Study Says: Sony Ericsson W800i is a Hit

October 31, 2005 By Ian Bell

A recent study by Strategy Analytics claims the Sony Ericsson Walkman Phone beats the Motorola ROKR and Samsung A970 Phones.

Well, it should come as no surprise that the new Motorola ROKR/iTunes phone is a flop. It’s ugly and can only story a measly 100 songs – who wants that? Not you, according to a new study by research firm Strategy Analytics. The new report concludes that the new Sony Ericsson W800i Walkman phone is the highest rated mobile phone in the USA, topping the Motorola ROKR and Samsung A970 phones.

So what makes the W800i Walkman phone so great? According to Strategy Analytics it has a superior style appeal and impressive audio quality. The Motorola ROKR received a high score for usability, but lacked style and features. And the Samsung A970 phone was just too heavy at 144 grams.

The Motorola device achieved an 8-point advantage over its rivals for Application Usability. “Current iTunes users in particular indicated strong usability preference for the ROKR, indicating that the iTunes interface is generating loyalty/preference dynamics similar to branded Operating Systems,” according to Chris Ambrosio, Director of Wireless Device Research at Strategy Analytics.

Kevin Nolan, Director of the Advanced Wireless Laboratory at Strategy Analytics, added, “The ROKR was rated lower than the Samsung and Sony Ericsson devices for Music Quality, however, a notableunderperformance for Motorola given the branded and highly optimized iPod interface designed for music delivery.” You can get the report at the company’s website: www.strategyanalytics.com

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Keylogger at 11:55pm 9th February 2006 I have had this phone for about a week now and i am very happy with it, yes the battery it half dead in a day, but thats only because i spend about 4h with the music on loud, and on GPRS at the same time, so in my opinion, its a vey good battey.

blultooth works well, and will realy fly if sending to another v2 phone.

iRD, tryed it, slow as ever, but works well.

Disk2Phone, works well for me, but i have the newest firmwear, and so no problemse there

GPRS, fast very fast, and dam this phone can mutlitask, download a java game, keep searching for more on the page, and lisen to music all at the same time, with barly any slowdown… mavelus…

Screen, very beatifull, clear and sharp

Camra, its the K750i’s and its as good as ever, when you turn on night mode, and the light you can even get a good pic in the pich black.

Headphone, very good, i dont feal any need to change them,

Softwear, very good, stable and fast.

Over all, a brilant phone, but rember its just that, a phone, so dont expect battly life to be like it has its own power station, for gods sake, just put it to charge when your sleeping