Sony Ericsson today revealed the W980, a Walkman phone with unique audio enhancing technology.

The W980 Walkman phone is designed to allow you to listen to music as it should be heard. Clear stereo enables the music to sound like the original recording. Clear bass delivers distortion free sound even at higher volumes. The W980 Walkman phone has a built-in FM transmitter, which allows you to send whatever’s playing on your phone to other devices with a built-in FM radio receiver. This gives you the ability to share your music with all those around you, whether through a friend’s hi-fi or your car stereo.

You can tailor the W980’s Walkman player to the music that you’re listening to. This latest Walkman phone provides a choice of eight equaliser presets, each of which contains a distinct profile that is suitable to a range of music. So whether you’re listening to jazz, pop or heavy metal, you’ve can always choose the best sound for the song.

The Walkman on Top feature on the W980 gives you the full functionality of a Walkman player without even having to open your phone. The entire Walkman player that would normally be displayed on the inside of your clamshell is also replicated on the outside of the phone, so navigation through your music library is effortless.

The new walkman phone is a UMTS/HSDPA 2100 GSM/GPRS 850/900/1800/1900 phone that will be available in selected markets from Q3 2008.

Sony Ericsson W980 - At a Glance

• Walkman player
• Clear stereo
• Clear bass
• FM transmitter
• Shake control
• TrackID
• Bluetooth stereo (A2DP)
• Java
• FM radio with RDS
• Video streaming
• Video viewing
• Camera
• 3.2 megapixel camera
• Photo fix
• Auto rotate
• x-Pict Story
• PictBridge printing
• Access NetFront Web browser
• Predictive text input
• Sound recorder
• Text messaging (SMS)
• Modem
• Synchronization
• Microsoft Exchange ActiveSync
• USB mass storage
• USB support
• Size: 92 x 46 x 16.9 mm
• Weight: 100 grams
• Colour: Piano Black
• Main screen: 262,144 colour TFT
• Resolution: 240 x 320 pixels
• Size: 2.2 inches
• External screen: 262,144 colour TFT
• Resolution: 176 x 176 pixels
• Phone memory: Up to 8 GB
• Talk time GSM: 9h
• Standby time GSM: TBD300h
• Talk time UMTS: 3.5h
• Standby time UMTS: 300h
• Music listening time: 16h
• Networks: UMTS/HSDPA 2100
• GSM/GPRS 850/900/1800/1900