Messages
You can create MMS and SMS messages on the W890 as well as voice messages. Both the MMS and SMS editor is superb and this is an area where competitors can only dream of getting close to Sony Ericsson’s ease of use and features. You can add smilies, tunes, pictures and animations to your SMS messages with EMS support. The T9 dictionary in Sony Ericsson phones is known as probably being the best and most extensive in the world. If a word is not in the dictionary, you can add it yourself, and the phone will remember it from that day on.
A few MMS & SMS templates are on the phone and you can of course add your own. Messages can be saved on either the phone memory or the memory card.
If you go in to messaging settings on W890, you’ll probably be overwhelmed by the many settings. Not only does W890 support all the normal features like message receipts, it also triumphs with some really cool features like requesting an answer and what message type you want to use.
Calls & calls management
To call somebody simply type in their number or find the contact in the phone book and then press the green call key. Once you’re done with the call, press the red end key to end the call. This is how the new system works on A2-based phones. Older Sony Ericsson phones used the soft keys to handle calls, and I quite liked that way, but this new one seems better.
The sound quality during calls is good. The volume is quite high and you can put it on speaker if you want other people to listen as well. It seems like there is no noticeable background noise during calls.
You can manage your calls on the phone and set the various call settings like speed dialling. The call list holds the last 30 calls. However, if you’ve called a contact more than once, only the most recent call will be displayed.