Sony Ericsson W950

The Sony Ericsson W950 is the first Walkman branded Symbian phone. Looking like a funkier M600, the W950 takes the mobile music player fight to the Nokia N91 with a similar amount of space to store tunes (4GB), but Sony Ericsson have gone for flash memory rather than a hard drive, so power consumption and noise levels should be lower, and the W950 is also a bit lighter in the pocket than the chunky N91. The missing camera may cost the W950 a few sales though. The upcoming Sony Ericsson W960 remedies many of the W950's perceived shortcomings.

There is also the W958c targeted exclusively at the Mainland China market - Sony Ericsson have apparently cancelled the previously announced Chinese version of the W950 model, the W950c. The W958c does not have UMTS support.

• Sony Ericsson Tech specs
• UIQ - W950 overview
• Mobiledia W950 summary
• Cameraphone Focus - W950: Walkman phone done properly
• Symbian One - W950: Music To Developers' Ears
• All About Symbian - W950 overview
• Mobile Review - W950 review
• The Register - W950 hands-on preview
• Mobile Whack - W950 gets FCC approval
• GSM Arena - W950 specifications
• All About Symbian - Comparing the W950 with other Walkman phones
• Unrumor.com - W950 - iPhone beater?

Reviews

• All About Symbian - Unwrapping the W950i
• All About Symbian - First steps with the W950i
• All About Symbian - In depth W950i review, part 1, part 2 (the UIQ interface), part 3 (applications), part 4 (conclusions)

Specification summary:

• Tri-band GSM 900/1800/1900 MHz
• UMTS 2100 MHz
• Bluetooth, Infrared, and USB support
• 262,144-colour TFT
• 240x320 pixel
• Dimensions: 106 x 54 x 15 mm
• Weight: 112 g

There are many other UIQ Phones, and UIQ Getting Started should help you get going with one.

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