• Sony Ericsson W8: First Walkman Android Phone

    Sony Ericsson W8: First Walkman Android Phone

    Samir Makwana, Apr 21, 2011 1748 hrs IST

    Packs Android 2.1 Eclair, 3-inch display, 600 MHz processor and 3.2 megapixel camera

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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.

New Sony Ericsson W8 has a 3-inch capacitive HVGA (320x480) 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.


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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.

Sounds like a good contender for sub Rs. 10,000 Android based smartphone, the Sony Ericsson W8 does look a bit tacky in Iconic Orange, may be its just me.


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(13) Comments
marees
,chennai, on Jan 18, 2012 07:24 PM
this is just an x8 with a very loud speakerphone. ...That is why walkman. ...get it?
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pawan kumar jai
,kolkata, on Oct 17, 2011 07:34 AM
W 8 supports M S OFFICE or not ?
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akshay
,mumbai, on Apr 26, 2011 02:42 PM
wating for acer liquid mini.... acer liquid mini avilable
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Gautam
,Pune, on Apr 21, 2011 07:24 PM
Just renaming X8 does't justify Walkman brand.... Sorry SE, u played the wrong shot here. At least 5MP AF camera is minimum requirement now, why SE throwing its old unsold inventory to customer? It not just bring down the loyal fan but also damages the niche spot of walky.
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Tushar
,Pune, on Apr 23, 2011 06:32 PM
may be they just lost their creativity
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Hemnath
,Chennai, on Apr 23, 2011 12:27 PM
This is simply a refreshed XPERIA X8, With a dedicated audio chip, for a Walkman brand. Hope Sony launches better android Walkman phones in the future.
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Anonymous
,Hyderabad, on Apr 22, 2011 03:35 AM
This is surely going to be a nice phone. It may not be ground breaking but something very much better than the boring and monotonous Nokia and HTC. Off late there has been so stagnation from these companies. Thankfully Sony Ericsson still knows to make good phones. They are always late in coming out with new updates of OS but their phones are zillion times ahead of their times than compared to Nokia,LG or even HTC.
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shaiten
,S City, on Apr 22, 2011 12:21 AM
i was big fan of SE in the era from W810i to K810i ...they set so high standards.. that since then they have never lived up to it... they make flop overpriced low specs phones.. only their designs are good...
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shrini
,chennai, on Apr 22, 2011 12:07 AM
@all you cant blame SE...after all they havent updates even a SINGLE one of their phones to froyo...obviously the code is alien to them :P
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Karthik
,Chennai, on Apr 21, 2011 06:47 PM
Just the X8 branded as W8 with better headphones and may be a better DAC. Eclairs and 168MB RAM in this age! No please. Thanks
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dude
,kochi, on Apr 21, 2011 09:30 PM
Even better headphones seem unlikely. Judging by those in the pic, I am assuming that they are the crappy sounding pair similar to those bundled with the Naite. The rest is true. If it had Froyo at least, it would have made a nice choice...
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AMAL KANT
,PATNA, on Apr 21, 2011 09:22 PM
SORRY SONY... YOU HAVE ALREADY LOST YOUR SHOW IN INDIA.. ME INCLUDING MY FRNDS WILL NEVER GO FOR SONY ERICSSON PRODUCTS. HAIL HTC :-)
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Paul
,Jamshedpur, on Apr 21, 2011 09:13 PM
No Froyo, no buy. Sorry, Sony.
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