Sony Ericsson W900

Sony Ericsson added today the first UMTS handset to the Walkman range of music phones. The 3G technology in the new Sony Ericsson W900 allows for faster network downloads of music and video. The swivel phone gets its design from the S700 model and its camera from the successful W800 Walkman. The Sony Ericsson W900 offers a lot of communication options - Bluetooth, Infrared port, USB and large internal memory of 470 MB in addition to the Memory Stick Duo Pro card slot.

The W900 UMTS Walkman phone is available in black or white and will be commercially available end Q4 2005. The variants will be:
- W900i - Dual mode UMTS (2100MHz) - GPRS 900/1800/1900 for Europe, Asia Pacific, Middle East, Africa
- W900c - Dual mode UMTS (2100MHz) - GPRS 900/1800/1900 for Mainland China.

Launch for mainland China dependant on availability of 3G services. Also today Sony Ericsson Walkman FM Music Transmitter MMR-60 and the Home Audio System MDS-70. Attached to a Sony Ericsson mobile phone the FM Music Transmitter MMR-60 can transmit music files from the handset over the FM radio frequency band, which can be used to connect your phone music player to your car audio system for example. The Home Audio System MDS-70 is a stylish phone cradle which connects to a set of high performance speakers, so all the user need do is nest the phone in the cradle, press Play and enjoy the full, rich sound that is synonymous with Sony home Hi-Fi products.

Sony Ericsson extends Walkman family to four with first UMTS music phone - the W900 London, 17th October 2005, – Sony Ericsson today adds its first UMTS handset to the Walkman range of music phones bringing the total number of phones in the range to four. The W900 is a high quality fully specified music player, phone and imaging device capable of super-fast downloads of all types of multimedia – music, video and graphics. It follows the highly successful global market launch of the W800. Two previously announced Walkman phones are also about to launch, the W600 in the Americas and W550 in the rest of the world, meaning there are now Walkman phones meeting a broad spectrum of mobile music needs and price segments.