Sony Ericsson's W880 (Ai) Walkman musicphone unleashed

by Thomas Ricker posted Feb 6th 2007 at 5:55AM

Just like we thought, Sony Ericsson officially launched their W880 (Ai) Walkman musicphone today. Good thing too, 'cause all the leaked photos and SE teasers were getting a bit tiresome. So was the wait worth it? Depends, do you like slim musicphones swaddled in brushed stainless steel? At just 9.4-millimeters thin, it's SE's slimmest Walkman phone yet and packs a 1.8" QVGA 262k TFT display and 2 megapixel camera with a 1GB Memory Stick Micro (M2) card included in the box. It also comes pre-loaded with Walkman Player 2.0, Disc2Phone music management, and the TrackID music recognition applications. It also features a Flight Mode for use on the airplane and battery capable of up to 20-hours of music playback or up to 6 hours 30 mins of talk time. Good so far right? Sadly for those of us in The States, it'll only be sportin' UMTS 2100 and GSM 900/1800/1900 when it hits Europe in Q1. A GSM-only variant dubbed the W888 is headed to China. Check the gallery below for a taste of what might have been.

Filed under: Handsets, Sony Ericsson, Symbian, GSM, GPRS, UMTS

Tags: ai, breaking news, BreakingNews, se, sony ericsson, SonyEricsson, w880, w888, walkman

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

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Donald @ Feb 6th 2007 11:51AM

DO... *checks specs, sees EU bands*

... not want

Neutral

D @ Feb 6th 2007 1:47PM

I've said it two times before but this things looks ugly.

This official image makes it look a little less fugly than the guerrilla ones before did but that's saying something when you have to hire a professional to make a phone look better.

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