About the W550i
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Many things in many ways
The swivel-action form factor gives you a wide choice
of ways to use your phone. Closed, open or 90 degrees
style. You can do most things in closed style and enjoy
a full-screen clear-colour experience. Whatever you’re
doing, the W550i looks the part. Start the W550i media
player with one press on the direct music button, and
enjoy your music. The camera button activates the 1.3-megapixel
camera with a classic digital camera menu for quick
and easy settings. The W550i even has dedicated gaming
thumb buttons for maximum flow.
Screen clarity
In any light, the W550i screen gives you a clear picture.
Games and video are pure pleasure, and you can experience
colourful graphics and animations when you’re surfing
the web.
Easy texting
The keys on the W550i are well spaced
to give you optimal ease when writing your messages,
calendar information, notes or contact information.
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Sony Ericsson W550i Highlighted Features
Imaging
The W550i has an integrated 1.3-megapixel camera to give
you bright and clear images that look great in the phone and
on a PC screen. You can choose image size, and add effects
and fun frames. For extra light, this mobile phone has photo
light for great indoor pictures. And when you need to get
up close, use digital zoom.
Picture phone book W550i images can be added to any contact
in your phone book, and their picture appears onscreen when
they call. QuickShare™ makes picture messaging easy. Choose
a picture, click once to send, choose a contact and away it
goes.
Store and share There’s enough memory in the W550i to save
hundreds of images and video clips. You can browse your thumbnail
gallery or view your images in comfortable full-screen mode.
The W550i kit comes with Adobe® Photoshop® album Starter Edition
software for storing and editing your images in your PC. Drag
and drop images from phone to PC. Easy.
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Full-screen video capture The W550i makes full use
of the 1.8" and 262,144-colour TFT screen. Recording
and viewing video uses the entire screen, and you can
enjoy real video viewing in horizontal mode. Video content
can also be streamed from any online mobile video service
such as your network operator and other news, sports
and entertainment websites.
Messaging – any way you want With the W550i, you can
send any type of message, from the shortest text message
to a moving multimedia message with video, music, still
images, and text. VideoDJ™ helps you combine these elements
to put together multimedia messages quickly and easily.
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Imaging Full Specifications
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Camera 1.3 megapixel
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1.3 megapixel camera gives you high quality digital
images
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Picture editor
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A drawing tool in your phone that lets you draw new
pictures from scratch or alter existing ones.
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Sound recorder
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A mini recording device in your phone that lets you
record voice messages or other sounds.
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Picture effects
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Add picture effects as fun layers on a picture.
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Picture Phonebook
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Add pictures to your contacts so that a picture of
the caller appears on-screen when someone calls.
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Wallpaper animation
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Animated wallpaper / moving background pictures. In
standby, your display wallpaper has a pleasing graphic
pattern with smooth movement and colour blending.
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Picture wallpaper
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Background picture on-screen when the phone is in standby
mode.
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Email
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Built-in email client with inbox, outbox, compose,
send and other functions.
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Instant Messaging
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Chat, several people can take part in a mobile messaging
session where each sees what the others are writing.
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SMS long (Text Messaging)
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Concatenated text messaging up to 9600 characters.
This feature must be enabled when sending text messages
with pictures and sounds attached (EMS).
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VideoDJ™
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Create video sequences by combining different clips
and adding music and images.
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Digital camera menu
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Easy-to-use horizontal digital camera menu.
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Photo light
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For a better picture when lighting is poor use Photo
light.
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4X Digital zoom
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Get closer to your subject.
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Macromedia Flash Lite™ (trademark of Macromedia)
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Macromedia Flash Lite™ for impressive animated wallpapers,
menus and other graphic elements.
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Themes display
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Phone menu texts and background graphics.
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MMS (Multimedia Messaging)
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Picture messaging with text and sound. Pictures can
be ones taken with a built-in camera or camera accessory
or ones saved in your phone. Sounds can be recorded
sounds, ringtones or other sounds stored in your phone.
Sony Ericsson's MMS solution allows you to send several
pages/slides with pictures, sounds and text to another
MMS device or to an email address.
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Video streaming
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Realtime video streaming, e.g. live cam.
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Video record
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Record video clip.
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SVG Tiny 1.1
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Scalable Vector Graphics for impressive animated wallpapers,
menus and other graphic elements.
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MMS Video
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Support in the phone for sending video using MMS.
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Video Clip
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Video clip viewing and transfer to another phone or
PC.
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Screensaver
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When the phone has not been used for a while, a screensaver
activates and the phone goes into 'sleep mode'.
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Viewfinder display
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When using an in-phone camera or snap-on accessory
camera, you can see what the picture will include before
you take it.
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Predictive text input
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When you write text, predictive text input software
predicts the word you are writing and finishes it for
you. The prediction is based on previous words used
and a customisable dictionary.
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Entertainment
The W550i comes with everything you need for
an impressive mobile music experience. Quality stereo headphones,
256MB memory (up to 80 tracks), an advanced media player for
easily organising and finding your music, and software to
get your music from your PC to your phone. Connect your W550i
to your PC using the USB cable (supplied). Moving music from
your PC is quick and easy. Just drag and drop
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Stereo headphones, stereo speakers Turn up the volume
and enjoy. Plug in the included stereo headphones -
or any other headphones of your choice. When you want
to share your favourite tracks with friends, play them
loud and clear through the stereo speakers on the back
of the phone. Add Mega Bass™ for depth, and stereo widening
for a bigger sound.
Non-stop entertainment Even when travelling by air,
you can keep on enjoying your W550i. In flight mode,
your phone doesn't send or receive any radio signals
(transmitters off) and is therefore safe to use during
a flight.
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PlayNow™ – more for your phone You have new
W550i ringtones and games waiting for you online. PlayNow™
is a unique Sony Ericsson mobile entertainment download service
that gives you quick and easy access to updated offers of
premium mobile phone entertainment. Click once to go online.
Take your pick. Download straight to your phone.
FM radio RDS The FM radio has 8 channel presets for your
favourite stations. Enjoy quality entertainment round the
clock with Radio Data Support (RDS) feeds. These are digital
text feeds sent out by the radio station that appear in the
FM radio screen in your phone – news and weather feeds and
information about tracks and artists.
Two-handed gaming action The W550i delivers mobile gaming
at its best. It has two-handed horizontal gaming action with
dedicated gaming buttons, plus force and true audio feedback
to make your experience real. Advanced 3D fast-moving graphics
make you live the game.
Entertainment Full Specifications
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Melody composer/MIDI (MusicDJ™)
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A sampler music tool with MIDI drum, guitar, keyboard,
bass and brass loops in different music styles that
you can combine to make your own polyphonic ringtones
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Mega Bass™ (trademark of Sony Corporation)
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An audio feature that enhances bass frequencies for
a better overall music experience
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Media Player
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An in-phone media player that plays MP3 music and MPEG4
video files
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FM radio RDS
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Built-in FM radio with presets and auto and manual
search RDS (radio data support). Digital text feeds
broadcast by radio stations.
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Gaming buttons
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Dedicated gaming buttons for easy game control
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PlayNow™
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Download and pre-listen top music ringtones straight
from the phone desktop in three clicks.
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Content Online
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Downloadable pictures, games, themes, ringtones available
online
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Style-Up™ Covers
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Exchangeable covers to change the external look of
your phone
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Java MIDP2
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Java™ for mobile devices
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Music tones
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Music tones, also called master tones, are DRM (Digital
Rights Management) protected music by original artists.
Various digital audio formats are supported.
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Games Embedded
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Pre-installed games
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Polyphonic ringtones
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Real music ringtones
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Games Download
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Replace your in-phone games with new ones
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3D games
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3D games for an enhanced gaming experience
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Connectivity
Connect and enjoy - The W550i has every possible connectivity
option to make your music, imaging and online experiences
smooth and easy. A USB cable is supplied in the box, and the
W550i has both Bluetooth™ and infrared for a wireless connection
when you want it.
USB plug & play - When you connect your W550i to a PC using
the supplied USB cable, the PC identifies your phone as a
storage device. Double-click on the W550i icon and browse
the phone content – images, music, themes. Drag and drop items
from phone to PC and PC to phone.
Sony Ericsson Applications Suite - Use the Sony Ericsson
Applications Suite to connect your phone to your PC to surf,
synchronise and move images and music between devices. When
your phone and PC are connected, you can create and send SMS,
MMS and email from your PC. Do more with your phone.
Connectivity Full Specifications
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Sync ML
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A device communications standard that enables remote
synchronisation between devices
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Fast port
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A system connector that enables faster data transfer
from phone to PC and PC to phone.
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Infrared port
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An wireless connector enabling you to connect your
phone to a laptop or other infrared device in order
to share pictures, synchronise or use the phone as a
modem
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USB mass storage
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Connect your phone to a PC with USB cable and the expandable
and/or phone memory appears on the PC screen as a mass
storage device.
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GPRS
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General Packet Radio Services - a communications standard
enabling packet data transfer similar to the internet
- 28.8 kbps - 58.6 kbps. It is recommended that you
have GPRS to use MMS and content download services
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USB support
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PC to phone USB cable support
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Synchronisation PC
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Synchronise and share phone content with PC
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Bluetooth™ wireless technology
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Wireless connectivity between devices. Range - up to
10 metres
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WAP 1.2.1
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A mobile internet standard enabling you to access specially
designed internet sites
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WAP 2.0
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Same as WAP 1.2.1 but also supports colour and interactive
lists.
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Access NetFront™ Web Browser
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Full HTML Browser
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Modem
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GSM internet dial-up support
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RSS feeds
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Use your phone to view up-to-the-minute news and other
content from selected websites and blogs.
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WTLS
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Wireless Layer Transmission Security - encrypts confidential
information such as credit card and bank account numbers.
Necessary for mobile banking and shopping.
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