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On 2007-06-14 22:43:32, icaka wrote:
No it looks exactly how it should, just something is wrong with you.I can't understand HOW THE H*LL after SE announced so bloody perfect looking and nearly perfect spec-wise phone, somebody will always find unreal flaws in it and will moan about all the day.LOL I am really p*ssed off of such childish behavior.[ This Message was edited by: icaka on 2007-06-14 21:45 ]

2007-06-14 21:53

W960 does not feel at all as one may think. It is an advanced smartphone exactly as its predecessor W950, but now it feels considerable more normal. The menus, especially in the music player are new and heavely animated. Record covers and titles fly from the sides.


The walkman player menu really looks good on the big screen one is supposed to point at. To scroll, one simply drags the finger over the screen.
Admittedly, it did not work every time we tested it, but that is probably because the phone is not finished yet. It happens all the time here in Berlin that demo phones do not work as intended. But then it is around a half year left until they are found in the stores.

As mentioned previously, when selecting music one can scroll by draging the finger on the screen, but it is also possible to press a number button to move directly to a letter in the list. The music is synchronized with SE's music software, which also includes podcaster to which one can subscribe via that software.

The music menu is inspired by Sony's PSP with gray icons swooshing across the screen. They are shown in one column and selection is made by touching the screen. Generally they are heavely animated, which eventually may affect the performance as SE experienced with P990. Likely they have learned the lesson.

The software that imports ensures that album pictures are transfered as well when importing a record from the computer. The software is only available for PC and not for MAC OS. In the phone, music is shown directly on the start screen and a click there takes you to the music player from where more choices can be made among the tracks. Under the screen there are dedicated music buttons to wind forth and back and pause. At the bottom of the screen there are buttons to control other stuff.

As a phone W960 i really lovely and especially the slim form gives a charming impression and does not make it feel as square and business like as its predecessor. Despite that, it have all functions one can get in UIQ and includes things such as push e-mail and web browser.

The surface is slightly glossy and feels a bit piano like, black but with rounded edges. The memory in the phone is 8 gigabytes and one can fit a lot of music there. One can configure various modes to make the phone play e.g. happy music when one wants that and faster one when running. That function also could be found on previous modells. It is worth mentionening that wireless headset is included in the package.

Same Ram as the P1 and also same processor and graphics chip as the P1, P990, W950 and M600.

Marc