Sony Ericsson W380i: Cheap Price, Quirky Features

Sony Ericsson's Walkman series of phones have always been right smack in the middle of the midrange market. The W380i is no exception, but it does introduce some novel features.

First, the basics: the W380i is a music-centric flip phone that's available in two different triband configurations, 850/1800/1900 for the Americas and 900/1800/1900 for everywhere else. It has support for stereo Bluetooth (A2DP), but also a mediocre camera (1.3 megapixels), a small screen (1.9 inches) and not a whole lot of internal memory either (14 MB, support for Memory Stick Micro).



And now the fun parts: the W380i includes "Gesture Control" - Sony Ericsson's term for a feature that recognizes hand movement. In plain English, that means that with a wave of the hand, you can switch to Silent mode, or snooze the alarm clock.



There's also an OLED display that's built into the external flip - a nice touch of class. And finally, we have the TrackID application, which lets you identify a song by its audio - whether it's from the car radio or your own inner Britney Spears.

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