Z558 is a Tri-Band GPRS 900/1800/1900 clamshell featuring a touch screen for Chinese character input, as well as Thai and English text recognition and one-touch SMS access . It is the first phone non-Symbian based phone in the Sony Ericsson range to offer a touch screen & stylus.

Finished in a combination of brushed metal and high gloss material, the Z558 features a bright 262k colour touch screen and a 1.3 Megapixel camera for work and leisure. With 18MB of onboard memory expandable to 1GB, the Z558 has plenty of storage and connects easily to a PC for fast transfer of multimedia files and synchronisation with your phone book and calendar. Available in 'Expresso Black' from October 2006. It will be available as both the Z558c for mainland China and the Z558i for other selected markets.

Z558 - Features at a glance

• Tri-band 900/1800/1900
• Handwriting Recognition
• 262k colour TFT touch-screen 220 x 176 pixels
• 128 x 36 pixel STN sub display
• 1.3 mega pixel camera
• 18 MB user memory
• SMS, EMS and MMS
• Email (POP3/IMAP4)
• Push e-mail
• MP3/AAC Support
• FM Radio
• Polyphonic 40 ring tones
• Java MIDP 2.0
• OMA DRM phase 1
• GPRS class 10
• Memory Stick Micro - (M2) slot (support up to 1 GB)
• USB 2.0 support
• WAP 2.0
• Bluetooth™
• Speakerphone
• Full HTML browser