W995 Makes Everything Sound Better

BECAUSE I HAVE failing hearing, I like to pump up the volume through earbuds that work for me. The SonyEricsson W995 Walkman phone delivers an audio experience that totally enslaves me to its technology. Something about the Clear Audio solutions offered on the SE products gives my ears a sharp and dynamic audio experience with no apparent leakage through its 3.5 mm audio jack. I can control presets on the phone and get a range of sound from my 192 kb samples that I cannot pull from my iPod or from my Nokia E90. I'm using the same Bose earbuds with those devices, so my experience isn't down to a better in-ear insert. I wish I could get a phone shop to offer me an earbud competition. I'd put the W995 up against the iPhone 3G S and the Nokia N97 to see the differences. But there are some other facets of the phone that I like more than any other new mobile phone on the Irish market.

Handles My Media. SonyEricsson packages its Walkman phones with Media Go, a piece of software that lets me drag and drop video clips, tracks, photos and more between the Walkman phones and my XP PC. I can also toggle into a podcast directory and pull things down from there.

Clear Video. The W995 has a bright 2.6” screen that appeals to my curious daughter. Showing her growing-up video clips while the phone sits in its built-in stand and stereo speakers is a real time-killer. I believe she thinks the phone is a miniature TV set.

Fast 8 MP photos. This phone takes 8.1 megapixel shots and they can be stored on the 8 GB memory card that comes with the phone. From experience, I know I can snap and send the photos up to Flickr without paying a cent, because the phone works on Wi-Fi as well as on the O2 3G network.

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