The evolution of Sony Ericsson’s successful Walkman phone range takes another step forward today with the announcement of the UMTS enabled W850. Sony Ericsson’s first GSM/UMTS 'slider', the W850 has been uniquely combined with a full horizontal mode camera experience and the latest Walkman® player 2.0 for easy music download.

Sony Ericsson has also evolved the Walkman® music player in ways which will appeal whether you’re a new user or already familiar with the interface. The user interface is more intuitive and makes it easy to search and play tracks as well as download them. New graphics capabilities make the experience more visual and provide music metadata and album art. And the download service is integrated, so there’s no need to come out of the music player and into the web browser to visit online music stores.

There is also a high performance 2 Megapixel camera that makes it fun to capture your favourite moments and share them with friends. Fast internet access and web browsing also make it easy to use your W850 to create and maintain blogsites, so you can keep your friends posted from wherever you are.

An impressive range of accessories means you can have even more fun out of your W850. Stereo Bluetooth™ headsets allow you to enjoy music in full stereo quality wire-free, and an advanced car handsfree set makes it safe to enjoy your music phone while driving. Music Desk stand speakers provide a boost to the sound to make the W850 the centre of any party.

The Sony Ericsson W850i is a UMTS 2100 and Tri-band GPRS 900/1800/1900 Walkman phone for Europe, Middle East, Africa.
It is commercially available in Precious Black or Golden White and starts shipping during Q3 2006.

W850 – Features at a glance:

• 2.0” QVGA TFT 260k
• 2 mega pixel
• Landscape Imaging
• 4 x digital zoom
• LED Light
• Video Recording/Playback
• Push e-mail
• Macromedia Flash
• Video telephony
• 1 GB MS PRO Duo enough for approximately 1000 tracks in eAAC+
• Walkman Player 2.0 [MP3, AAC, AAC+, eAAC+, m4a playback]
• Up to 30 hours music playing time
• Full-length music download OTA
• Music/video streaming
• TrackID
• Speed search music
• Music playback with illumination
• RDS FM Stereo Radio
• Audio out via system connector
• A+B buttons
• Java 3D gaming
• OMA DRM v. 2.0
• UMTS 2100
• USB 2.0 Mass storage
• Full Access Net front HTML browser
• RSS feeds
• Bluetooth™ 2.0 (A2DP)
• Landscape browsing
• Expandable MS PRO Duo slot
• PC Synchronization
• Flight mode
• FOTA
• 1 GB MS PRO Duo
• Stereo headset
• USB Cable
• PC SW
• Audio cable out
• BT stereo music headset (A2DP)
• Adv. car handsfree
• Media Center 3 – for wireless plug & play connection to PC an HiFi
• Music Desk stand speakers (Sony Branded)
• FM transmitter