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| Sony Ericsson W900 - the first UMTS Walkman phone |
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| Date: 17 October 2005 |
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Sony Ericsson today adds its first UMTS handset to the Walkman range of music phones bringing the total number of phones in the range to four. The W900 is a high quality fully specified music player, phone and imaging device capable of super-fast downloads of all types of multimedia – music, video and graphics.
As a music player, the W900 makes it easy to import, transfer, manage and play music from operators’ over-the-air (OTA) music download services, allowing tracks to be downloaded directly to the phone while on the move and, from a PC when tracks have been copied from the owner’s CD collection.
Some features
- 2.2 inch QVGA 262K TFT screen
- 2MP camera with Autofocus 8x digital zoom and LED photo light; Video recording
- Video call camera
- 470MB user free memory + Memory Stick PRO Duo card
- SMS, MMS, Instant Messaging and Push e-mail
- PlayNowâ„¢ ringtones and games
- Walkman® player (MP3/AAC/AAC+)
- Stereo Portable Handsfree with remote control (3.5mm jack)
- Java J2MEâ„¢ and hardware accelerator
- Embedded Java games: Asphalt Urban GT 3d from Gameloft, Power Ball Arcade in 3D, QuadraPop in 2D
- FM Radio
- Bluetooth, IrDA and USB port
The W900 UMTS Walkman phone is available in black or white and will be commercially available end Q4 2005. The variants will be:
- 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. Launch for mainland China dependant on availability of 3G services. |
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