| Design | 4.6/5 |
| Display & Interface | 4.5/5 |
| Calling | 4.5/5 |
| Talk time | 4/5 |
| Messaging | 3.4/5 |
| Music | 4/5 |
| Video | 3.6/5 |
| Camera | 3.8/5 |
| Memory | 3.5/5 |
| Web browsing | 3.9/5 |
| Connectivity | 3.6/5 |
| Productivity | 3/5 |
| Scheduling | 3/5 |
| Laptop sidekick | 4.2/5 |
| Navigation | 3.5/5 |
| Gaming | 3.6/5 |
| Mobile services | 2.5/5 |
| Accessories | 3/5 |
| Value | 2.5/5 |
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Pros:
Fast network speeds. Solid music player. Great call quality. Good PC sync capabilities. Good Web browser. |
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Cons:
No IM for messaging, nor IMAP for Gmail. Music app could use some polish. Media Manager needs improvement. Music phones are better with 3.5mm headphone jack. |
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| If the Sony Ericsson W580i was a solid music phone (it was), the Sony Ericsson W760 is a solid 3G phone all around. The great music player hasn't gotten any worse with age, though we'd like it to get a little better. The best part is how much the W760 benefits from U.S. 3G access. Calls sounded great on AT&T's HSDPA network, and Web browsing speeds were very good. Even better was the tethered modem support, a nice surprise for a phone that seems to be all about music. The PC Suite let us synchronize our Outlook contacts and calendar, which was another nice surprise, and they kept coming. Don't expect much from the gaming capabilities and you won't be disappointed. Don’t expect much from the camera and you'll be pleased. Navigation was a miss, more of a bonus than a worthwhile feature, but there was such a nice mix of near-hits and Bulls-eyes that the phone comes out a winner in the end. |
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