| One of the Walkman Range by Sony, the W595 is | | | | radio with RDS, Java, Games (with download) and |
| excellent at what it is designed to be - a music store | | | | comes in a range of colours, including grey, larva black, |
| and playback system with 3G interconnectivity. Similar | | | | ruby black, white, blue, peachy pink and gold. |
| in appearance to the W910i - there are signs that the | | | | The W595 handles data by means of Class 10 GPRS |
| w595 is a much more reliable model - indications that | | | | and Edge, HSCSD, HSDPA 3.6 Mbps, and v2.0 Blue |
| Sony Ericsson has turned the corner in its production. | | | | tooth. It does have a USB port, but does not have |
| Specific models of the w595 allow for networks | | | | WLAN or an infra-red port. |
| across the world, with the w595c catering for China | | | | Other capabilities includes MIDP 2.0 java, TRACKID |
| Mainland and the w595a made especially to work in | | | | music recognition, SensMe, Shake Control, T9, |
| America. The standard w595 functions on 2G in the | | | | Walkman Player, Picture Editor, Organiser and Voice |
| GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 and 1900 ranges, and in 3G on | | | | memo. |
| HSDPA 2100. | | | | Shake Control is made possible by means of an |
| Released in September 2008, the Sony Ericsson | | | | activator button, and allows for track shuffling, forward, |
| W595 weighs in at 104g and measures 100 x 47 x | | | | back, and volume up and down control. The phone |
| 14mm - a nice slim line handset which fits almost any | | | | controls are protected inside a vertical slide, with sound |
| pocket or handbag. | | | | play buttons on the exterior face of the handset. |
| It has 256 colours in its display, with a 240 x 320 pixel | | | | What we didn't like about it |
| 2.2 inch display which allows easy viewing of pictures | | | | It is chunky, the wasted bezel space on the front could |
| by means of the Accelerometer sensor - enabling | | | | be taken up by a larger screen, and the sharpish |
| rotation of the phone to swap between landscape and | | | | corners of the ends could have been more rounded to |
| portrait format - viewing photos taken from different | | | | make for longer pocket-fabric life. It's appearance is |
| perspectives becomes a pleasure rather than a pain. | | | | unremarkable, but for the person who wishes for |
| The camera is a 3.15 megapixel model - with images | | | | functionality rather than looks, it does the job. |
| 2048 x 1536 pixels in size. It features video calling and | | | | The absence of a now industry standard 3.5mm jack |
| QVGA quality video at 15 frames per second. There is | | | | frustrates those who wish to use larger headsets, |
| no secondary camera. | | | | however the phone does come with a stylish looking |
| Maximum battery life for this phone varies between | | | | adaptor. |
| 385 hours in 2G and 365 hours in 3G in standby, and a | | | | What we liked about this phone |
| talk time of between 9 hours (2G) and 4 hours 30 | | | | The phone comes to life when it is switched on - the |
| mins (3G). It uses a standard Li-Ion battery. | | | | icons are a good size, and Sony Ericsson have |
| The W595 comes with an internal memory of 40MB | | | | maintained their established and familiar menu |
| and 2GB Memory Stick Micro M2 card with the | | | | structures allowing ease of use. |
| optional addition of up to 8GB for the card slot. It | | | | This is a good traveler's phone, working on Quad-band |
| records up to 30 received, missed or deleted calls and | | | | GSM and 3.6Mbps HSDPA - allowing full use of the |
| stores up to 1000 x 20 fields with photo call. | | | | integrated YouTube application and mobile browsing. |
| In terms of connectivity - this phone has the following | | | | As a medium priced (around £130 or free with |
| features: SMS, EMS, MMS and Email messaging, WAP | | | | some networks) sound-system with interconnectivity, |
| 2.0/xHTML and HTML (NetFront) browser, StereoFM | | | | this phone excels at its task. |