Sony Ericsson Walkman W580i Quick reference guide

June 2008
W580i and W580c

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Preface
Purpose of this document
This White Paper will be published in several revisions as the phone is developed. Therefore, some of the
headings and tables below contain limited information. Additional information and facts will be
forthcoming in later revisions.
The aim of this White Paper is to give the reader an understanding of technology and its main
applications, as well as the main functions and features of the phone.
Note: This document contains general descriptions for this specific Sony Ericsson mobile phone.
People who can benefit from this document include:
• Operators
• Service providers
• Software developers
• Support engineers
• Application developers

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Document history
Change history
26 March 2007 Version R1A Initial Release.
12 April 2007 Version R2A Updated with feedback.
5 June 2007 Version R3A Updated with feedback.
10 July 2007 Version R4A Updated.
24 July 2007 Version R5A Updated.
9 August 2007 Version R6A Updated with model numbers.
17 September 2007 Version R7A Updated with comments
5 June 2008 Version R8A Updated with comments

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Contents
Product overview ....................................................................................................................... 5
Key features ............................................................................................................................. 6
Images ...................................................................................................................................... 8
Technologies in detail .............................................................................................................. 12
Facts and figures ..................................................................................................................... 25
Abbreviations ......................................................................................................................... 53
Related information ................................................................................................................ 57

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Product overview
Impress friends and colleagues with the sleek design of the W580. The design features a slim slider for
your senses with inviting tactile surfaces that makes you want to touch and hold it. The built-in
Walkman™, combines with the 512 MB Expandable Memory Stick Micro™ (M2™) to make the W580 a
portable music device, as well as a phone.
W580 also has an impressive 2MP camera with 4x digital zoom and 1600 x 1200 resolution. Enjoy viewing
pictures or video clips on the 2.0 inch, 240 x 320 pixel, 262k display. This phone supports EDGE Class 10
(Enhanced Data rates for Global Evolution) and GPRS (General Packet Radio Service) quad band 850/900/
1800/1900 (Class 10 meaning 4+2 sum 5), and GSM (Global System for Mobile Communications). In
addition to packet switched (PS) data, it also supports voice and circuit switched (CS) data.
The W580 is the ultimate mobile phone for the sports-minded and active individual. The design and sports
functionality make W580 trendy, yet functional. Track your progress and expand your limits with the
sports application. Record how your body performs during exercise and record graphical data that you
can easily transfer to your PC.
Note: To be able to give updated information about the implemented technology and functionality of this
product as soon as possible, this White Paper will be released in updated revisions.

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Key features
2.0 inch color screen
The 2.0 inch (240 x 320 pixels) full graphic 262k color screen enhances viewing, facilitating high-quality
multimedia and entertainment.
2.0 Megapixel camera
With the 2.0 Megapixel, fixed focus camera, taking pictures becomes easy and fun. The camera includes
a 4x digital zoom and many user friendly features. The user interface adds extra quality when it comes to
handling the camera.
Walkman™ player
The Walkman™ 2.0 player converts the phone into a portable MP3, MPEG4, H263 player. Play music and
video clips, streamed or downloaded. The folder system enables you, for example, to organize your
favorite songs into groups and create simple playlists.
TrackID™
Obtain title, artist and album information about songs when listening to the FM radio or by recording
music from an external source using the microphone. TrackID™ is powered by Gracenote Mobile
MusicID™.
Shake control
Press and hold the Walkman™ key, then shake your phone to pick and play a song in the album or playlist
you are listening to – at random.
Communicorder
By using the built-in communicorder, a video recording can be captured and stored in the phone. A video
clip can easily be sent off in a picture message for example to friends or family to share experiences with
instantly. The W580 supports viewing video clips in full screen mode.
Gaming
Gaming is already a very popular feature in mobile phones, and with Advanced Java, users can add new
games and skill levels to further enhance the entertainment value of Sony Ericsson phones. Several
embedded games are included in the phone at purchase. Both 2D and 3D gaming is supported.
JAVA™
Download extra content with Java™, for example, new information- and entertainment-based applica-
tions. This gives users a chance to personalize the functions and features in their phones, and developers
the opportunity to create new applications.
HTML web browser support
Browse the internet and look at the web sites in different ways with Access NetFront 3.3, an HTML
browser which supports a complete web standard suite.
Disc2Phone
You can create your own playlists and albums and transfer them to the phone. Music files can be trans-
ferred from a computer to the phone memory, in a user-friendly way. Search for and select music on your

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computer or audio CDs and convert your existing audio tracks to MP3 format. Disc2Phone will be
included on the CD in the box.
RDS FM Radio
The FM radio with RDS (radio data system) offers instant and easy access to FM radio channels. The RDS
function brings information directly to the screen, which is sent out by the currently tuned in radio station.
Just plug in the handsfree that works as an antenna and start listening to desired music. The radio can
also be used as an alarm signal.
Polyphonic Ringtones
With this format, the user can play, compose, edit and send melodies by using the Music DJ. The built-in
sound synthesizer uses wave tables, real instrument sounds with 72 voices polyphonics. The new com-
poser has an improved graphical user interface to simplify melody handling. All new and edited melodies
are stored in MIDI format.
Bluetooth™ wireless technology
Several devices (simultaneous Bluetooth connections) can be connected to W580 using Bluetooth wire-
less technology up to 33 feet (10 meters) away. For example, the phone can be answered with a Bluetooth
headset when it rings and images can be sent to another phone at the same time. Several mobile phones
can take part in a Bluetooth supported game and the phone and a computer can exchange data such as
images, video clips, business e-cards, music files and calendar data.
Personal Information Management (PIM)
Stay up to date with everyday events by synchronizing phone contacts, calendar appointments and tasks
in the phone with similar programs in a computer. Synchronize via USB or Bluetooth using software pro-
vided on CD in the box (also available at www.SonyEricsson.com/support).
Memory Stick Micro™ (M2™)
The W580 supports Memory Stick Micro™ (M2™). Store up to 512 MB of content (pictures, audio, video
clips etc.) on the included Memory Stick™. Additional memory sticks may be purchased separately. The
W580 accomodates Memory Stick Micro™ (M2™) up to 4 GB. Transfer content to other Sony Memory
Stick-compatible consumer products using an adapter, for example Sony digital cameras, camcorders,
portable music players, TVs, photo printers and computers.
Mobile blogging
Share pictures with friends and family by sending them via the Internet to your personal blog.

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Images

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Technologies in detail
This chapter offers a detailed description of the technologies available in this product.

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Functions and features
The following table is a complete description of the features in W580. It also compares the product with
one other Sony Ericsson product.
Feature W580 W710 W850
3D games support Yes Yes Yes
Alarm clock
Set a time and the phone will
ring at that time.
Yes Yes Yes
AMR
Adaptive MultiRate audio
format for speech sounds.
Yes Yes Yes
Backlight
Colored backlight to illuminate
the phone screen.
White White White
Battery 3.6V, 930mAh,
Lithium Polymer
3.6V, 900mAh,
Lithium Polymer
3.6V, 900mAh,
Lithium Polymer
Battery charging time
At least 90% charged after 120
minutes.
Yes Yes Yes
Bluetooth™ wireless
technology
Wireless connectivity between
devices. Range - up to 33 feet
(10 meters).
Version 2.0 Version 2.0 Yes
Business card exchange
Exchange contact information.
Yes Yes Yes
Calculator Yes Yes Yes
Calendar
Fully functional calendar with
day, week and month views
and reminders.
Yes Yes Yes
Call list
View calls made and calls
received.
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Calorie counter
Measures the calories used
while walking or running.
Yes Yes No
Camera 2.0 Megapixel
Fixed
2.0 Megapixel
Fixed
2.0 Megapixel
Fixed
Camera button
One press camera activation.
Yes Yes Yes
cHTML
A mobile device adapted
version of the standard
Internet communications
protocol HTML.
Yes Yes Yes
Clock
Onscreen clock.
Yes Yes Yes
Co-branding area 7.02 x 28.36 mm 6.86 x 21.82 mm 6.51 x 21.8 mm
Code memo
A secure place to store all PIN
codes and other information.
To access Code memo, only
one PIN code is needed.
Yes Yes Yes
Color Style White
Urban Grey
Boulevard Black
Metro Pink
Performance Graphite
Hatha Purple
Precious Black
Golden White
Contacts
Phonebook with fields for
name, phone and fax numbers,
email address, web address,
title, company address info,
personal address info and
birthday.
Up to 1,000 contacts.
Up to 2,500 phone
numbers.
Up to 1,000 contacts.
Up to 2,500 phone
numbers.
Up to 1,000 contacts.
Up to 2,500 phone
numbers.
Conference calls
Support for multi-party calling.
Yes Yes Yes
Content online
Downloadable pictures,
games, themes, ringtones
available online.
Yes Yes Yes
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Copyright protection - DRM
DRM (Digital Rights
Management) features the
rights and copy protection of
downloaded content (audio,
pictures, music tones, video,
entertainment features such as
games, java applications etc.).
Version 2.0 Version 2.0
Design Slider Clamshell Slider
Device Management (DM)
DM utilizes GPRS as bearer
(basic network connectivity
needs to be in place) of the
provisioning data and allows
the operator to access the
phone and check and set
different settings such as
Network connectivity (GPRS),
email, MMS, WAP and JAVA.
Device Management is
achieved by supporting Over
The Air provisioning 7.1 (OTA),
OMA Client Provisioning 1.1
(CP) and OMA Device
Management (DM) 1.2.
Yes Yes Yes
Digital zoom 4x 4x 2.5x for pictures
4x for video clips
2x for video calls
Display
Main Screen
Type:
Size:
Resolution:
Technology:
Colors displayed together:
Backlight color:
Pixel ratio:
Full graphical
2.0 inches
240 x 320 pixels
TFT
262K
White
1.0
Full graphical
1.9 inches
176 x 220 pixels
TFT
262K
White
1.0
Full graphical
2.0
240x320 pixels
TFT,QVGA
262K
White
1.0
Feature W580 W710 W850

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External Display
Type:
Size:
Resolution:
Technology:
Colors displayed together:
Backlight color:
n/a Full graphical
1.5 inches
128 x 128 pixels
Grayscale
4-level
Orange on black
background.
Display setting can
change to invert when
backlight turns off for
improved readability.
n/a
EDGE
EDGE provides all the benefits
of GPRS at significantly higher
data rates and enables
feature-rich services that
require higher data rates than
GPRS can deliver. The added
bandwidth can also be used to
increase capacity for
additional customers. W580
supports EDGE Class 10 (4 +2
- sum 5).
Yes Yes No
E-mail
Built-in email client (POP3/
IMAP4) with inbox, outbox,
compose, send and other
functions. Supports
attachments.
Yes Yes Yes
EMS (Enhanced Messaging)
Text messaging (SMS) with
pictures and sounds.
Yes Yes Yes
Exterior description
Length x Width X Thickness
Weight
99 x 47 x 14 mm
94 g
88 x 48 x 24.5 mm
100 g
98 x 47 x 21 mm
118g
Fast port
A system connector which
enables faster data transfer
from phone to computer and
computer to phone.
Yes Yes Yes
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File manager
Folder structure storage to
help store and organize
pictures, sounds and other
phone content.
Yes Yes Yes
FM radio with RDS (radio
data support)
FM radio with presets, auto
and manual search. Portable
handsfree is used as an
antenna.
Yes Yes Yes
Games embedded Yes Yes Yes
GPRS
General Packet Radio Services
- a communications standard
enabling packet data transfer
similar to Internet - 28.8 kbps -
58.6 kbps. It is recommended
to have GPRS to use MMS and
content download services.
Yes Yes Yes
High Speed Data
HSCSD - a communications
standard enabling GSM data
transfer 14.4 kbps.
Yes Yes Yes
Icon Desktop 12
A graphic icon desktop with 12
interactive icons.
Yes Yes Yes
Infrared No Yes Yes
Instant messaging (Wireless
Village)
A chat and presence service.
See your friends' online status
and mood. Invite them to
group chats or have one-to-
one conversations with them.
Yes Yes Yes
Java™
Support for Java™
technology.
Java 2, Micro Edition
(J2ME™), Java 3D™
Java 2, Micro Edition
(J2ME™), Java 3D™
Java Platform, Micro
Edition™, Java 3D™
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Keys - navigation and more
4+1 way navigation
2 selection
Back
Clear
Walkman® key
Activity menu
Dedicated on/off key
Side volume keys
Inside clamshell:
4+1 way navigation
2 selection keys
Back
Clear
Walkman® key
Internet/Operator
Dedicated on/off key
Camera key
Volume keys
On clamshell: play/
pause, skip forward,
skip backward and
menu.
8 + 1 navigation
2 selection
Back
Clear
Walkman® key
Internet/Operator
Activity Menu
Keys - keypad 12 number keys 12 number keys 12 number keys
Memory, built-in
Phone memory that is free to
use (depending on software
configuration/file content).
Many applications share
phone memory. The maximum
amount of storage available for
any one application, such as
calendar entries, is affected by
the amount of memory used
by other applications, such as
messaging, music, pictures,
and so on.
Up to 12 MB Up to 10 MB built-in Up to 16 MB
Memory card slot
A mini peripheral storage
device capable of storing
pictures, music, applications
and more. Compatible with
cameras, PCs and other
devices.
Memory Stick Micro™
(M2™) support
Memory Stick Micro™
(M2™) support
Memory Stick PRO
Duo™ support
Menu shortcuts
A function making it possible
to dedicate shortcuts to the
most-used phone functions.
Yes Yes Yes
Mobile blogging
Share pictures over the
Internet on your personal Web
page
Yes Yes Yes
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MMS (Multimedia messaging)
Picture messaging with text
and sound.
Yes Yes Yes
MMS video
Support in the phone for
sending video using MMS.
Yes Yes Yes
Modem
GSM Internet dial-up support.
Yes Yes Yes
Music mode
All radio transmitters and
receivers are deactivated,
making it possible to use the
phone only as a Walkman™ in
airplanes, hospitals and other
situations where using a
mobile phone is not allowed.
Yes Yes Yes
Music tones
Music tones, also called
master tones, are DRM (Digital
Rights Management) protected
music by original artists.
Various digital audio formats
are supported.
Yes Yes Yes
MusicDJ™
A sampler music tool with MIDI
drum, guitar, keyboard, bass
and brass loops in different
music styles, which can be
combined to create polyphonic
ringtones.
Yes Yes Yes
Networks •GSM850
• GSM 900 including
e-GSM
• GSM 1800
• GSM 1900
•GPRS
•EDGE.
•GSM850
• GSM 900 including
e-GSM
• GSM 1800
• GSM 1900
• GPRS
•EDGE.
• UMTS 2100
• GSM 900 includ-
ing e-GSM
• GSM 1800
• GSM 1900
OTA settings
WAP, e-mail and other settings
can be sent Over-The-Air to
the phone.
Yes Yes Yes
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Pedometer
Calculate the distance walked
using the built-in pedometer.
Yes Yes No
PhotoDJ™
A drawing tool in the phone
where new pictures can be
drawn from scratch or by
altering existing ones.
Yes Yes Yes
Pictbridge
Print camera album pictures
via the USB cable connected
to a PictBridge™ compatible
printer.
Yes Yes Yes
Picture gallery
A thumbnail image gallery
where sections of several
pictures can be seen in the
screen at the same time.
Yes Yes Yes
Picture phonebook
Add pictures to the contacts.
When someone calls, a picture
of that person appears on
screen.
Yes Yes Yes
PlayNow™
Download and pre-listen to
music ringtones straight from
the phone desktop in three
clicks.
Yes Yes Yes
PlayNow™ Games
Preview games straight from
the phone desktop in three
clicks before you purchase
and download.
Yes Yes Yes
Polyphonic ringtones 72 72 40
Predictive text input Yes Yes Yes
Feature W580 W710 W850