New W980 Sony Ericsson Walkman Phone with 8GB Memory

Sony Ericsson today revealed the W980, a Walkman phone with unique audio enhancing technology.

The W980 Walkman phone is designed to allow you to listen to music as it should be heard. Clear stereo enables the music to sound like the original recording. Clear bass delivers distortion free sound even at higher volumes. The W980 Walkman phone has a built-in FM transmitter, which allows you to send whatever’s playing on your phone to other devices with a built-in FM radio receiver. This gives you the ability to share your music with all those around you, whether through a friend’s hi-fi or your car stereo.

You can tailor the W980’s Walkman player to the music that you’re listening to. This latest Walkman phone provides a choice of eight equaliser presets, each of which contains a distinct profile that is suitable to a range of music. So whether you’re listening to jazz, pop or heavy metal, you’ve can always choose the best sound for the song.

The Walkman on Top feature on the W980 gives you the full functionality of a Walkman player without even having to open your phone. The entire Walkman player that would normally be displayed on the inside of your clamshell is also replicated on the outside of the phone, so navigation through your music library is effortless.

The new walkman phone is a UMTS/HSDPA 2100 GSM/GPRS 850/900/1800/1900 phone that will be available in selected markets from Q3 2008.

Sony Ericsson W980 - At a Glance

Walkman player
Clear stereo
Clear bass
FM transmitter
Shake control
TrackID
Bluetooth stereo (A2DP)
Java
FM radio with RDS
Video streaming
Video viewing
Camera
3.2 megapixel camera
Photo fix
Auto rotate
x-Pict Story
PictBridge printing
Access NetFront Web browser
Predictive text input
Sound recorder
Text messaging (SMS)
Modem
Synchronization
Microsoft Exchange ActiveSync
USB mass storage
USB support
Size: 92 x 46 x 16.9 mm
Weight: 100 grams
Colour: Piano Black
Main screen: 262,144 colour TFT
Resolution: 240 x 320 pixels
Size: 2.2 inches
External screen: 262,144 colour TFT
Resolution: 176 x 176 pixels
Phone memory: Up to 8 GB
Talk time GSM: 9h
Standby time GSM: TBD300h
Talk time UMTS: 3.5h
Standby time UMTS: 300h
Music listening time: 16h
Networks: UMTS/HSDPA 2100
GSM/GPRS 850/900/1800/1900