Sony Ericsson Announces New Walkman Phone, W395

Sony Ericsson has announced another mobile phone that adds to its music handset lineup, the slick slider W395 Walkman phone. The main feature of the new device is its large and powerful built-in stereo speakers, which can provide users with high sound quality, allowing them to share favorite songs with their friends. In addition, the HPM-64 stereo headset is also meant to provide a great sound experience.

The Sony Ericsson W395 Walkman is a pretty affordable handset that features dedicated music control keys, along with a 1GB memory card and FM radio, offering users all they would need to stay updated with favorite tracks. Moreover, the included Sony Ericsson favorite TrackID enables users to find a song even if they do not know its name entirely, while PlayNow can deliver a wide range of mobile entertainment content that can be downloaded to the mobile phone, including unique themes and wallpapers or special ringtones.

“Sony Ericsson takes pride in understanding the youth market, and the W395 is a mobile phone that caters to all their needs with great music quality.” said Alexandre Cardon, Global product marketing manager (music) at Sony Ericsson. “Our most affordable Walkman slider phone to date allows users to share music with friends as well as video clips and photos for the ultimate entertainment experience.”

The music features are not everything when it comes to the Sony Ericsson W395 Walkman. The handset also sports a 2.0-megapixel camera, Bluetooth connectivity, USB mass storage, Micro (M2) Memory card slot, Video streaming and Video recording capabilities, Bluetooth stereo and Walkman player, and more. It also includes a 2.0-inch TFT scratch-resistant display that can deliver a 176 x 220 pixel resolution and 262,144 colors.

The device supports GSM/GPRS/EDGE 850/900/1800/1900 connectivity, it measures 96 x 47 x 14.9 mm and weighs 96 grams, while its battery can provide up to 8 hours of talk time and up to 480 hours of standby time, as well as up to 12 hours and 30 minutes of music listening time. The handset will come in Dusky Grey and Blush Titanium and will become available on the market starting the first quarter 2009.

Sony Ericsson C901 Gets Launched

Sony Ericsson also made available today its C901 mobile phone, although it did not make an official announcement with the device the same as it did with the rest of today's new handsets. The Sony Ericsson C901 will only be available in select markets, yet it seems much like the earlier presented C903 Cyber-shot.

The C901 includes a 5-megapixel camera that sports auto focus, Smile shutter, BestPic, Smart Contrast, Face detection, PhotoFix as well as geo-tagging. In addition to these features, the C901 has xenon flash instead of a photoflash LED. The snapper also comes with Video stabiliser, Video recording, Red-eye reduction, as well as Video and Picture blogging capabilities.

The new Sony Ericsson handset supports GSM/GPRS/EDGE 850/900/1800/1900, UMTS/HSPA 900/2100 frequency standards, but it also features USB support, USB mass storage, Bluetooth technology, Synchronisation, PictBridge and Google Maps support, as well as Mega Bass and Memory Stick Micro (M2) support.

Other features of the handset include Fm-radio with RDS, built-in accelerometer, Instant messaging, Picture messaging (MMS), Email, Exchange ActiveSync, Sound recorder, Video streaming, Speakerphone, Bluetooth stereo (A2DP) and Media Player, as well as Internet capabilities, including Web feeds, WAP 2.0 XHTML,
WAP 1.2.1, and Access NetFront Web Browser.

The TFT screen of the Sony Ericsson C901 can offer a 320x240 pixel resolution and support for 262.144 colors. The phone's battery can provide up to 9½ hours of talk time as well as 430 hours of standby time. The device measures 105 x 45 x 13 millimeters (4.1 x 1.8 x 0.5 inches) and weighs 107 grams (3.8 oz).

The new C901 will come to the market in the second quarter of the year in three versions, Noble Black, Sincere Silver and Precious Peach.