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Sony Ericsson’s Latest Walkman Handset, the W350i Released

Sony Ericsson released its latest Walkman handset, model W350i in India.  Specially designed for music lovers, the mobile is “a music player with a phone inside”.

The smart and stylish semi-flip case mobile has naturally many music-oriented features.  The W350i comes with Walkman Player 2.0, Track Id, access to Play Now, Mega Bass equalizer, FM radio with RDS and Blue tooth 2.0 with A2DP.

The W350i is easy to use and offers a variety of good features.  Some of the features that the Walkman Phone comes with are the tri-band GSM connectivity with GPRS and EDGE.  It has a 1.9 inch TFT display with 176×220 pixels resolution and 262k colors.  The W350i comes with Net-Front browser, push e mail, Instant Messaging, 3D gaming capabilities, a 1.3M camera, USB 2.0 and a 14MB expandable memory.

The battery of W350i can offer upto 7 hours in talk-time mode or upto 300 hours in stand-by mode.

If you think small is beautiful, then this handset is definitely for you, as it can easily be counted among the lightest and slimmest phones available in the market today.  It weighs a mere 80 gms and measures only 104×43x10.5 millimetres.

Sony Ericsson is offering the W350i in India, which is the world’s second largest mobile markets, for prices starting from 6,995 INR (165 USD).  The W350i is being offered in color versions of Graphic White, Ice Blue and Electric Black.  It is available through Sony Ericsson Experience Stores and various other outlets in India.

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Sony Ericson W980 Walkman Handset Ready for Release

Sony Ericsson’s W980, the high-end Walkman handset will, in all probability be available in the European and US markets very soon.

The W980 Walkman handset, one of the most advanced models in this category comes in a clamshell model.

This Walkman handset comes with a player interface on the external display, which allows for player control without popping the phone open.

W980 comes with an internal memory of 8GB which is very unusual for a flip phone. An external mircoSD card support is not given, but then there would be no real requirement for it as you can store all you want on the 8GB.

W980 comes with a quad-band GSM connectivity, a 2.2 inch TFT display with 240×320 pixels resolution and 256K colors, and an external display of 176×176 pixels. The W980 has stereo speakers, Walkman Player 3.0, shake control, dedicated music keys, FM radio and FM transmitter. Among its other features it includes stereo Blue tooth with A2DP, video player, Net-Front browser, e mail. The W980 comes with a 3.15 camera with flash.

The 930mAh battery in the W980 can give upto 9 hours in talk time mode or 370 hours in stand-by mode or upto 20 hours of music playback.

The W980, when not flipped open measures 92×46x16.9mm and weighs 100gms.

The Sony Ericsson W980 may first be available in Europe and then may be released in the US.

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