Sony Ericsson slaps Walkman logo on X8 and renames it W8, which is the first Walkman phone running Android.Sony Ericsson W8 proudly displays the logo Wlakman while dressed in flashy colors to say the least and eatures a 3-inch touchscreen (320 x 480 pixels) and a 3 megapixel camera……….
While the original incarnations of the Walkman hasn’t been around for quite some time, now Sony Ericsson has announced its first ever Walkman brand smartphone running Google Android 2.1 Eclair update in Indonesia. Sporting 3-inch capacitive touchscreen display, the new Sony Ericsson W8 walkman smartphone looks very similar to Xperia X8. There’s no word on the pricing and this phone will be available in China, Hong Kong, Indonesia, India, Malayasia, Phillipines, Singapore, Taiwan, Thailand and Vietnam from Q2 2011 in Azure Blue, Metallic Red and Iconic Orange.Sony Ericsson W8 has a 3-inch capacitive HVGA (320×480) display and houses 600Mhz processor under the hood. With 128MB memory on board, this handset comes with Android 2.1 Eclair running on it and I doubt if it will get Froyo richness. Kindly forget about the phone getting Gingerbread. Sony Ericsson has layered the Timescape UI on the top of Android.Branded as a Walkman series smartphone, the W8 will have Walkman Music Player ported to Android, TrackID music recognition and PlayNow technologies. At the back lies a 3.2 megapixel camera that would give you mediocre quality photos along with Geo-tagging capability. Being 3G Network compatible, the new W8 Android phone offers 23 hours and 40 minutes worth of music listening time. The phone is connectible wirelessly via Wi-Fi and Bluetooth. Apart from that, the W8 offers Twitter and Facebook integration in the Timescape UI.
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