Sony Ericsson to unveil 9GB Walkman mobile phone
By John Blau, IDG News Service, 06/14/07
Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications AB
will launch late Thursday in Berlin six new phones, including a high-end Walkman-branded handset with around 9G bytes of internal Flash memory, according to a company spokeswoman.
The music-centric Walkman will more than double the internal memory of previous models and will feature a newly designed media player and large-touch display for easy navigating. But, unlike Apple Inc.'s planned
iPhone, the new Walkman will include a keyboard.
"Our new Walkman mobile phone isn't designed as a response to the
iPhone but as a further development of the Walkman," the Sony Ericsson spokeswoman said.
Sony Ericsson will also unveil the latest in its line of Cybershot camera phones, a 5-megapixel device.
Several new accessories will be introduced in Berlin, including a
GPS (global positioning system) unit that can be connected to a mobile phone and new
Bluetooth headsets.