Sony Ericsson announces another Walkman phone offering top quality music the stylish W550

August 8, 2005

Sony Ericsson today announced a new addition to its Walkman™ phone family – the W550 – an affordable phone that offers great quality stereo music and integrates a 1.3 megapixel camera, full Internet browsing capability and a credible games console, all in a compact and stylish swivel phone design. This new Walkman phone will appeal principally to expressive fun seekers who enjoy life to the full and want to take their music with them everywhere they go.

W550 – Features at a glance:

Imaging and messaging

• QuickShare™
• 1.3 MegaPixel camera
• Horizontal camera user interface
• 4 x digital zoom
• Picture light
• 176 x 220 pixel TFT display
• 262K colour display
• Video recording and fullscreen playback
• SMS and MMS
• Wireless village
• Adobe picture PC software

Entertainment

• 2 stereo speakers
• Style-Up™ covers
• PlayNow™ ringtones and 2D games
• Horizontal fullscreen games and video
• RDS FM radio
• Walkman® player (MP3/AAC)
• Media player (MP3/AAC)
• 256MB user memory
• Stereo headset
• 40 polyphonic ringtones
• Java MIDP 2.0
• 3D games
• MusicDJ™ and VideoDJ™
• OMA DRM phase 1
• MegaBass™
• Stereo widening

Connectivity

• Triple-band 900/1800/1900 MHz
• GPRS class 10
• Access NetFront HTML browser
• BluetoothTM and Infrared
• PC software
• External antenna connector
• USB system connector and cable

Source: SonyEricsson Press Release

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