'Though BlackBerry devices have packed in phones for years, holding them up to your head has always felt and looked awkward.'
'It's often difficult to find the sweet spot for both the earpiece and microphone.'
'It's slender and slab-like, comfortable in the hand, with the usual full QWERTY keyboard and a bright 160-by-240 color screen that looks especially good in sunlight.'
'The Sony Ericsson W550 snaps stills at a resolution of 1.3 Megapixels with good white balance, and performs well under poorly lit conditions when using the photo light.'
'lack of external memory support unfortunately spells a minor inconvenience for users, requiring them to carry around both the USB data transfer cable and the Disc2Phone software (proprietary to Sony Ericsson) should they want to move songs stored in say, their designated office computers or a friend's PC into the W550i'
'Neither cover really looks that great, unless you particularly want the phone to match your iPod,but we're sure you'll be able to buy lots of fashionable, cheap and more personalised options.'