“Yari is the industry’s first mobile phone with gesture gaming outside of the Japanese market,” said Catherine Cherry, Market Business Manager at Sony Ericsson. “It’s time to move like you’ve never moved on a mobile phone before! With Gesture gaming you move your body to play instead of pressing buttons on the phone, giving you a fun experience that even helps you keep fit. If you’ve exhausted yourself with the games there are loads of other multimedia features to enjoy. Snap your friends with the five megapixel camera or chill out to your favourite tunes with the state-of-the art music player”.

Yari supports GSM/GPRS/EDGE 850/900/1800/1900 and UMTS/HSDPA 900/2100. Yari will be available in selected markets from early Q4 in the colours Achromatic Black and Cranberry White.

The Sony Ericsson Yari at a glance

• Gesture and motion gaming for action on and off the screen
• A/B buttons - gaming shortcut keys
• Gaming carousel gives direct access to your games from the desktop
• State-of-the art music player and stereo speakers for easy listening
• Music call – one button press to share your favourite tracks while you talk
• Send your location by SMS
• 5.0 megapixel camera, auto focus, face detection, geo tagging
• Bluetooth stereo (A2DP)
• Mega Bass
• Shake control
• Stereo speakers
• TrackID
• Access NetFront™ Web browser
• Auto rotate
• FM radio with RDS
• Java
• Gesture gaming
• Motion gaming
• A-GPS
• DNLA Certified
• Size: 100 x 48 x 15.7 mm
• Weight: 115 grams
• Main screen: 262,144 colour TFT
• Resolution: 240 x 320 pixels (QVGA)
• Size: 2.4 inches
• Phone memory: Up to60MB
• Memory card support: SanDisk microSD
• Talk time GSM/GPRS: Up to 10 hrs
• Standby time GSM/GPRS: Up to 450 hrs
• Talk time UMTS: Up to 4.5hrs
• Standby time UMTS: Up to 450hrs

“With Media Go there’s no need to worry about format, resolution and ‘frame per second’ anymore.” said Alexandre Cardon, Global Marketing Business Manager at Sony Ericsson. “No longer will the video you transferred from your PC to your phone play in low resolution or bad quality. With Media Go and the W995 the experience is as good on your phone as it was on your PC.”

Set the phone on its built-in stand and watch videos with your friends while you pump up the volume on the powerful built-in stereo speakers. Depends on your regional market, the W995 will be sold together with the HPM-77 headphone or HPM-88 noise cancelling headset. A 8GB memory card will be included together with the retail package.

The W995 Walkman supports GSM/GPRS/EDGE 850/900/1800/1900 and UTMS/HSPA 900/2100. W995 will be available in selected markets from Q2 in the colours Progressive Black, Cosmic Silver and Energetic Red.

The Sony Ericsson W995 Walkman at a glance

• 8.1 megapixel camera
• Picture blogging
• Video blogging
• Auto focus
• Face detection
• Image and Video stabilizer
• Video light
• Flash LED
• PictBridge
• TrackID
• SensMe
• Bluetooth stereo (A2DP)
• 3.5mm audio jack
• Stereo speakers
• Shake control
• Access NetFront Web browser
• Motion gaming
• Java
• FM radio with RDS
• YouTube
• DLNA Certified
• Wi-Fi
• Location-based services
• Geo tagging of photos
• Google Maps
• aGPS
• Size: 97 x 49 x 15 mm
• Weight: 113 grams
• Main screen: 262,144 colour TFT, scratch-resistant
• Resolution: 240 x 320 pixels
• Size: 2.6 inches
• Phone memory: Up to 118MB
• Memory card support: Memory Stick Micro (M2)
• Talk time GSM/GPRS: Up to 9 hrs
• Standby time GSM/GPRS: Up to 370 hrs
• Talk time UMTS: Up to 4 hours
• Standby time UMTS: Up to 360 hours
• Video talk time: Up to 3.5 hours
• Music listening time: Up to 20 hours
• Video watching time up to 5hrs
• Networks
• W995:
  GSM/GPRS/EDGE 850/900/1800/1900
  UMTS/HSPA 900/2100
• W995a:
  GSM/GPRS/EDGE 850/900/1800/1900
  UMTS/HSPA 850/1900/2100

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]]> http://www.slashphone.com/sony-ericsson-w995-hikaru-walkmanphone-goes-live-154696/feed 2 http://www.slashphone.com/communicasia-2008-new-sony-ericsson-f305-gaming-phone-announced-17699 http://www.slashphone.com/communicasia-2008-new-sony-ericsson-f305-gaming-phone-announced-17699#comments Tue, 17 Jun 2008 13:47:58 +0000 Kim Poh Liaw http://www.slashphone.com/?p=699 The new Sony Ericsson F305 with Motion Gaming puts ‘fun and entertainment’ at the heart of the mobile phone. In addition to horizontal gameplay and dedicated gaming controls – to let you control the action the way you are used to – the F305 lets the user control the action with a swing or a swipe of the phone. Using motion sensor technology, the phone can, for example, follow your actions to imitate bowling or casting a fishing line.

With the F305 your favourite game is only one-click away. Enjoy the full gaming experience with stereo speakers, which also come in handy for sharing the latest track on the media player. The Sony Ericsson F305 will pre-loaded with three motion games, “Bowling”, “Bass fishing” and “Jockey”. Additional motion games developed by Gameloft plus 50 more 2D and 3D games available for download at PlayNow. It also allows you to play games in Horizontal mode, however, only supported games will switch to this mode automatically. Just like Nitendo Wii, the F305 comes with a wrist strap in the box to prevent the phone flying off from your hand.

Never miss a fun or unexpected moment with the phones 2.0 megapixel camera. Share your photos or music with friends via Bluetooth or Memory Stick Micro (M2). It will also be possible to change the look of your phone with Style-up covers – two covers to choose from in box.

To complement the F305 there is also now a handy new accessory available for the serious gamer. Although the F305 gives you up to 8 hours of gameplay, there is always now a back-up with the Power Pack CPP-100. Attach it to your keyring and when you need it, simply plug it into the phone to receive an instant battery power boost.

The F305 with Motion Gaming will be available in Polar White and Mystic Black in selected markets from Q3 2008. It will be a Quad-Band EDGE phone supporting 850, 900, 1800 and 1900 frequency bands. Power Pack CPP-100 will be available in selected markets from Q4 2008

F305 with Motion Gaming – At a glance

• Motion gaming
• Horizontal gaming mode
• Cross key + Dedicated gaming buttons
• Gaming shortcut key
• 3D games
• Stereo speakers
• Java MIDP 2.0
• PlayNow
• Media player
• MP3/AAC/AAC+/ eAAC+
• TrackID
• Stereo FM radio
• Bluetooth stereo (A2DP)
• 2.0 megapixel camera
• 2.0″ 176 x 220 TFT display
• WAP 2.0 xHTML
• Picture messaging (MMS)
• Predictive text input
• Sound recorder
• Text messaging (SMS)
• Style-up covers, two provided in box
• Bluetooth technology
• USB mass storage
• Alarm
• Calculator
• Calendar
• Phone book
• Stopwatch
• Tasks
• Timer
• Wrist strap
• Size: 96 x 47 x 14.6 mm
• Weight: 97.5 grams
• Display: 2-inches 176 x 220 TFT display (262,144 colours)
• Phone memory: Up to 10MB
• Memory Stick Micro (M2) support
• Talk time GSM: Up to 8 hrs
• Standby time GSM: Up to 400 hrs
• Availability and versions
• Networks: EDGE 850/900/1800/1900 

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