Sony Ericsson W810i

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me just bought this so am will be getting in in around 3-4 days

here is some reviews :)

NOTE: W810i got USB 2.0, so one of the reviews are wrong ;)

http://www.reghardware.co.uk/2006/06/02/re...ericsson_w810i/

http://www.mobile-review.com/review/sonyer...n-w810-en.shtml

http://www.mobiledia.com/reviews/sonyerics...810i/page1.html

http://www.mobileburn.com/review.jsp?Id=2310

http://asia.cnet.com/reviews/mobilephones/...9097446p,00.htm

http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,1895,1950682,00.asp

http://www.infosyncworld.com/reviews/n/6620.html

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  • 2 weeks later...
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AbandonedTrolley

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Just bought this from Carphone Warehouse ?209 unlocked, orignally had bought the w700i but then saw this for ?20 more so decided to take the other one back. Glad I did no:):) Very nice phone with pretty much everything you could ask for on i:):)

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Quillz

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I got this phone in Canada a few weeks back from Rogers. So far i'm loving it, no complaints. It's so beautiful, nice and small, i have it on me just about all the time.
When I was visiting Canada a few weeks ago, I passed by a Rogers store and there was ads all over the place for this phone, as it just came out.

There are rumors that Cingular may carry this phone, but I haven't heard any concrete details yet.

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Brodel

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sorry for such a 'noob' question but how do I add wallpapers using my computer? I've downloaded some to my phone using the MMS home studio and get a message asking me to accept mms.tpl but they don't show up in the wallpapers section or anywhere else on my phone?

they are legit wallpapers too from http://www.myw810.lasyk.net/

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Quillz

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sorry for such a 'noob' question but how do I add wallpapers using my computer? I've downloaded some to my phone using the MMS home studio and get a message asking me to accept mms.tpl but they don't show up in the wallpapers section or anywhere else on my phone?

they are legit wallpapers too from http://www.myw810.lasyk.net/

Make sure you're putting the phone into USB file transfer mode. That will make the phone (and Memory Stick) appear as an external hard drive. Next, get the wallpaper(s) you want and put them into the X:\image\ folder. (Where x is the drive letter to your phone.)
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I've also got a W810i.

Had it a while now two, maybe three months and I still think it's a cracking little phone. I actually downgraded from the W900i on Vodafone, basically it was getting too big for my liking and the W810i has (almost) everything the W900i has!

Just can't wait to get out of my contract with Voda now, only switched because of the W900i and I don't even have it now! Roll on June 2007 L :D

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Brodel

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Make sure you're putting the phone into USB file transfer mode. That will make the phone (and Memory Stick) appear as an external hard drive. Next, get the wallpaper(s) you want and put them into the X:\image\ folder. (Where x is the drive letter to your phone.)

thanks :)

Over all I really like the phone, there are two things that bug me about it though compared to my old T630. The screen goes blank when you don't use it where as the T630 used to show the time which I used a lot (i know the w810i lets you press the volume button), also if you missed a call on the T630 it would show it on the screen but very very dim so as not to waste the battery. It was useful because I could wonder about the house and just glance at the phone when I came back to see if I missed any calls or got a message, but now I have to pick the phone up and clear the screen to see if anything has happened. Is there any way around this? I thought I'd get used to it but I've already missed a few calls and messages and only realised much later when I've had to use the phone.

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Over all I really like the phone, there are two things that bug me about it though compared to my old T630. The screen goes blank when you don't use it where as the T630 used to show the time which I used a lot (i know the w810i lets you press the volume button), also if you missed a call on the T630 it would show it on the screen but very very dim so as not to waste the battery. It was useful because I could wonder about the house and just glance at the phone when I came back to see if I missed any calls or got a message, but now I have to pick the phone up and clear the screen to see if anything has happened. Is there any way around this? I thought I'd get used to it but I've already missed a few calls and messages and only realised much later when I've had to use the phone.

These are two things I don't like about the phone, as well. From what I understand, the K750 used to have a standby clock, but since the W900, this feature has been removed in favor of a screen that simply blanks out. As for voicemails, the K750 also used to display them dimly. It seems that since then, SE has reworked the firmware to be more battery friendly, to the dismay of a lot of people. As far as I know, there is no way around this, even with firmware updates.

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Brodel

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These are two things I don't like about the phone, as well. From what I understand, the K750 used to have a standby clock, but since the W900, this feature has been removed in favor of a screen that simply blanks out. As for voicemails, the K750 also used to display them dimly. It seems that since then, SE has reworked the firmware to be more battery friendly, to the dismay of a lot of people. As far as I know, there is no way around this, even with firmware updates.

man, that'll be a real shame if it's not even possible through firmware updates. I would have thought it would be and I see a lot of people finding it a problem on various forums too.

The battery life on my T630 was great too, I could leave it for 6 days with very little use before it ran dead and that was with an old battery.

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I too have lost the settings from SMS delivery reports?!?!?!?

They were there before my phone died and I had to reflash it..

I just have.

MESSAGING --> SETTINGS --> Txt Message... Then just two options; Service Centre and Max Length..

Anyone???

I have the exact same problem using my k750i and my FIDO SIM card. However, if I put one in from MTS Serbia it has these options available. Reports are supported by FIDO, as it works on my Siemens C65 and Nokia 3390. You might want to try a newer SIM card from your provider to see if it fixes the problem.

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Elliot B.

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I too have lost the settings from SMS delivery reports?!?!?!?

They were there before my phone died and I had to reflash it..

I just have.

MESSAGING --> SETTINGS --> Txt Message... Then just two options; Service Centre and Max Length..

Anyone???

Your provider might not support them.

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