On today press announcement, Sony Ericsson has announced the W995 Hikaru slider phone and a 12 megapixel camera phone called Sony Ericsson Idou. The Idou will be marketed as Entertainment Unlimited, which will develier a complete music / video / camera solutions to high end market. The Sony Ericsson Idou will be available at second half of 2009.

Capture moments, talk through pictures and share all your experiences like never before with the 12.1 megapixel camera, intuitive touch features and Xenon flash. Tap directly into your favourite videos and tracks with the full-touch media menu and feast your eyes on movies, TV-series and video clips in true 16:9 widescreen format. Based on what will become the Symbian Foundation operating system, thousands of applications are available online letting you install new applications and download exciting content from PlayNow to make the Idou truly yours.

Dick Komiyama, President, Sony Ericsson said, “Entertainment Unlimited is at the core of Sony Ericsson’s philosophy, building on the strength of our great entertainment assets such as Walkman and Cyber-shot phones and our unique service and applications integration. Many of the strategic initiatives we’ve announced in the past year have laid the internal framework to launch this new consumer proposition to the market and Sony Ericsson is now ready to drive the next wave of market development with Entertainment Unlimited.”

The final specifications might be changed when the Sony Ericsson Idou is available, here is some of the available details

• 12.1 megapixel camera with Xenon Flash, auto focus
• 3.5-inch touch screen with 640 x 320 resolution
• Symbian OS
• Turbo 3G (HSDPA or HSUPA)
• WiFi
• GPS
• Bluetooth
• Micro M2 memory card slot

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