- 3G-enabled phone in black with accelerometer for shake-to-shuffle music and tilting the phone to control gameplay
- Compatible with AT&T Navigator GPS, Video Share, AT&T Mobile Music, and streaming video from Cellular Video service
- 3.2-megapixel camera/camcorder; Bluetooth stereo music; digital audio player; M2 memory expansion; access to personal email and instant messaging
- Up to 3.5 hours of talk time, up to 240 hours (10 days) of standby time
- Includes: handset, battery, charger, quick start guide, user manual
Amazon.com Product Description
Packed with entertainment features and great innovations to take music and gaming interaction to the next level, the Sony Ericsson w760a for AT&T can quickly download video, music and more over AT&T’s lightning quick HSPDA 3G network. Additionally, this GPS-enabled phone can access the AT&T Navigator service for turn-by-turn directions as well as its Video Share serve, which enables you to send video of yourself to another compatible phone while making a voice call.
This Walkman phone includes the innovative “shake to shuffle” feature, which randomly chooses another song stored on your phone with just a flick of the wrist. This phone is also great for gaming, thanks to that built-in motion sensor that enables you to tilt the phone to control gameplay. Other features include a 3.2-megapixel camera/camcorder, Bluetooth 2.0 for handsfree devices and stereo music streaming, Memory Stick Micro (M2) expansion, access to personal email and instant messaging services, and up to 3.5 hours of talk time.
Take advantage of AT&T services including Mobile Music, Video Share, and AT&T Navigator turn-by-turn directions. |
AT&T Service Options
This AT&T phone can handle high-speed data connectivity via AT&T’s 3G mobile broadband data network, which is available in most major metropolitan areas. The AT&T 3G network uses the dual-band UMTS 850/1900 MHz network, and this phone is also compatible with 2100 MHz 3G networks (found in international territories). The AT&T 3G network provides download speeds ranging from 700 Kbps to 1.7 Mbps, and upload speeds ranging from 500 Kbps to 1.2 Mbps. This makes it possible to enjoy a variety of feature-rich wireless multimedia services, and it gives you the advantage of offering simultaneous voice and data services. (For use outside the United States, an AT&T international data plan is recommended.)
In areas where the 3G network is not available, you’ll continue to receive service on the AT&T EDGE network, which offers availability in more than 13,000 US cities and along some 40,000 miles of major highways. Providing average data speeds between 75-135Kbps, it’s fast enough to support a wide range of advanced data services, including video and music clips, full picture and video messaging, high-speed color Internet access, and email on the go. You’ll also enjoy quad-band GSM connectivity, which allows you to make calls in more than 190 countries and access data applications in the more than 135 countries where AT&T offers international data roaming.
With 3G connectivity, you’ll be able to access AT&T’s Video Share service, which enables you to send a live, one-way video stream to another compatible phone during a standard voice call. The service also allows you to switch the direction of the video stream during the same phone call. (Customers must be in an area served by the company’s 3G network and have a Video Share-enabled phone.) A majority of users in the architecture, engineering and construction industries rated the ability to share live video through Video Share highly, according to research commissioned by AT&T. Video Share lets you see progress on a job site or review the day’s work without having to drive from an office or other site to do so.
You can take advantage of the AT&T Navigator GPS software and service, a full-featured premium navigation application that includes audible turn-by-turn directions, real-time traffic updates and re-routing options, and 3D moving maps (additional charges applicable). AT&T Navigator offers several other features to make your commute more enjoyable and reliable, including mobile access to Yellowpages.com. Additionally, AT&T Navigator is the only mobile phone-based GPS service that provides integrated speech recognition for address entry and points of interest search.
With 3G connectivity, you’ll be able to access AT&T’s Cellular Video (CV) service and the Internet while on the go. Cellular Video features content from CNN, The Weather Channel, iFilm, Comedy Central and exclusive premium content from HBO and much more. And you get access to AT&T Mobile Music, which enables you to buy tracks while on the, access the Napster and eMusic subscription music services, stream music video, discover what’s playing with Music ID song-recognition software, and find out what’s hot with The Buzz music news portal. (A MEdia Max subscription bundle is recommended for accessing AT&T’s Internet, video, and music services.)
The phone has a built-in web browser for MEdia Net downloads and mobile web browsing. AT&T’s MEdia Net service enables you to receive and send emails, read news headlines, get weather updates, download games and ringtones, and more.
The integrated accelerometer lets you shuffle music by shaking and play games by tilting the phone. |
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Phone Features
The slider-style w760a features a top face with a 2.2-inch, 262K-color LCD screen (240 x 320-pixel resolution), five-way navigator (with music play/pause button in the center) and standard send/end and soft navigation keys. The phone slides smoothly up to reveal the alpha-numeric keypad. The phone has a 32 MB internal memory, which can be expanded via optional Memory Stick Micro (M2) media (up to 4 GB in size). The internal phonebook can store up to 1000 contact entries with space for up to 7 numbers per entry and support for picture and ringer ID.
This Walkman phone offers a full-function digital audio player that’s compatible with MP3 and AAC files, and it includes Sony Ericsson’s innovative “shake to shuffle” feature. With Shake Control activated, just flick your wrist and a vibration lets you know that the track has been changed–a new song from your current playlist is randomly selected and automatically played. Playback settings also include an equalizer, playlists, stereo widening, and shuffle and loop modes. This Walkman phone features MegaBass enhancement for added depth of sound, a flight mode that lets you keep listening to tunes with the phone’s network connectivity turned off, and the PlayNow feature that enables you to download new music tones directly to the phone.
Sony Ericsson’s SensMe technology is used to incorporate mood analysis into the track details, which allows you to create playlists that suit your mood. Select SensMe in the downloadable Sony Ericsson Media Manager software, and it will mood-analyze all MP3 files on the computer. When you transfer music from a CD or a PC to your phone using Media Manager, the tracks will automatically be analysed. Instead of selecting tracks for your next playlist, just select your mood.
With the W760, gaming is more fun than ever. The integrated accelerometer allows you to shake or tilt the W760a to simulate motion while playing video games, and dedicated A and B gaming buttons also allow extra control and interactivity. The intuitive Media User Interface rotates depending on how you’re holding the phone, so you can see everything you need at a glance. Auto rotate works for photos, videos and games.
This phone provides Bluetooth version 2.0 wireless connectivity with EDR (enhanced data rate), and includes profiles for communication headset, handsfree car kits, and audio/video remote control. With the A2DP Bluetooth profile, you can stream your music to a pair of compatible Bluetooth stereo headphones. You can connect your laptop (either via Bluetooth or wired USB) and enjoy dial-up networking–surf the Internet, send email, and access files from a server.
The built-in 3.2 megapixel camera captures stills and video–and playback of video or still pictures is only limited to the memory card size (or capped at 20 seconds for sending via MMS). You can choose from four resolution sizes and two quality settings for still photos, and it also features white balance and brightness adjustments, digital zoom (up to 3.2x), night mode, panorama, and multi-shot mode. It provides support for PictBridge technology so you can print your photos without the need of a PC (either using USB or Bluetooth). Video clips can be shot at up to QVGA resolution (320 x 240 pixels) at 30 frames per second (fps).
The phone also ships with a built-in email client with support for POP3 and IMAP4 protocols, while the included Access NetFront Web Browser allows you to surf full HTML web sites. It also supports RSS feeds, allowing you to use your phone to view up-to-the-minute news and other content from selected Web sites and blogs. Just subscribe to the feed and let it come to you. Support is built in for sending and receiving text, video, graphics and sound via messages. T9 text entry, a technology that makes it easier for people to enter words and text on handsets, is built into the unit–a plus for mobile email and text messaging users.
Other features include:
- Flight mode allows you to safely use the non-wireless functions of this phone (such as music, games, or organizer functions) on an airplane during flight
- Instant messaging via AOL, Windows Live, Yahoo!
- Organizational tools: calendar, calculator, alarm clock, tasks, timer, notes, stopwatch
- USB mass storage capabilities
- Polyphonic and MP3 ringtones, vibrating alert
- Speakerphone
- Voice dialing and voice commands
- Built-in FM radio
Vital Statistics
The Sony Ericsson w760a weighs 3.6 ounces and measures 4.05 x 1.9 x 0.6 inches. Its 930 mAh lithium-polymer battery is rated at up to 3.5 hours of talk time, and up to 240 hours (10 days) of standby time. It runs on the 850/900/1800/1900 MHz GSM/GPRS/EDGE frequencies as well as AT&T’s 850/1900 MHz 3G frequencies (UMTS/HSDPA).
Sony Ericsson W760a Phone, Black
Edit:
I take all that back; the third of our w760a’s, already a replacement has just gone kaput with a blank screen, which replaced the prior one whose screen looked all cracked inside. All 3 would start doing random functions now and again, one had a battery that would get searing hot after 2 minutes of a call, and the last replacement’s music was unusable because you could not get it to produce sound above a whisper on the head phones on any of the “propitiatory” pain in &^* multiple head phones and adapters I had to buy extra to use at the start. As these last two replacements were two mouthes past the 1 year original warranty period on the original phones, ATT and Sony-Erickson both refuse to do anything at all, the quote from ATT being “bummer dude”.
Sony-Erickson phones are absolute rubbish and I will never buy one again, and likely to leave ATT at the end of the contract if not sooner
end of edit (re-rated at 1 instead of original 4)
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Not sure what phone is reviewed below because this phone works great, great call clarity, easy to use with good interface. Far sturdier and superior to the cheap feeling 580 which my nephew has and much better call clarity.
The only disappointments are the initial buying experience.
1. It is music phone, but you get no headphones or headset, which should be much clearer upfront, since it has the much and deservedly ranted about proprietary headphone, no std. 3.5 connection, you have to look for and buy compatible headphones or a converter and/or waiiiit if you want to get them much cheaper on Amazon.
2. It is music phone, but you get no memory, which should be much clearer upfront as you can only load one short song until you buy M2 memory, and/or waiiiit if you want to get it much cheaper on Amazon. Though you can get 8 gb here for a good price which works on the phone. Given you can get 1 gb for under $5, seems cheap, tacky, shortsighted to not include at least that size m2.
3. No USB cable either, also cheap here.
4. ATT blocks out the fitness tracker software, but can get at phone site.
All of which sours the experience of being excited to get, open and try the good stuff only to find you need to go on a scavenger treasure hunt and wait days or more to see if the good stuff works, bad business/marketing.
But Love the phone in the end and recommend it highly.
Rating: 1 / 5
UPDATE: I’ve had the w760a for over a year now (started using it in September 2008). For a while I kept seeing more and more glitches popping up with it (calls not staying remembered in the phone memory, random shut-offs, calls going to voice-mail before ever ringing). Based on other reviews I’ve read, these are common glitches and not limited to just me.
However, I installed a software update from the Sony Ericsson website in October 2009 and all of the glitches (listed below) have since gone away.
As such, I am giving this phone an extra star. It has excellent call quality and a number of nice perks, such as a built-in FM radio, a scheduler and tasks feature, a decent camera (3.2MP), and a sturdy design.
I wish the interface were slightly faster and perkier to respond to commands (the w760a’s predecessor, the w580, was much quicker in this regard), but this phone is definitely sturdier than most on the market.
If you’re looking for a reliable, sturdy phone with landline call quality and a few extra features, the Sony Ericsson w760a is a good bet. I wouldn’t recommend it if you’re a phone-internet user, or an obsessive texter, but if you just want to make calls and a few texts here or there, this is an excellent choice.
ORIGINAL REVIEW: I have AT&T wireless and got the Sony w760 as a replacement for my Sony w580i, which I had been using for about five months, before the speaker got messed up.
At first I thought it was great to be upgraded to the latest phone (even though the w580i was itself a pretty new phone), but I soon saw the flaws.
First, while the w760 is mostly the same interface and also of a very similar design to the w580i, there have been small changes, most of them are NOT for the better. The phone itself is slightly larger than the w580 which isn’t a huge deal, unless you really like smaller phones. But the plastic and metal on it feel cheaper, thinner and tackier; I think the w580 is a much classier-looking phone than this w760. That said, I can tell now that the w760 is probably much sturdier and less plasticky-fragile.
My biggest gripe is with the added graphics. The menus and colors and themes produce less legible text and numbers (and they’re less attractive) on the w760 and the fancy transitions and effects slow down commands and make the w760 a much slower phone for everyday operations, such as writing text messages, browsing through your address book, or accessing the main menu.
Some problems from the w580i have carried over to this one. I don’t like how phone numbers aren’t “formatted” American-style (with dashes in-between the numbers: 123-456-7890) in the address book, when you receive a call or when you type a number on the screen. Instead, you just get a 10-digit string of numbers, with no spaces or dashes, which makes it difficult to read and recognize numbers easily in the small chunks that we’re used to.
The battery life is also not as long as I’d like, though it’s not terrible by any means. With my old Nokia, I’d charge the phone maybe once a week at most, whereas with this Sony I have to charge it once every three days. I use the phone for on average 1000 minutes a month, or 30 minutes a day, along with listening to the radio two or three hours a week.
That said, call quality is excellent. It’s about as close to a regular landline that I’ve ever heard and slightly improves on the quality of the w580i. Voices sound natural and the volume can be adjusted easily. Some other great features includes the “tasks” scheduler as well as a built-in FM radio.
This is an excellent phone if you’re a music-lover as it carries MP3s, has a great speaker, and various features of that kind. It also has a 3.2 megapixel camera (the w580i had only 2 megapixels) which is good for taking quick photos or even video.
Some improvements include 3G capability (which I don’t use) and also the AT&T GPS features which gives you directions and maps (but you pay a data fee to use it).
If the user interface were cleaner and faster this phone would be awesome. As it stands, it’s adequate for my simple needs (calls and texts).
Rating: 4 / 5
I’m surprised with the reviews sometimes. You want to buy something and you want to check whether people like it by reading the reviews but what you find is such different opinions that it’s impossible to find out if the item is really good or not. So I bought this phone before anyone posted a review on amazon.
I actually took two same phones – black one for me and red one for my wife. We are both happy as we use them as just the phones. I doesn’t look cheap and it looks way batter then previous model w580i. I would even say that w580i is just a crap. I owned w300i before and it would be a great phone if not for the buttons. It didn’t have green/red buttons to make a call and disconnect as all normal phone have. Instead it hasd C button. This phone has all the buttons you neeed and they are big and have enough space between them.
The screen is big, bright and has good resolution. I like the menus and that you can create shorcuts on arrow buttons. Also Address book is accessible by pressing right button, camera is turned on by left button, menu is selected by “enter” button so you can program 4 arrow buttons anyway you want.
I also considered z750 but read a lot of bad reviews about its battery. I hope this one performs better. People recharge z750 after 1-2 days, these two phones already two days since the last charge and still have 75% of their charge. I guess it will become worse but still…
What else… You slide the phone to close it and it locks itself to prevent accidental press of a button, you slide it open and it unlocks or you can press two buttons to unlock it which means you don’t have to open it at all unless you need to dial. I guess this is standard.
The speaker is good and loud. You can even listen to the music on it (of course the quality is not like a boombox).
One of the reviewers rated this phone with one star by saying that it doesn’t have memory to store songs and the sync up software is bad. I can add to this that this phone doesn’t have a flashlight, a karaoke, a scanner, a printer and windows vista premium. I guess this is because it’s just a phone. What a sync software has to do with the phone? I don’t even have this software so I have no idea if it’s bad or not. And memory – 4gb flash card costs around 20$!!! And when you buy a digital camera do you get much memory with it? This review is just for the phone not for add-ons.
I’m actually angry with all the phone manufactures that they don’t make standard headphone jacks on the cell phones. You need to have an adapter and this phone doesn’t even have one in the package! w300i came with one but it’s a pain to remember to take it with you so I listened to the music just couple of times as I never had the adapter with me when I needed one. Shame on you SONY and everyone else! You already created a mess with batteries, charging devices and cables now you added this headache with the headphones.
I don’t know if the camera is good. it doesn’t have a flash so it’s like an “emergency” camera. I’ve never used a camera on the phone.
So my resume. This is a great phone and the best I’ve seen so far. If it proves itself as reliable as w300i I would say this is the best CELL PHONE ever made.
Rating: 5 / 5
I’ve owned several Motorola phones in the past and was hesitant to switch to a Sony Ericsson. Since I was going to be stuck with `this’ phone for the next 2-years, I spent a good amount of time researching several phones (LG, Motorola, SE, Iphone, and Samsung) and found this one was prefect. CNET gives it a very high rating!! (BTW-I would have loved to get the IPhone but I didn’t want to pay the extra monthly service charges the phone requires and as a `phone’ it is quite large to carry around.)
I wanted a Slide Phone but not one that was too bulky & thick and also one that had a key-pad that would (1) last and (2) had numbers that were not too small. Surprisingly CNET reviewed several phones that did not meet those simple criteria.
While I waited for my phone to be delivered, I saw the previous reviews. I became very concerned about the choice I had made. Well, I have had this phone for 2 weeks and have not seen any of the problems the other reviewers listed. I bought a 4G M2 card and have loaded a good amount of music and images. The great thing is, the computer software is free on SE’s site, where Motorola made you pay for theirs.
So, to say the least, I love this phone. I LOVE the walkman ‘SensMe’ feature, the fact you can shake the phone to shuffle or go to the next song, and you can lift or lower the phone to change the volume… Not to mention, for the size you get a great camera and AAC/MP3 player all in one! It’s prefect! Also, if I want to add web-access, I can add it later but I am not committed to an additional monthly service plan like I would have been with the I-Phone. Honestly, the list of what I love goes on.
Also, I did send SE an e-mail suggesting they read the reviews on Amazon’s site. SE also provides software upgrades for their phones so if there is an issue, hopefully they would fix it. I have received an e-mail back informing me they have not had those issues reported as of yet but would look into them.
I HIGHLY recommend this phone! And it easily deserves the 5-stars I have given it!!!
Rating: 5 / 5
I have had this phone for almost a week. After exploring the features I guess this is really a good phone for the price.
Pros
3.2 MP camera — the photos are real good when taken in daylight.
very interactive — has haptic feedback
call clarity — excellent
Great voice recognition for recorded commands
Cons
lack of flash for camera
proprietary head set (C’mon Sony include 3.5 mm head set jack)
keys looks too plastic
Rating: 5 / 5