Sony Ericsson 960 Review
Sony Ericsson 960 Review
Sony Ericsson has detailed the new W960 Walkman handpiece in a barrage of handpiece announcements from Berlin today. Packing the Symbian/UIQ smartphone UI combination, the Sony Ericsson W960 is the evolution and coming of age of the manufacturer’s Walkman range.
Similar to Apple’s iPhone, the Sony Ericsson W960 sports 8GB of on board memory and a 2.6″ 262k color, QVGA resolution touch screen display. This means up to 700 albums worth of music can be stored on the device and navigated with the new Walkman Touch player. Bluetooth® wireless technology with A2DP stereo headset support is additionally included to permit wireless enjoyment of your music. Sony Ericsson’s TrackID characteristic has additionally been beefed up in the latest Walkman range, with detailed info on artists and albums being delivered with the touch of a button.
Music isn’t the only trick up the W960’s sleeve though, as built in WiFi connectivity permits for high speed web browsing and email. Out of range of a wireless hotspot? The W960 additionally includes UMTS 2100MHz 3G connectivity and tri-band GSM/GPRS. Imaging is additionally simply handled with the 3.2MP auto focus camera, and since the W960 is a UIQ smartphone, all you PIM information is obtainable as well. What is even more surprising is that all these characteristics are housed in a phone only 16mm think and weighing just 119g.
The Sony Ericsson W960 Walkman phone will be obtainable in choose selling-regions from Q4 2007.
Specifications for the Sony Ericsson W960 :
Band GSM 900/1800/1900MHz, UMTS 2100MHz
Data GPRS/EDGE/WCDMA/WiFi
Size 109mm x 55mm x 16mm (4.3″ x 2.2″ x 0.6″)
Weight 119g (4.2oz)
Battery Life Up to 15.25 days GSM, 12.5 days WCDMA standby
Up to 9 hrs GSM, 3 hrs WCDMA speak time
Main Display 2.6″ 262k colour TFT touchscreen, QVGA (240×320 pixel) resolution
Camera 3.2 megapixel auto-focus
Video Video capture/playback
Messaging MMS/SMS
Email POP/IMAP/SMTP
Bluetooth Yes, stereo (A2DP)
Infrared No
Java Yes
Polyphonics Yes
Memory Up to 8GB
Availability Q4 2007 (manufacturer’s estimate)
Other FM stereo, speakerphone, RSS reader, Microsoft Exchange ActiveSync support, Symbian OS
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