The latest addition to Sony Ericsson's Walkman phone family, the W700, will appeal to lovers of classic and discreet design. Available in subtle Titanium Gold the W700 is the 8th Walkman phone from Sony Ericsson, in fact, it is a variant of W800i in different shell. Another white color version will be available in some regions.

"The W700 builds on the legacy of the first Walkman phone, the W800. This phone will appeal to anyone who wants a quality music player in their phone for occasional listening," said Jan Wäreby, Corporate Executive Vice President, Head of Sale and Marketing, Sony Ericsson.

There's also greater potential to expand the storage capacity. As with all Walkman phones a Memory Stick PRO Duo is included in the box. The W700 comes with 256MB - enough to hold 6 CDs for occasional music listening. But with up to 2GB versions on the market, enough to hold 47 CDs, there is enough music storage available to entertain on even the longest of journeys.

W700 complete feature list:

• Walkman player
• Supports MP3, AAC
• Music mode – transmitter off but you can still play your music
• 256MB Memory Stick PRO Duo (in the box)
• Up to 30 hours music playing time
• Graphical equalizer and Mega Bass
• Disc2Phone music management software allows easy ripping of CDs to PC and PC-to-phone transfer
• Stereo headphones in the box
• FM radio with RDS
• Streaming video
• Java MIDP 2.0
• OMA DRM phase 1
• 2 Megapixel camera
• 262K colour 1.8" display, 176x220, TFT screen
• Horizontal user interface
• LED picture light
• Video Recording/Playback
• Supports 3GPP and MPEG-4
• E-mail, SMS and MMS
• Predictive text input
• Tri-band GSM/GPRS 900/1800/1900 Mhz
• WAP 2.0 XHTML
• Bluetooth 2.0
• USB 2.0 mass storage
• Expandable Memory Stick Duo slot, Infrared port, Modem

The W700 will ship globally during Q2 2006 and be available in Titanium Gold. A Smooth White colour variant will be available in some markets.

• W700i – Tri-Band GSM/GPRS 900/1800/1900 MHz for Europe, Asia Pacific, Middle East, Africa
• W700c – Tri-Band GSM/GPRS 900/1800/1900 for Mainland China.

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