As the premiere device for Sony Ericsson's new Media Go service, the W995 offers a wide range of multimedia features for both music and video. And yes, it makes calls too.
On the outside it sports a thin slider design in progressive black, cosmic silver, or energetic red. Its front face is dominated by a 2.6-inch display, which should lend itself well to watching everything from music videos to movies. You'll also find a desk stand (very nice!) and stereo speakers.
And just to prove that miracles do happen, Sony Ericsson broke down and included a 3.5mm headset jack. We're not sure what made the company change its mind, but we couldn't care less.
The W995's Walkman player offers the standard range of features, including album art, shake control, TrackID, and an adjustable bass level. You'll also be able to save MP3 and AAC files as ring tones. The 8.1-megapixel camera is straight out of a Cyber-shot line. It has a 16x digital zoom, auto-focus, face detection, a flash, image stabilization, Sony's PictBridge, a video recorder, and picture blogging.
Finishing out the feature set are stereo Bluetooth, assisted-GPS with support for Google Maps, Wi-Fi, messaging and e-mail, a voice recorder, an FM radio, phone-as-modem capability, USB mass storage, PC syncing, instant messaging, organizer applications, a speakerphone, gaming, and direct access to YouTube.
With so much under the hood, it's imperative Sony Ericsson backs it all up with solid battery life and memory. Fortunately, the W995's specs look promising. Its Memory Stick Micro slot will accommodate cards up to 8GB, the internal memory is 118MB, and Sony Ericsson promises that the W995's battery life will be long enough to support two full-length films (9 hours talk time, 20 hours music time and 5 hours video time).
GSM technology can work with 4 frequencies: 850/900/1800/1900 Mhz.
Some GSM phones support all the bands or frequencies, or just a couple. A dual band phone supports only two, usually 900/1900 or 850/1900. A tri-band phone supports three bands, either 850/1800/1900 or 900/1800/1900. A quad-band phone supports all GSM bands. Quad-band phones are able to work with any and all GSM service providers.
On the other hand, GSM service providers support just a subset of all the GSM bands available. Before buying a GSM phone, make sure the phone supports at least one of the bands that your GSM service provider supports. Contact your service provider Rogers, Fido, Cingular, T-Mobile.
A cellular phone’s band is the frequency in megahertz on witch it operates. Band options are as follows:-Quadband GSM 850/900/1800/1900 :Europe, Asia, Africa, North America, South America, Australia, and New Zealand-Triband GSM 900/1800/1900:Europe, Asia, Africa, North America, South America, Australia, and New Zealand-Dualband GSM 900/1800 Europe, Asia, Africa, South America, New Zealand and Australia
GSM is a mobile (Cell) phone technology that uses TDMA (Time Division Multiple Access). GSM stands for Global System for Mobile communications. The competing system is CDMA (Code Division Multiple Access). GSM and CDMA are not compatible systems. If a phone is designed for GSM, it will not be compatible with CDMA and vice-versa.
An unlocked phone is a phone that can work with any sim card and/or GSM service provider. Please note that at least one of the GSM Bands in the phone should match the GSM service prodiver's bands. Check with your local service provider GSM Band they use.
No. A contract is required between you and the GSM service provider for you to get a working phone line. A contract is not required between you and GSMplus.
Q:
My GSM service provider does not have sim cards, why?
A sim card is a small flat rectangle plastic that contains a microchip. This microchips is the heart of your phone, it contains your phone number, your address book, and the necessary information for your phone to work. All sim cards look the same, but the microchip inside is different for every GSM service provider.
Q:
My Motorola’s dictionary is displaying a different language, how can I change it?
Bluetooth is a short-range wireless protocol that allows your phone to 'speak' with other devices in range, such as wireless headsets, hands-free car kits, and computers. It can be used for a wide array of applications- take a look at www.bluetooth.com for more information
We currently sell phones from a very wide variety of manufacturers, including: Nokia, Motorola, Sony Ericsson, Samsung, Blackberry, LG, O2/Imate/HTC/Eten, Sharp, PalmOne, Apple, Nec, and more. If you're looking for a phone you don't see, just ask us we may be able to get it for you.
The easiest way is to try and put a SIM card from a different service provider in your phone to see if it will accept it. If you get a message saying wrong card, enter subsidy code or SIM disabled then likely it's locked. For CDMA phones it's a little more difficult to tell.
By unlocking your phone you have the freedom of using your phone with other network providers as well as saving tons of money using a pay as you go card when visiting other countries.
General Packet Radio Service (GPRS) is a mobile data service available to users of GSM mobile phones. It is often described as "2.5G", that is, a technology between the second (2G) and third (3G) generations of mobile telephony. It provides moderate speed data transfer, by using unused TDMA channels in the GSM network.
Short for Multimedia Message Service, a method of transmitting graphics, video clips, sound files text messages over wireless networks using the WAP protocol.
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