very popular feature in mobile phones, and with Advanced Java, users can add new games and skill levels to further enhance the entertainment value of Sony embedded games are included in the phone at purchase. Both 2D and 3D gaming is supported.

Ericsson phones. Several

JAVA™

Download extra content with Java™, for example, new information- and entertainment-based applications. This gives users a chance to personalize the functions and features in their phones, and developers the opportunity to create new applications.

HTML web browser support

Browse the internet and look at the web sites in different ways with Access NetFront 3.3, an HTML browser which supports a complete web standard suite.

Disc2Phone

You can create your own playlists and albums and transfer them to the phone. Music files can be transferred from a computer to the phone memory, in a user-friendly way. Search for and select music on your

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computer or audio CDs and convert your existing audio tracks to MP3 format. Disc2Phone will be included on the CD in the box.

RDS FM Radio

The FM radio with RDS (radio data system) offers instant and easy access to FM radio channels. The RDS function brings information directly to the screen, which is sent out by the currently tuned in radio station. Just plug in the handsfree that works as an antenna and start listening to desired music. The radio can also be used as an alarm signal.

Polyphonic Ringtones

With this format, the user can play, compose, edit and send melodies by using the Music DJ. The built-in sound synthesizer uses wave tables, real instrument sounds with 72 voices polyphonics. The new com poser has an improved graphical user interface to simplify melody handling. All new and edited melodies are stored in MIDI format.

Bluetooth™ wireless technology

Several devices (simultaneous Bluetooth connections) can be connected to W580 using Bluetooth wireless technology up to 33 feet (10 meters) away. For example, the phone can be answered with a Bluetooth headset when it rings and images can be sent to another phone at the same time. Several mobile phones can take part in a Bluetooth supported game and the phone and a computer can exchange data such as images, video clips, business e-cards, music files and calendar data.

Personal Information Management (PIM)

Stay up to date with everyday events by synchronizing phone contacts, calendar appointments and tasks in the phone with similar programs in a computer. Synchronize via USB or Bluetooth using software pro vided on CD in the box (also available at www.SonyEricsson.com/support).

Memory Stick Micro™ (M2™)

The W580 supports Memory Stick Micro™ (M2™). Store up to 512 MB of content (pictures, audio, video clips etc.) on the included Memory Stick™. Additional memory sticks may be purchased separately. The W580 accomodates Memory Stick Micro™ (M2™) up to 4 GB. Transfer content to other Sony Memory Stick-compatible consumer products using an adapter, for example Sony digital cameras, camcorders, portable music players, TVs, photo printers and computers.

Mobile blogging

Share pictures with friends and family by sending them via the Internet to your personal blog.

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Technologies in detail

This chapter offers a detailed description of the technologies available in this product.

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Functions and features

The following table is a complete description of the features in W580. It also compares the product with one other Sony Ericsson product.

Feature W580 W710 W850

3D games support Yes Yes Yes

Alarm clock

Set a time and the phone will ring at that time.

AMR

Adaptive MultiRate audio format for speech sounds.

Backlight

Colored backlight to illuminate the phone screen.

Battery 3.6V, 930mAh,

Battery charging time

At least 90% charged after 120 minutes.

Bluetooth™ wireless technology

Yes Yes Yes

White White White

Lithium Polymer

Yes Yes Yes

Version 2.0 Version 2.0 Yes

3.6V, 900mAh, Lithium Polymer

Wireless connectivity between devices. Range - up to 33 feet (10 meters).

Business card exchange

Exchange contact information.

Calculator Yes Yes Yes

Calendar

Fully functional calendar with day, week and month views and reminders.

Call list

View calls made and calls received.

Yes Yes Yes

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Feature W580 W710 W850

Calorie counter

Measures the calories used while walking or running.

Camera 2.0 Megapixel

Camera button

One press camera activation.

cHTML

A mobile device adapted version of the standard Internet communications protocol HTML.

Clock

Onscreen clock.

Co-branding area 7.02 x 28.36 mm 6.86 x 21.82 mm 6.51 x 21.8 mm

Code memo

Yes Yes No

2.0 Megapixel

Fixed

Yes Yes Yes

Fixed

2.0 Megapixel Fixed

A secure place to store all PIN codes and other information. To access Code memo, only one PIN code is needed.

Color Style White

Urban Grey Boulevard Black Metro Pink

Contacts

Phonebook with fields for name, phone and fax numbers, email address, web address, title, company address info, personal address info and birthday.

Conference calls

Support for multi-party calling.

Content online

Downloadable pictures, games, themes, ringtones available online.

Up to 1,000 contacts. Up to 2,500 phone numbers.

Yes Yes Yes

Performance Graphite Hatha Purple

Up to 1,000 contacts. Up to 2,500 phone numbers.

Precious Black Golden White

Up to 1,000 contacts. Up to 2,500 phone numbers.

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Feature W580 W710 W850

DRM (Digital Rights Management) features the rights and copy protection of downloaded content (audio, pictures, music tones, video, entertainment features such as games, java applications etc.).

Design Slider Clamshell Slider

Device Management (DM)

DM utilizes GPRS as bearer (basic network connectivity needs to be in place) of the provisioning data and allows the operator to access the phone and check and set different settings such as Network connectivity (GPRS), email, MMS, WAP and JAVA. Device Management is achieved by supporting Over The Air provisioning 7.1 (OTA), OMA Client Provisioning 1.1 (CP) and OMA Device Management (DM) 1.2.

Version 2.0 Version 2.0

Yes Yes Yes

Digital zoom 4x 4x 2.5x for pictures

4x for video clips 2x for video calls

Display

Main Screen

Type: Size: Resolution: Technology: Colors displayed together: Backlight color: Pixel ratio:

Full graphical

2.0 inches 240 x 320 pixels TFT 262K White

1.0

Full graphical

1.9 inches 176 x 220 pixels TFT 262K White

1.0

Full graphical

2.0 240x320 pixels TFT,QVGA 262K White

1.0

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External Display

Type: Size: Resolution: Technology: Colors displayed together: Backlight color:

EDGE

EDGE provides all the benefits of GPRS at significantly higher data rates and enables feature-rich services that require higher data rates than GPRS can deliver. The added bandwidth can also be used to increase capacity for additional customers. W580 supports EDGE Class 10 (4 +2

- sum 5).

n/a Full graphical

1.5 inches 128 x 128 pixels Grayscale 4-level Orange on black background. Display setting can change to invert when backlight turns off for improved readability.

Yes Yes No

n/a

E-mail

Built-in email client (POP3/ IMAP4) with inbox, outbox, compose, send and other functions. Supports attachments.

EMS (Enhanced Messaging)

Text messaging (SMS) with pictures and sounds.

Exterior description

Length x Width X Thickness Weight

Fast port

A system connector which enables faster data transfer from phone to computer and computer to phone.

Yes Yes Yes

99 x 47 x 14 mm 94 g

Yes Yes Yes

88 x 48 x 24.5 mm 100 g

98 x 47 x 21 mm 118g

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Feature W580 W710 W850

File manager

Folder structure storage to help store and organize pictures, sounds and other phone content.

FM radio with RDS (radio data support)

FM radio with presets, auto and manual search. Portable handsfree is used as an antenna.

Games embedded Yes Yes Yes

GPRS

General Packet Radio Services

- a communications standard enabling packet data transfer similar to Internet - 28.8 kbps -

58.6 kbps. It is recommended to h ave GPRS to use MMS a nd content download services.

Yes Yes Yes

High Speed Data

HSCSD - a communications standard enabling GSM data transfer 14.4 kbps.

Icon Desktop 12

A graphic icon desktop with 12 interactive icons.

Infrared No Yes Yes

Instant messaging (Wireless Village)

A chat and presence service. See your friends' online status and mood. Invite them to group chats or have one-toone conversations with them.

Java™

Support for Java™ technology.

Yes Yes Yes

Java Platform, Micro

Edition™, Java 3D™ Java 2, Micro Edition (J2ME™), Java 3D™

Java 2, Micro Edition (J2ME™), Java 3D™

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Feature W580 W710 W850

Keys - navigation and more

4+1 way navigation 2 selection Back Clear Walkman® key Activity menu Dedicated on/off key Side volume keys

Keys - keypad 12 number keys 12 number keys 12 number keys

Memory, built-in

Phone memory that is free to use (depending on software configuration/file content). Many applications share phone memory. The maximum amount of storage available for any one application, such as calendar entries, is affected by the amount of memory used by other applications, such as messaging, music, pictures, and so on.

Up to 12 MB Up to 10 MB built-in Up to 16 MB

Inside clamshell:

4+1 way navigation 2 selection keys Back Clear Walkman® key Internet/Operator Dedicated on/off key Camera key Volume keys

On clamshell: play/ pause, skip forward, skip backward and menu.

8 + 1 navigation

2 selection

Back

Clear

Walkman® key

Internet/Operator

Activity Menu

Memory card slot

A mini peripheral storage device capable of storing pictures, music, applications and more. Compatible with cameras, PCs and other devices.

Menu shortcuts

A function making it possible to dedicate shortcuts to the most-used phone functions.

Mobile blogging

Share pictures over the Internet on your personal Web page

Memory Stick Micro™ (M2™) support

Yes Yes Yes

Memory Stick Micro™ (M2™) support

Memory Stick PRO

Duo™ support

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Sony Ericsson W580i, W580c User Manual

Preface

Purpose of this document

Sony Ericsson Developer World

Document history

Contents

Product overview

Key features

Images

Technologies in detail

Functions and features