W710 - speakers not includedSony Ericsson's W710 Walkman phone, due Q3, has a motion-sensor, as well as a fitness utility reckoned to measure running speed, distance and time or, for less sporty types, the number of footsteps taken (slowly or otherwise). It incorporates an FM radio and a 2-Megapixel camera with digital zoom and comes with a 512MB Memory Stick Micro (M2) - a 1GB stick is an upgrade option.
The jogging application is reckoned to be easily accessed (and controlled) from the display on the outside of the phone (so it can be checked and adjusted while running) and from the main display within - and results are also shown while the phone is in standby. The step counter resets automatically at midnight so couch-potatoes and computer die-hards need to take note before then of how many paces they took that day as they moved from in front of the screen to the kitchen or loo, and back again.
In the image above, you'll see the phone fitted onto the Active Clip IAC-60 - an accessory that lets it be carried on the arm or waist or clipped to a bag and is supplied as standard.
Windows software is supplied in pack for music management and transfer. The program, Disc2Phone Music Management, is said to allow easy CD ripping and transfer of tracks from PC to phone. Tracks in existing music libraries can also be transferred by drag-and-drop and will bring with them details of artist, album and track. As you'd expect, the W710's memory card is seen as an external drive when the phone is connected to a PC by USB cable.
Other notable features include Megabass; search and sort by artist, album, track and playlist; flight mode (turns the phone off but leaves it still able to play music); 20 FM station presets; radio-alarm function; and music recognition using the new Gracenote Mobile MusicID service. This requires the user to record a few seconds of a song on the mic or the radio and then send it to Gracenote - track info is then relayed back.
Model variants
The W710 Walkman phone is said to be a quad-band EDGE/GPRS model available in two colours ("Performance Graphite" - as shown above - and "Hatha Violet") and two variants. The W710i Quad Band EDGE 850/900/1800/1900 is for use in Europe, Middle East, Africa, and Americas. The W710c Quad Band EDGE 850/900/1800/1900 for Mainland China
Optional accessories
Portable Speakers MPS-60
Music Cable MMC-60
Stereo Portable Handsfree HPM-82
FM Music Transmitter MMR-60 (where legal to sell)
Sony Memory Stick Micro (M2) Up to 1 GB
Features at a glance (lifted straight from press release)
Imaging and messaging
262k colors display
176x220 pixels TFT display
2.0 mega pixel camera
digital zoom
Video recording/playback
10MB user memory
Bundled with 512MB Memory Stick Micro (M2)
SMS, EMS and MMS
QuickShare
Instant Messaging
Push-To-Talk
Adobe picture/video PC SW
262k colors display
176x220 pixels TFT display
2.0 mega pixel camera
digital zoom
Video recording/playback
10MB user memory
Bundled with 512MB Memory Stick Micro (M2)
SMS, EMS and MMS
QuickShare
Instant Messaging
Push-To-Talk
Adobe picture/video PC SW
Music & Active
Walkman Media player (MP3, AAC and AAC+, eAAC+)
512MB Memory Stick Micro (M2) – enough to hold 470 tracks in eAAC+ format
Support for m4a
Active Stereo headset in the box
FM radio with RDS
Sturdy Sports armband and belt clip in the box
Fitness Application - Pedometer
1.5in 128x128 four-level orange on black external LCD for quick access to music
PlayNow Ring tones
PlayNow Games
Streaming Audio/Video
Java MIDP 2.0
3D games
Music and Video DJ
OMA DRM phase 2
Walkman Media player (MP3, AAC and AAC+, eAAC+)
512MB Memory Stick Micro (M2) – enough to hold 470 tracks in eAAC+ format
Support for m4a
Active Stereo headset in the box
FM radio with RDS
Sturdy Sports armband and belt clip in the box
Fitness Application - Pedometer
1.5in 128x128 four-level orange on black external LCD for quick access to music
PlayNow Ring tones
PlayNow Games
Streaming Audio/Video
Java MIDP 2.0
3D games
Music and Video DJ
OMA DRM phase 2
Connectivity
EDGE Quad-band 850,900,1800,1900
GPRS class 10
EDGE class 10
Bluetooth
512 MB Memory Stick Micro (M2) provided in the box (can store up to 470 songs with eAAC+)
USB 2.0 support with USB cable provided in the box
PC Tools & Software
Infrared
WAP 2.0
Full HTML Browser
RSS Feed
EDGE Quad-band 850,900,1800,1900
GPRS class 10
EDGE class 10
Bluetooth
512 MB Memory Stick Micro (M2) provided in the box (can store up to 470 songs with eAAC+)
USB 2.0 support with USB cable provided in the box
PC Tools & Software
Infrared
WAP 2.0
Full HTML Browser
RSS Feed
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