Sony Ericsson W950 Walkman Phone with 4GB storage

Posted on Tuesday, February 14 2006 @ 22:17 CET by Thomas De Maesschalck
The W950 is an ultra-slim, ultra-stylish, UMTS-enabled device with 4GB of onboard storage complete with touch screen for simple navigation through music genres, playlists, individual songs or music albums. More than a music phone, broadband-fast email and Web browsing plus a suite of high performance entertainment applications add to its capabilities, making it one of the most highly specified phones in the Sony Ericsson portfolio.

The W950’s design will turn the heads of the most avid style aficionados. Its thin, sleek and compact form is finished in Mystic Purple, fingerprint-proof matt with orange accents. The purity of its design is strengthened by the keypad being flush with the surface, and orange backlighting that brings the music keys to life in a stunning, practical way.

The music player within the W950 has the functionality and sound quality of an equivalent standalone device. Its 4GB storage can take up to 4,000 songs and the sound quality, delivered on high quality headphones, makes listening to music a real pleasure. A new graphic-rich interface on the Walkman® player makes it easy to navigate around the music library by song, artist or playlist and now it’s possible to search visually by browsing through album covers using the stylus and touch screen. The W950 has all the benefits of a combined phone and music player, enabling multitasking between listening to music, SMS texting, emailing and browsing the Internet.

Getting music into the W950 is fast and simple and can be done in a number of ways. The supplied Disc2Phone music management software is an intuitive package that handles transfer to the phone of music stored in the user’s PC. UMTS capability also makes the W950 ready for fast direct-to-phone transfers from available operators’ download services.

Beyond music, the W950 is a complete mobile entertainment centre that delivers great speed and exceptional quality sound and vision. Users can now enjoy the complete spectrum of mobile multimedia applications, from web browsing, push email and video streaming to 3D gaming and store-and-share of media files. Besides music, 4GB is enough storage for a wealth of photos, video’s or email attachments in the phone.

Stereo sound through wireless headphones is now possible as the W950 support Bluetooth streaming in stereo. The Bluetooth Stereo Headset HBH-DS970 also announced today and available as an accessory delivers high quality stereo sound through stylish, comfortable headphones.

W950 is the 3rd Sony Ericsson phone based on the new Symbian v9.1 and UIQ 3.0 platform, benefiting from a growing multitude of third party applications. All of these applications are available to download from the Sony Ericsson Application Shop, an online catalogue that is stocked directly by third party developers.

The Sony Ericsson W950 is a Dual Mode UMTS Walkman phone starts shipping during Q3 2006.

Features:
Music
  • Walkman player
  • Supports MP3, AAC, AAC+, E-AAC+, WAV and m4a
  • 4 GB flash memory
  • Up to 4.000 songs can be stored when downloading songs from operator networks in E-AAC+ file format
  • Touchscreen with album art support
  • Polyphonic ringtones, 40 voices
  • Graphical equalizer and Mega Bass
  • Disc2Phone music management software
  • Stereo headphones in the box
  • FM radio with RDS
  • MusicDJ
  • Speakerphone
  • Streaming Audio/Video
  • Bluetooth stereo streaming support
  • Java MIDP 2.0
  • 2D and 3D gaming
  • Music play time – 10 hours

    Messaging
  • Bright QVGA TFT 2.6’’ Display
  • 262K Color display
  • Video playback , 30fps
  • SMS, MMS and e-mail
  • Handwriting Recognition
  • Touch screen
  • Word completion and Auto correction

    Connectivity
  • Opera 8.0 Internet browser
  • RSS Feeds
  • Bluetooth 1.2
  • Infrared port
  • USB 2.0 Mass storage, High speed (480 Mbps)
  • USB cable in the box
  • Modem
  • WAP 2.0 XHTML/HTML
  • Dual Mode UMTS 2100 – GSM/GPRS 900/1800/1900

    Business
  • Full HTML browser Opera 8
  • External antenna connector
  • USB charging
  • PC synchronization
  • Flight mode
  • Size: 106 x 54 x 15 mm
  • Weight 112 grams
  • Talk time: up to 2.5/7.5 hours (UMTS/GSM)
  • Standby time: up to 250/340 hours (UMTS/GSM)


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    Thomas De Maesschalck

    Thomas has been messing with computer since early childhood and firmly believes the Internet is the best thing since sliced bread. Enjoys playing with new tech, is fascinated by science, and passionate about financial markets. When not behind a computer, he can be found with running shoes on or lifting heavy weights in the weight room.



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