+ Sony Ericsson W950i Walkman Phone?!??

[Apocalypso]

W950 ultra-stylish UMTS WALKMAN® phone is a dream for mobile music lovers

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Sony Ericsson announces major addition to its family of Walkman phones. 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, play lists, individual songs or music albums.

More than 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.

“Bringing the Walkman brand to Sony Ericsson phones was one of our outstanding achievements in 2005 and there were more than 3 million Walkman phones sold worldw.. ...

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[crazyze]

Looks awesome, but does it have a camera?

[zeem35]

well i was above to post but specs r not released yet so waiting for them.. as far as i know no camera.. :(

[oneclick]

The other sites are waiting too. It's going to be announced in a few hours.


tnx-1clk

[crazyze]

I guess we wait and see.....

[marwan]

wait, so is this the M900 with walkman capabilities + 4GB of internal ram?

[kolokoy]

nice... but no 3g..

[Box215]

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, play lists, individual songs or music albums.

its has 3G

[stars]

3g = definte camera for video conferencing.

is this the 3mpx SE we are waiting for ?

[zeem35]

http://img102.imageshack.us/img102/6148/sonyericssonw950i4mr.jpg

Reporting Live from CMB via satellite from Barcelona :P
loool waiting waiting.. hmm im really curious that bitch must have a cam..atleast a 1.3MP or atleast add on camera.. its killin me.. P990 F*** off..
its 2:25am and still waiting for announcement..
why am i so curious??? no idea

[zeem35]

im starting to love it.. then what will happen to my P990?? get lost.. well cam shoot SE..
its kinda my dream phone.. touch screen slim rectangular simple design.. huge screen.. walkman branding with 4GB flash drive.. but no camera :S but there are rumours that there will be more Smart Phones coming with similar specs with cam..

aaaaaaaaaah i cant take this.. shoot SE.. i want this F***ing fone with cam.. atleast a 1.3MP cam.. atleast VGA.. f*** F** F***
i cant bare it..:mad: :mad: :mad:

[zeem35]

W950 – Features at a glance:

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)

[zeem35]

its 3:30 am and i cant goto bed.. i cant bare it.. damm **** fone i need a camera.. atleast 1.3MP i dont mind.. am i over reacting???

[FullMetalKid]

SE is has alot of hit phones for this year......i'm starting to go out of my mind as to what i should get

[trent25]

OH common ... First the w810 was announced and now I am waiting, and now this is going to be announced ... will I wait? I really doubt it :(

Even without a camera, this is still gonna be sweet. I mean 4GB built in is pretty neat! Plus all the smart fone features

[crazyze]

Good phone....maybe the W1000i will be all the above WITH camera......

[trent25]

No camera ... look at the flash animation ... the back is plain.

http://www.sonyericsson.com/spg.jsp?cc=in&lc=en&ver=4000&template=pp1_loader&php=PHP1_10391&zone=pp&lm=pp1&pid=10391

[crazyze]

No camera ... look at the flash animation ... the back is plain.

http://www.sonyericsson.com/spg.jsp?cc=in&lc=en&ver=4000&template=pp1_loader&php=PHP1_10391&zone=pp&lm=pp1&pid=10391

I meant the next incarnation of the Walkman phone!

[phoney]

my next phone is gonna be n80 then the w950i with camera.

[bj2luv]

Thanks SE and no thanks, specs wise cool, but no camera, no wifi, Come on SE can do better. I don't have UMTS in my location but atleast a camera ll be fine. If the camera version ll be launch close to the launch date of W950, i may well be interested and pls they should not forget wifi.

[Viipottaja]

err.. not 100% sure why i would pick this over the m600? will be interesting to see the prices between those two as well as relative ro N91. other than price, N91 still seems more interesting at this point with its wifi and camera and 3.5 plug.

[crazyze]

err.. not 100% sure why i would pick this over the m600? will be interesting to see the prices between those two as well as relative ro N91. other than price, N91 still seems more interesting at this point with its wifi and camera and 3.5 plug.

The W950 has size in its favour and touch screen over the N91, but I understand where you are coming from ;)

[bj2luv]

Touchsreen cool, nice widget to have to wheeze around, but pls no 3.5mm plug that is another let down for me(Don't get me wrong the phone is great), as i said i dont have UMTS in my location, i could definetely appreciated good old edge. I have to agreed with Viipottaja that N91 still look great on the horizon (least we forget; N91 is running on a hard disk) but atleast it has wifi. I wouldn't mind a wifi add-on if possible.

[Box215]

quite frankly im shocked it doesnt have a camera, no wifi i can understand, but no camera? c'mon SE

[carcomptoy]

It is based after the M600i after all...where would they get space for a camera?:rolleyes:

[marwan]

this thing is so useless, so stop whinning girls. if you want the real deal, the P990 is where it's at. END OF STORY!!!

[Snapski]

Personally, i find it pretty easy to understand SE's reasoning behind the release of the these new UMTS devices with no camera....

M600 - Aimed at business users who require access to office based apps, email, VPN etc. So therefore no need for cam. Many company policys prohibit the use of camera's in the work place such as brokers, govt workers etc hence the popularity of blackberry...

W950 - Walkman phone, aimed at music lovers who are likley to d/l music via UMTS, rather than have video convos etc.

It makes sence for SE to expand their handset portfolio in order to ensure continued market share growth. We all now how it works... it is very rare for any manufacturer to produce a device that have EVERYTHING... its great for milking the market and keeping consumers wanting more. I am in no doubt that a Symbian/UMTS/3+MP/4GB phone will be released... but not before they get their mony's worth out of lesser devices, and when there is more technology to exploit.

[Arne Anka]

Touchsreen cool, nice widget to have to wheeze around, but pls no 3.5mm plug that is another let down for me(Don't get me wrong the phone is great)

W950 comes with following stereo bluetooth headset where you can replace the provided ear buds with your own (source: http://mobil.mkf.se/ArticlePages/200602/14/20060214082645_AHD893/20060214082645_AHD893.dbp.asp). The headset supports multipoint connection meaning it can be connected to your phone + a second device simultaneously. A more practical solution than having a 3.5 mm plug built into the phone IMO.

http://www.sonyericsson.com/spg.jsp?cc=se&lc=sv&ver=4000&template=pp4_1_1&zone=pp&lm=pp4_1&pid=10394

[stars]

this thing is so useless, so stop whinning girls. if you want the real deal, the P990 is where it's at. END OF STORY!!!


be nice marwan. lets not get ugly.

[stars]

anyone noted the position of the walkman button plus the cancel button ?

its EXACTLY in the same way that NOKIA builds the symbian series 60 platoform phone. if you have owned a nokia 6600 or 6820 or any of them u would instantly get what i mean.

this is interesting. is this phone meant to be a Nokia-killer ?

[Arne Anka]

Most people seem to think its an ipod killer. Perhaps the truth is somewhere inbetween.

[crazyze]

anyone noted the position of the walkman button plus the cancel button ?

its EXACTLY in the same way that NOKIA builds the symbian series 60 platoform phone. if you have owned a nokia 6600 or 6820 or any of them u would instantly get what i mean.

this is interesting. is this phone meant to be a Nokia-killer ?

I don't think this phone is meant to be the killer, just the beginning of SE's attack on Nokia S60 phones....

[Daedalus]

if you have owned a nokia 6600 or 6820


Umm, you sure you mean 6820? 1) Its S40 not S60 and 2) it doesn't have buttons that look that similar to this.

[jayharcourt]

what a bloody shame! stick it with 3g and a 2MP camera, and you have best phone ever simply.!

[Daedalus]

what a bloody shame! stick it with 3g and a 2MP camera, and you have best phone ever simply.!


AHH, for the last time it DOES have 3G

Can't people around here read? Bit ironic for a forum...

[MikeUK]

I really like the phone! If it had a camera I'd seriously consider selling my current phone and my iPod, but it doesn't so alas no joy here for me!

[Jose_R.A.M]

I really like the phone! If it had a camera I'd seriously consider selling my current phone and my iPod, but it doesn't so alas no joy here for me!

yup! me too! I was thinking wow...then ..where's the camera.

[stars]

Umm, you sure you mean 6820? 1) Its S40 not S60 and 2) it doesn't have buttons that look that similar to this.

nonono

i meant the giant series 60 model. the 6680 , 6682 is the US edition. my bad a typo.

anyway , the button placing sure smells like traditonal series 60 placing of call/ menu buttons at the side of the keypad rather than SE's traditional positoning of it above the numerical keypad

[carcomptoy]

Giant?? I hope you haven't seen the N-Gage:rolleyes:

In any case, if it had a camera, I'd pick this up in a moment...but alas no so yeah...

I still don't understand SE's reasoning. Most people who buy Walkman phones are expecting multimedia phones, so not having a camera kinda kills that. I do not understand...:cool:

[Jose_R.A.M]

Well maybe because its being targeted at all costs as a music phone.

As much as camera in phones have become the norm all resources had to push the music capabilities.

It is a shame though its not there.

[Viipottaja]

How on earth does the keypad work? looks very unergonomic to me on the pics.

[Jose_R.A.M]

How on earth does the keypad work? looks very unergonomic to me on the pics.

...er like a normal one - just all the way (way way) down at the bottom.

Maybe it has to be held with indexfinger at around 3/4 up the back, middle, index pink follow. Otherwise it would indeed feel very top heavy.

I dunno, i think it would be ok. If the keypad is all that "unergonomic" then there's always the stylus.:)

[crazyze]

Giant?? I hope you haven't seen the N-Gage:rolleyes:

In any case, if it had a camera, I'd pick this up in a moment...but alas no so yeah...

I still don't understand SE's reasoning. Most people who buy Walkman phones are expecting multimedia phones, so not having a camera kinda kills that. I do not understand...:cool:

Reasoning is that they can easily rebrand a M600 with the Walkman, it's very common (k750 and w800 is a good example) , appeal to a wider audience with essentially the same phone!

[Arne Anka]

How on earth does the keypad work? looks very unergonomic to me on the pics.

Its reported that both W950 and M600 keys are suprisingly confortable to use (you have to try it your self to verify it).

http://www.clubsonyericsson.com/en/16/02/2006/live-pics-of-w950-m600-k610-and-more-part-i/


I still don't understand SE's reasoning. Most people who buy Walkman phones are expecting multimedia phones, so not having a camera kinda kills that. I do not understand...:cool:

This is the reason (found in the link below)
"Instead he claimed the intention was to focus the experience on music, and that they have done" .

http://www.phonescoop.com/articles/3gsm_2006/index.php?p=se

Here are some videos of W950

http://www.newmobile.nl/eur/en/videos.php?phone_id=17fc305

[commedecargons]

does it have radio? does p990 have radio? sorry..... lost touch with phones......... but this looked tasty.

[Arne Anka]

P990 has radio. W950 I don't know.

[stars]

does it have radio? does p990 have radio? sorry..... lost touch with phones......... but this looked tasty.

most defintely my friend. btw u want anything from SG ? might be popping in on KL within the next few days