Sony Ericsson W8 Walkman Android Phone Specs and Price

Sony Ericsson has recently announced the first Android Walkman phone W8 which is the first Walkman series phone who powered by Android OS. W8 has a 600MHz processor, For superb music it come with a MH 410 stereo headset. It comes with the same four-corner shortcut UI as the Xperia X10 mini and X8 smartphones and has quick and easy to access playlists.

W8 comes with a 3-inch HVGA display and features a 3.2MP camera and 3.5mm headphone jack. The OS is Android 2.1 Éclair and hopefully it will be upgraded to Gingerbread.

A Walkman™ phone with customizable corners: Walkman™ player on top? YouTube™ bottom left? Make the corners of your homescreen personal. Access your favourite music and apps with just one click. One-hand navigation made easy.

Android touchscreen smartphone Easy: The 3” touchscreen of your Android smartphone lets you enjoy a perfect combination of entertainment and ease-of-use. Connect through 3G or Wi-Fi. Type your messages on the virtual QWERTY keyboard. Find your way with Google Maps and GPS.

Apps and more from Android Market™: Personalise your W8 Walkman™ phone. Choose from more than 150,000 fun and useful applications on Android Market™. Does it get any better? Well, yes. Most apps are free to download.

The Full Specifications of the W8:
Screen
- 320 x 480 pixels (HVGA)
- 16,777,216 color TFT
Memory
- Phone memory up to 128MB
- MicroSD™ support (up to 16 GB)
* Actual free memory may vary due to phone pre-configuration.
Networks
- GSM/GPRS/EDGE 850/900/1800/1900
- UMTS/HSPA 900/2100
- UMTS/HSPA 850/1900/2100
Available colours
- azure - Orange - Red
Possible limited market availability.
Sizes
- 99.0 x 54.0 x 15.0 mm
- 3.9 x 2.1 x 0.6 inches
Weight
- 104.0 gr
- 3.7 oz
Talk time (up to)
-4 hours 45 min on GSM or 3G
Standby time (up to)
-446 hours on GSM or 3G

Camera

-Camera - 3.2 megapixel

-Geo tagging

-Send to web

-Video recording

Entertainment

-Radio - FM radio with RDS

-Listen to FM radio

-3D games

-Java

-Video viewing

-Video streaming

-YouTube™

Communication

-Twitter™ - Timescape™ integration

-Facebook™ application

-Google Talk™

-Sony Ericsson Timescape™

-Speakerphone

-Vibrating Alert

Music

-A2DP & AVRCP Bluetooth™ profiles - MP3, AAC

-Walkman™ player

-TrackID™ music recognition

-Album art

-Bluetooth™ stereo (A2DP)

-PlayNow™

Connectivity

-Synchronisation - Exchange ActiveSync® via RoadSync client

-Google Maps™ - with Street View

-Google Maps™

-ANT+ technology

-Google Latitude™

-Synchronisation via Sony Ericsson Sync

-Synchronisation via Google Sync

-Synchronisation via Facebook™

-Micro USB support

-3.5 mm audio jack

-aGPS

-Bluetooth™ technology

-USB support

-USB mass storage

-WiFi™

-Wisepilot™ turn-by-turn navigation

Design

-Four corner home screen - customizable icons

-Keyboard - Onscreen QWERTY

-Auto rotate

-Picture wallpaper

-Touchscreen

Web

-Web browser - WebKit

-Android™ Market

-Google™ search

-Bookmarks

-Pan & zoom

Messaging

-Google Mail™

-Instant messaging

-Conversations

-Email

-Predictive text input

-Text messaging (SMS)

-Picture messaging (MMS)

Organiser

-Android™ platform

-Alarm clock

-Calendar

-Calculator

-Flight mode

-Infinite button

-Notes

-Phone book

-Stopwatch

-Timer

The SE W8 Android phone will be available in market soon. The phone will be available in markets such as India, China, Singapore, Malaysia, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Thailand, Philippines etc from Q2 2011. The price still not confirmed by company but it hopefully be around Rs. 15000 range phone.

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