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So the Sony Ericsson W715 is currently the newest member of Walkman series of Sony Ericsson. As expected, the most important thing about a W715 Walkman handset is definitely the music capabilities of the Sony Ericsson W715. So let’s talk about it then :)

The very first I noticed about the new Sony Ericsson W715 is the lack of standard 3.5mm headphone socket, which is something that I expected a music phone to have. Too bad, really… However, there is a 3.5mm adaptor wire that also features a built-in microphone for making and receiving calls.
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Next stop; the Sony Ericsson W715 headphone. Compared to most included headphone on the market, the W715 headphone have a superior quality. It got a warm, powerful sound, with some passive noise-canceling. Moreover, you’ll also get three different ear buds and you can choose which one suits you the most.

Wireless/Bluetooth listening? No problemo. The Sony Ericsson W715 also features Bluetooth A2DP for those who want to listen to their music with a set of stereo Bluetooth headphones.

Now let’s talk about the W715 music player. The Sony Ericsson W715 features ‘Walkman Player 3.0′ with motion-sensitive controls. So basically all you have to do is press the Walkman button on the top of the phone to activate the Walkman Player application. After the player is on, you can create playlist and browse music by artist, album, track, playlist, genre, and year. Moreover, the Sony Ericsson W715 Walkman also creates its own playlists for your most played songs, not played songs, and newly added songs. Moreover, there’s an 9 preset options equalizer to improve the quality of the music. In addition there are also album art and visualizations :)

So what are additional goodies related to Sony Ericsson W715 Walkman? Well the spotlight goes to Sony Ericsson’s ‘TrackID’ software and ‘MusicDJ’ application. The MusicDJ allows you to play around with different instrument sounds to create your own songs.

What about the Sony Ericsson W715’s storage? In order to keep your list of favorite songs in this Walkman phone, Sony Ericsson have put 120MB of built-in storage memory. And if that’s not enough, the W715 can handle M2 cards up to 8GB in capacity. Pretty big :)

Overall Conclusion (Including other Features):

The Sony Ericsson W715 is a very pleasant device to use, and gave me no real problems when using it, aside from the occasional occurrence of a flashing red light from behind the keypad, which required removal of the battery to stop it. Aside from this, the device performed flawlessly throughout our testing, and I found very little to complain about. Sure, the screen is a bit small for web browsing, and the camera’s lack of autofocus and a decent flash was disappointing, but this device is designed for music, so these additional features are merely icing on the cake. The only real worry for this phone is the lack of a 3.5mm audio port, as many non-music specific handsets even have them these days, so the W715 definitely should. Still, even this isn’t a huge problem, and is easily overcome with the included adaptor.

The W715 does its main task very well, providing a great audio experience with some added GPS services as a bonus. It’s a very nice package overall, and the high quality materials used in its construction give it a robust, expensive feel. It does all the basics well, and the battery life was very good throughout our testing, despite some extensive testing of the phone’s features. I was also quite surprised at the number of handy and entertaining extras included on the handset, such as the music quiz game, the TrackID application, and the training tracker.

Overall, I give the Sony Ericsson W715 a “Highly Recommended” rating, as it’s a great music phone, and has very few faults to speak of. You’ll find a selection of photos taken with the W715 on the following page.

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Rumors over at the internet were saying that Sony Ericsson is preparing a new low-end walkman phone, codenamed Yao. But now Yao has gotten its official name of Sony Ericsson W395 and it is the Walkman version of the Sony Ericsson F305; the gaming phone. So the Sony Ericsson W395 is said to have a similar specs with the Sony Ericsson F305, such as a 2 Megapixel camera, 176×220 pixels screen, Bluetooth connectivity support. Naturally, there’s also a Walkman music playback software included in the mix.

The latest update of the Sony Ericsson W395 is the pics. What we have here is the Sony Ericsson W395’s first real and spy pictures. The Sony Ericsson W395 looks quite attractive, with a similar design to the F305. Enjoy, Folks.

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Another phone unveiled by Sony Ericsson today besides the SE C510 is this phone, the Sony Ericsson W508. It’s a walkman phone that comes with OLED external display that is scratch-resistant. On the inside, the pretty clamshell designed phone has a 262k TFT scratch-resistant internal display. The SE W508 comes with a 3.2-megapixel camera, Shake and Gesture control, “SensMe walkman feature for matching your mood to the music and touch keys on top to play, stop and skip tracks”, HSDPA. So the point is, the SE W508 managed to maintain the reputation of Walkman series of Sony Ericsson by offering high-end music experience. This new W508 walkman phone looks a little like the W980, don’t you think so. It is going to be available in selected markets from Q2 with the color options of Metal Grey and Poetic White. Read the rest for more pictures.

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The Sony Ericsson W508 Walkman Specifications:

  • Camera: 3.2 megapixel camera
  • Walkman player
  • Shake control
  • SensMe
  • Access NetFront Web browser
  • Photo feeds
  • Java
  • Bluetooth technology
  • Size: 93.5 x 50 x 14 mm
  • Weight: 98 grams
  • Display screen: 262,144 colour TFT, scratch-resistant
  • Resolution: 240 x 320 pixels
  • Size: 2.2 inches
  • External screen: Monochromatic OLED, scratch-resistant
  • Resolution: 128 x 36 pixels
  • Size: 1.1 inches
  • Phone memory: Up to 100MB
  • Memory card support: Memory Stick Micro (M2)
  • Talk time GSM/GPRS: Up to 10 hrs
  • Standby time GSM/GPRS: Up to 400 hrs
  • Talk time UMTS: Up to 4 hrs
  • Standby time UMTS: Up to 400 hrs
  • Video call time: Up to 2 hrs
  • Music listening time: Up to 24 hrs

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Can this be true?? Well, according to our source at phonereportv2.o it is likely to be true. Sony Ericsson will come as a new contender for the online music store battle. As we all know, in terms of mobile music, Sony Ericsson is known for their Walkman series handsets and the key to win the heart of the consumer could be the right marketing strategy.

Nokia Music Store has opened in about 12 countries, and the number is set to increase gradually. Sony Ericsson will have a tough time catching up, unless they deploy a global technique and not individual. Providing each country with their own music is more profitable, but it consumes time, and time is money.

Sony Ericsson’s marketing director, David Hilton, told the Mobile Today website: ‘We’ve approached and had discussions with all the operators, and a number of those talks are still ongoing. It’s a good commercial opportunity.’

The Music store will be integrated in the PlayNow service, but with many operators such as O2 and Vodafone launching their own stores, it will be tough to play in this market. LG is also set to play in the market, with its MusicStation Max online music store for mobile phones.

Walkman series from Sony Ericsson always offer a fun multimedia experience for its owners. To achieve more market share, the W760 was announced at the 2008 Consumer Electronics Show. There’s something different about this handset compared to other Walkman phones. The manufacturer added games, internet, and location based services to its repertoire of music, video, and photos. While it falls a little short on the specification sheet when compared to smartphone ‘multimedia monsters’ like the Nokia N95, it should do well in the feature phone market where it competes.

Well, here’s what mobileburn.com said about this handset in their review’s conclusion:

Despite the few bugs that were found in our review unit, there was really very little not to like about the Sony Ericsson W760. Its musical talents were handy, the web browser adequate, and the size, weight, and design were all quite pleasing. Its performance in basically every area was quite satisfying.

The most appreciated features on the device were the accelerometer and convenient media menu, while the camera put in a solid performance as well. The GPS location-based services were also nice, though potentially the most important use of the GPS, the Navigation application, was not working on our unit. As for things that we really didn’t like about the phone? There is nothing that really stands out as bad on the handset. Herein lies the problem – everything about the device is merely average, there are no incredible standout features.

Sony Ericsson is marketing the W760 as a media device, a very crowded portion of the market. The W760 has to stand up to a lot of competitors, most with fancy touch screens like the Samsung Instinct, LG Vu, and Apple iPhone. The Sony Ericsson W760’s camera is better than most in its market segment, but this is the only place where it can really gain any ground – except, potentially, on price.

For this reason, we are giving the device just a “Recommended” rating. For all intents and purposes the Sony Ericsson W760 on its own is probably worth a “highly recommended”, but it just doesn’t impress enough for us to put it at the top of the food chain. If the W760 is within your budget and photography is important to you, this is a great device, but there are also many other fine alternatives out there to consider.

You’ll find a gallery of sample photos shot with the Sony Ericsson W760 Walkman phone on the following page.

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The Sony Ericsson’s Walkman series line-up has added a new phone on its list. The new member of the family is called the W595, a phone that many people said might be the Linda, successor of the W580. Why? It is because it has a rather similar design with the Sony Ericsson’s W580.

For now all I know is that, Sony Ericsson W595 will be A2 platform based, will feature Walkman 3 player and TrackID, FM Radio, Bluetooth with A2DP and USB mass storage, accelerometer and maybe aGPS with Google Maps.

I think the size of the screen is pretty normal for housing dimensions like this and I guess its resolution will be 240×320 pixels with 262K colors, maybe 2.4 inch.

Regarding the design of the handset, I only can say that I like it very much :D it’s some kind of combination of the Sony Ericsson W580 and Sony Ericsson W910

The W595 will be announced in a matter of days or weeks for the July music product announcement. The T610 remake will not be part of this announcement.

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