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K-series not given proper respect |
mailboxmanoj
Joined: May 15, 2007
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Just a normal observation......
Once a user comes to know that his/hers K-series phone can be flashed/upgraded to a W-series phone,they just go ahead and do it,people think that the W-series is on a higher level then the K-series...wonder how Sony Ericsson is well-known in the camera segment ?Listening to music seems to be more popular than clicking pictures....... |
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goldenface
Joined: Dec 17, 2003
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From: Liverpool City Centre
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The W series stretches from low end to high end.
You get decent media players in the recent K series phones but you don't really get good ~AF cameras in the  handsets. May be thats why.
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markztrance
Joined: Nov 18, 2006
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From: Dagupan, Philippines
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@ goldenface
I agree. think about it.
Flashing a W series in a K series will give you additional application like icon and mediaplayer and at the same time, AF camera. (mostly)
but flashing a K series in a W series will give you nothing and will never activate the AF bcoz AF is a hardware issue. |
razec
Joined: Aug 20, 2006
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From: Pearl of the Orient Seas
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On 2008-03-21 09:54:54, mailboxmanoj wrote:
Just a normal observation......
Once a user comes to know that his/hers K-series phone can be flashed/upgraded to a W-series phone,they just go ahead and do it,people think that the W-series is on a higher level then the K-series...wonder how Sony Ericsson is well-known in the camera segment ?Listening to music seems to be more popular than clicking pictures.......
Most SE market sales top notchers were inclined with the K-series segment. K700, K750, K800 were few ones among them. and tbh i loved K more than most walkman phones are basically based on K-series with just a walkman sticker and player slapped on it. although this stereotype has been axed with the arrival W980 (basically a completely new product without any direct/indirect descendant)
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max_wedge
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I ran W800 software on my K750 for almost the whole life of the phone. It still runs W800 (R1BC).
I did this for the Walkman software and flightmode. Though with no activity menu in the W800, I'm not sure what I'd do if I had to go back to the K750 handset.
The K800 atleast has activity menu, flight mode, and the music player in K800 is more advanced than that which was in the K750 firmware, so K800 is sorta like a mix between K750 and W800 best features.
With my Walkman mod, my K800 is close enough to Walkman for me to not want an actual Walkman phone
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EV8JjQ-puPo 
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razec
Joined: Aug 20, 2006
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From: Pearl of the Orient Seas
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My loyalty to K-series forces me to buy a K750 housing and use it to replace my W800's 
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carkitter
Joined: Apr 29, 2005
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From: Auckland, NZ
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Since my K700, I've only owned Vodafone branded handsets - V800, V630i, V640i and my next will be a T650i so I've had neither Cybershot nor Walkman branded models  I don't debrand my phones but I always look for Walkman based themes to run on them.
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Muhammad-Oli
Joined: Jun 13, 2004
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Lol do you want the Walkman A200 theme there carkitter?
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goldenface
Joined: Dec 17, 2003
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Yes I installed the Walkman theme on my K850i which has TrackID, EQ, A2DP, AlbumArt etc.
The Walkman theme displays the current track above the time when on standby.
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Cold Fusion
Joined: Nov 21, 2006
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The w810i is th BEST overall fone, Exellent sound quality, good cam (pics are around 700-800 kb with sarmad 6.0),Edgde, Excellent display(its wins the k800 also i think) etc etc
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danska
Joined: Aug 03, 2005
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On 2008-03-22 15:38:52, goldenface wrote:
Yes I installed the Walkman theme on my K850i which has TrackID, EQ, A2DP, AlbumArt etc.
The Walkman theme displays the current track above the time when on standby.
This might be a stupid question but what is this walkman theme you are writing about?
thanks
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number1
Joined: Sep 12, 2007
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From: UK,kent,Sittingbourne
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i always buy k-series for there cams, the walkmans are just eyecandy put some new acoustics on the k series and you get walkman sound quality & K series camera performance. the k800i is better than the w810i i don't know what i would do without 3g and a decent sized screen. |
max_wedge
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Agree.
The latest version of KD Player supports album art via id tag, and with skinning you can make it look virtually identical to the Walkman player, and it's features are as good or better than the walkman player.
MY "K800 Walkman" with Album Art:
Using modding techniques, I've also replaced my right softkey with a Walkman logo and a link to KD Player, and also added a "Walkman" link in my main menu.
I've got the best of both worlds 
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goldenface
Joined: Dec 17, 2003
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@danska
dentoters07 has one pictured.
Go to the SE wap site, change your phone to W890i and download it from the free section. Its just called Walkman.
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tranced
Joined: Jan 19, 2006
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From: Santo Domingo, wonDeRland
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when i had my k750, i never thought about flashing it to w800. i think that the Activity button is more useful than a player.
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Posted: 2008-03-21 09:54
