Sony Ericsson W890i HSDPA internet speeds

Sony Ericsson W890i HSDPA internet speeds

The W890i is only the second Walkman handset after the W910i to boast HSDPA data download speeds, which is a real boost for web browsing and music downloads. What's more, on-board services like PlayNow and TrackID are instantaneous. Surfing the net is also an absolute joy, with downloads and page content hitting the large two-inch screen at a broadband-like rate. Pages can be viewed in a variety of ways from portrait to landscape - which makes the most of the large screen - or text only.

To test the W890i's internet capabilities, we streamed a number of videos from YouTube and found the videos streamed instantly without any juddering. The handset allows you to play videos in three sizes - original, auto-fit, and fullscreen. And, while the results were impressive enough in each format, we did find the original size provided the best quality of picture. In the larger auto-fit and full-screen modes we found the videos became slightly pixelated.