Sony Ericsson W900 Walkman Phone Announced Today

Sony Ericsson officially announces the W900 Walkman 3G (UMTS) mobile phone today.

The new W900 is Sony Ericsson's first Walkman phone for 3G networks.
The W900’s internal 470MB user free memory provides space for between 120 and 240 songs. The storage capacity can be increased by inserting a Memory Stick PRO Duo. Music files can be stored in formats: MP3, AAC or AAC+, MIDI, WAV and XMF.
The swivel design Walkman phone features a 2.2 inch QVGA 262K TFT screen, 2MP digital camera, LED Flash, 30fps video recording, USB interface and FM radio. The W900 UMTS Walkman phone is available in black or white and will be commercially available end Q4 2005. Does not look like that the W900 comes to the USA. The W800 Walkman is available on Amazon.com though.
W900i - Dual mode UMTS (2100MHz) - GPRS 900/1800/1900 for Europe, Asia Pacific, Middle East, Africa
W900c - Dual mode UMTS (2100MHz) - GPRS 900/1800/1900 for Mainland China.



Sony Ericsson W900i Features:

• 2.0 MegaPixel camera with Autofocus
• Video call camera
• Digital Still Camera user interface
• 8 x digital zoom
• LED photo light
• 240 x 320 pixel QVGA TFT display
• 2.2” 262K color display
• Video recording and full screen playback
• Adobe Photoshop Starter Edition 2.0
• Apple QuickTime Player for PC
• SMS and MMS
• Instant Messaging
• Push e-mail
  
  Entertainment
• Video Call
• PlayNow™ ringtones and games
• Walkman® player (MP3/AAC/AAC+)
• Stereo Portable Handsfree with remote control (3.5mm jack)
• 40 polyphonic tones
• Java J2ME™ and hardware Accelerator
• Embedded Java games: Asphalt Urban GT 3d from Gameloft, Power Ball Arcade in 3D, QuadraPop in 2D
• MegaBass™
• Macromedia® Flash Lite™
• VideoDJ™, PhotoDJ™, MusicDJ™
• Disc2Phone PC Software
• PlayNow™ ringtones and games
• Horizontal full screen games
• FM Radio
  
  Connectivity
• Sync ML.
• HTML browser
• BluetoothTM and Infrared
• PC Suite
• USB cable in the box
• USB mass storage
• Memory Stick™ PRO Duo slot
• External antenna connector

More details in this Sony Ericsson press-release.
See also the Sony Ericsson W800 Walkman phone, the Sony Ericsson W600 Walkman phone and the Sony Ericsson W550 Walkman phone.

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