| Pink mobile phones were first introduced to the market | | | | organise them into playlists to suit mood, genre or |
| around three years ago when the pioneering | | | | tempo, the W580i has 2GB of memory thanks to |
| manufacturer Motorola launched its pink version of the | | | | Memory Stick Duo which can hold up to 1600 songs |
| Motorola RAZR V3 handset just before Christmas, | | | | which compares favourably with many stand alone |
| other manufacturers then followed suit and this gave | | | | MP3 players. |
| rise to a flood of new pink handsets. | | | | There is also an extra feature not found on the F210, |
| The latest pink mobile phone release is the Sony | | | | TrackID is a service that recognises music tracks, if a |
| Ericsson W580i, the fourth colour variant from the | | | | user wanted to know more information about a piece |
| model range following on from the original Urban Grey, | | | | of music they were listening to whilst out and about, |
| Style White, Boulevard Black the official name for the | | | | they can simply record a couple of seconds of sound |
| new colour scheme is Metro Pink. | | | | and the phone will send this to a recognition database |
| It is usually around this time of year that retailers get a | | | | which will in turn send back a message to the phone |
| good idea of what is going to be on offer over the | | | | with the name of the artist and track, this can be very |
| festive period with manufacturers and dealers slowly | | | | useful if in a nightclub, rather than barging through to |
| giving out press releases on new products and | | | | ask the DJ which track they have on the user can find |
| rumours flying around the mobile phone forums. This | | | | out almost instantly. |
| year is without doubt the year of different coloured | | | | Staying with the music theme, there is also an FM |
| phones, never before have there been so many | | | | radio for keeping up to date with the latest music |
| colour schemes available. | | | | releases, news, sports and local traffic and weather |
| The new Sony W580i Pink Edition fits into a niche of | | | | reports which also features RDS which will display |
| its own, there is only one other pink mobile phone | | | | information sent out by the station such as the artist |
| featuring enhanced music software which is the Pink | | | | and track name playing. |
| Samsung F210, however the W580i is part of the | | | | The Sony W580i features a 2.0 megapixel camera |
| Walkman range of Sony Ericsson phones which | | | | with support for video recording and playback, digital |
| means it offers the latest version of the Walkman | | | | zoom for close up picture capture and a flash for low |
| music software. | | | | light conditions, this is a similar camera to the F210. |
| The music software allows the user to easily upload | | | | One feature that the W580i does have over the F210 |
| new music files ot complete albums from a PC to the | | | | is that of a suite of fitness and sports applications |
| phone, entire CDs can be copied direct to the phones | | | | including a pedometer, particularly useful if you like to |
| memory with a clever piece of software called | | | | listen to music whilst you jog and want to keep a |
| Disc2Phone. Users can also download new music | | | | record of your progress. |
| tracks direct from the mobile internet and then | | | | |