Sony Ericsson today adds its first UMTS handset to the Walkman range of music phones bringing the total number of phones in the range to four. The W900 is a high quality fully specified music player, phone and imaging device capable of super-fast downloads of all types of multimedia - music, video and graphics. It follows the highly successful global market launch of the W800. Two previously announced Walkman phones are also about to launch, the W600 in the Americas and W550 in the rest of the world, meaning there are now Walkman phones meeting a broad spectrum of mobile music needs and price segments.

The W900 is the first Sony Ericsson phone to be supplied with a Stereo Portable Handsfree HPM-80 with remote control, that allows the user to operate the Walkman player without removing it from their pocket. A USB cable and Disc2Phone PC software for transfer and management of music files are also included in the box.

The W900 UMTS Walkman phone is available in black or white and will be commercially available end Q4 2005. The variants will be:

• W900i - Dual mode UMTS (2100MHz) - GPRS 900/1800/1900 for Europe, Asia Pacific, Middle East, Africa
• W900c - Dual mode UMTS (2100MHz) - GPRS 900/1800/1900 for Mainland China. Launch for mainland China dependant on availability of 3G services.

Imaging and messaging

• 2.0 MegaPixel camera with Autofocus
• Video call camera
• Digital Still Camera user interface
• 8 x digital zoom
• LED photo light
• 240 x 320 pixel QVGA TFT display
• 2.2” 262K color display
• Video recording and full screen playback
• Adobe Photoshop Starter Edition 2.0
• Apple QuickTime Player for PC
• SMS and MMS
• Instant Messaging
• Push e-mail

Entertainment

• Video Call
• PlayNow ringtones and games
• Walkman player (MP3/AAC/AAC+)
• Stereo Portable Handsfree with remote control (3.5mm jack)
• 40 polyphonic tones
• Java J2ME and hardware Accelerator
• Embedded Java games: Asphalt Urban GT 3d from Gameloft, Power Ball Arcade in 3D, QuadraPop in 2D MegaBass
• Macromedia Flash Lite
• VideoDJ, PhotoDJ, MusicDJ
• Disc2Phone PC Software
• PlayNow ringtones and games
• Horizontal full screen games
• FM Radio
• Connectivity
• Sync ML.
• HTML browser
• Bluetooth and Infrared
• PC Suite
• USB cable in the box
• USB mass storage
• Memory Stick PRO Duo slot
• External antenna connector