Posted by goldenface
Sony Ericsson Yendo™ with Walkman™ – the first full touch Walkman™ phone.
Combines four corner touch UI from the Sony Ericsson Xperia™ family with award-winning Walkman™ phone experience
Singapore – June 16 2010 – Today Sony Ericsson announces the Sony Ericsson Yendo™ with Walkman™, the first full touch Walkman™ phone which combines music, social networking and communication in one colourful phone. Benefitting from the innovative four corner touch UI debuted on the Sony Ericsson Xperia™ X10 mini and Sony Ericsson Xperia™ X10 mini pro, the Sony Ericsson Yendo™ with Walkman™ really brings music to consumers’ fingertips.
Sony Ericsson Yendo™ with Walkman™ gives consumers the ultimate iconic award-winning* Walkman™ phone experience but also allows consumers to show their individuality. Consumers have a number of colour combinations to choose from so they can personalise their handset to suit their mood and make sure it stands out from the crowd. The four corner touch UI also allows users to find the most important phone features in one easy and fun one hand operation. So whether it’s text messaging, Facebook™ or email, users can experience a unique and individual touch experience on a crystal clear and 2.6’’ display.
Experience a full touch Walkman™ phone with the Sony Ericsson Yendo™ with Walkman™:
Music – jam-packed with Walkman™ phone features, including Touch TrackID™, MediaGo and PlayNow™
Social – access to social networking such as Facebook™, Twitter™, or Orkut™ 2.0megapixel camera to upload photos straight to the web or send to friends
Communication – easily browse the web and chat or e-mail your family and friends
Four corners, four icons – everything you want at your fingertips
“With more than 140 million Walkman™ phones sold world-wide and touch screen technology increasingly gaining popularity, we have listened to consumers and provided them with the perfect combination – the first full touch Walkman™ phone, the Sony Ericsson Yendo™ with Walkman™.
Marrying the popular four corner UI debuted on the successful Sony Ericsson Xperia™ X10 mini, with our award winning Walkman™ phone experience, consumers now have a unique Communication Entertainment experience.” Said Jenny Maltesson, Global Product Marketing Manager, Sony Ericsson.
Sony Ericsson Yendo™ with Walkman™ Full touch Walkman™ phone
Touch Walkman™ player – music at fingertips
Touch TrackID™ – find out the name of that song with just one touch
PlayNow™ – access favourite and new songs quickly and easily
MediaGo – transfer your music from a PC to the mobile phone
Four corner UI – access Walkman™ player, contacts, keypad and more with just one touch
Easy navigation – easy access to your favourite web pages
Express yourself with one of the ten RTL colours
Social networking – Facebook™ or Twitter™ away
3.5mm stereo jack – play personal
The Sony Ericsson Yendo™ with Walkman™ supports GSM GPRS/EDGE Rx 850/1900 and GSM GPRS/EDGE Rx 900/1800
The Sony Ericsson Yendo™ with Walkman™ will be available in selected markets from Q3 in the colours: Black, Blue, Green, Orange, Pink, Purple, Red, Silver, White and Yellow.
Log on to The Sony Ericsson Product Blog for more information: http://blogs.sonyericsson.com/products
Camera
2.0 megapixel camera
4x digital zoom
Music
Album art
Bluetooth™ stereo (A2DP)
Walkman™ player
Music player
Music tones (MP3/AAC)
PlayNow™
TrackID™
Web
Bookmarks
Google™ search (from standby)
Communication
Speakerphone
Vibrating alert
Messaging
Conversations
Picture messaging (MMS)
Predictive text input
Sound recorder
Text messaging (SMS)
Design
Touchscreen
Entertainment
Facebook™ application
Orkut™ application
Twitter™ application
FM radio
Java
Video viewing
Organiser
Alarm clock
Calculator
Calendar
Document readers
Flight mode
Notes
Phone book
Connectivity
3.5 mm audio jack AVP
Bluetooth™ technology
Micro USB connector
Modem
USB mass storage
USB support
Preloaded applications
Facebook™ – social networking
Twitter – social networking
Brick Breaker Rev
Night Club Fever
Screen
Colours: 262,144 colour TFT
Resolution: 320x240 pixels
Size (diagonal : 2:6 inches
Accessories
In-Box:
Sony Ericsson Yendo™ with Walkman™
Battery
Stereo portable handsfree
Charger
USB cable
User documentation
Optional:
Hi-Fi Headset with Remote MH810
Screen protector
Portable Stereo Speakers MS450
Facts
Size: 93.5 x 52 x 15.8 mm
Weight: 81 grams
Phone memory: Up to 5MB
Operating system: Sony Ericsson Proprietary
Processor: 720MHz
Talk time GSM/GPRS: Up to 3.5hrs
Standby time GSM/GPRS: Up to 312hrs
CPU ARM946 @ 156Mhz
Availability and versions
Networks
GSM GPRS/EDGERx 850/1900
GSM GPRS/EDGERx 900/1800
Available in selected markets in Q32010
Colours
Black, Blue, Green, Orange, Pink, Purple, Red, Silver, White and Yellow
Official Release
live pics.
[ This Message was edited by: goldenface on 2010-06-16 09:50 ]
Posted by anders260
Not android ?
Posted by dothan
Nope.
Posted by xell
119€ rrp in .de
Posted by domipost
Live pics: http://www.allaboutphones.nl/[....]y-Ericsson-Yendo-en-Cedar.html
sorry that there are no embedded pictures, i'm no my phone 
Posted by goldenface
OS is Proprietary. OSE?
Posted by dothan
Yes. It looks like Android, but is OSE.
[ This Message was edited by: dothan on 2010-06-16 09:43 ]
Posted by NoroBiik
sorry wrong thread - will repost when the official Cedar post appears.
[ This Message was edited by: NoroBiik on 2010-06-16 10:17 ]
Posted by boy.in.PINK
wow! PINK! I liked it! X10 Mini can wait now! 
it's 2 times more affordable than the latter.
Posted by NoroBiik
two Yendo YouTube videos :
Sony Ericsson Yendo hands on
Sony Ericcson Yendo (W150i) first look (rus)
[ This Message was edited by: NoroBiik on 2010-06-16 10:28 ]
Posted by titus1
But why resistive(?) screen
Posted by mode
I love the fact that it's going to be very, very affordable
But 2mp fixed focus on a full touch device is plain cruel IMO. Not for me but I think it'll be a hit 
Posted by hihihans
It better have great sound quality or it'll end up as a kids toy.
Posted by mediar
I can't understand why are the latest SE phones so thick? And isn't the screen just 2.4"? That's too small, and there is so much waste of space. And that Walkman player is worse than Mediascape in both X10 and X10 mini.
[ This Message was edited by: mediar on 2010-06-16 12:56 ]
Posted by xell
2.6"
Posted by mediar
My mistake. In secommunity's video they compared it with X8, but I though it was X10 mini. However, they could have added bigger one ( 2.8" ) and decrease the empty space over and under the screen. And it far too thick to be confortable for everyday use.
Posted by norbi_nw
Hope it will be an affordible phone, or it is another dead born from SE. I mean what the hell.. 2MP camera and full touch? was it hard to add 3.2 with AF? and what is whit these X10 copycats? nothing new from SE.. since the Satio they only release refurbished phones (from Satio evolved the Vivaz, and vivaz pro - same thing, minor changes), and from X10 now X10 mini, mini pro, X8, X100, X1000 and this. We need something fresh. And why will this phone be a walkman?? Whats so special about it?
Also you guys remember the good old days when SE announced that only the best phones will gain Cyber-Shot and Walkman names.. Nothing special about this weak phone. IMO max price 100euro. Really no use to pay more for a phone like this, when you can get something way better for a little more $.
Posted by Dups!
I think you are missing the point here. This phone is targeted at the younger consumers who would like the idea of a full touch walkman in a small package. Look at its price and you will realize this is a money making exercise, if it gets more adult interest then good for SE but I see kids taken in by this phone.
As sor the Walkman/Cybershot philosophy in SE phones, I think you'll find that the market has changed and moved on that the branding doesn't carry much weight anymore hence the do-it-all phones. Actually, it is SE themselves that killed the above mentioned sub-brands by not innovating on them. They kept on sticking with the same idea in different packages when other manufacturers caught on with them and then surpassed them.
I have a feeling SE will give us a high end walkman phone in the near future.
Posted by 10123
On 2010-06-16 15:53:31, Dups! wrote:
I think you are missing the point here. This phone is targeted at the younger consumers who would like the idea of a full touch walkman in a small package. Look at its price and you will realize this is a money making exercise, if it gets more adult interest then good for SE but I see kids taken in by this phone.
How many young people want a WM phone though? The brand is dead, it died after the W910, the only feature is the TS that is keeping this phone afloat.
Posted by VLADISLAUS
Is yendo = X10 mini?
Posted by Bonovox
@Mediar these phones are thicker cos they are shorter
Posted by norbi_nw
Well i wouldnt buy this phone. To give even such an ammount of $ JUST for music is silly. W910 was a very good phone, the design was also nice. If the camra was = to w800 than it would have been a killer.
Posted by lukechris
On 2010-06-16 11:27:09, titus1 wrote:
But why resistive(?) screen
Price, surely?
I'm not so keen, all these phones looking the same, X10 mini and X8, where's the new 4" screen, big phones with Android (and not the X10)??
Posted by NoroBiik
On 2010-06-16 15:53:31, Dups! wrote:
I have a feeling SE will give us a high end walkman phone in the near future.
Ditto. 1-2Ghz ARM CPU, lots of memory, AMOLED or an equivalent high def screen & Android 2.1x or higher from the get go. That's the SE phone I'm waiting for.
Posted by norbi_nw
im not waiting for walkman as it is dead already. That only a marketing gimmick. Im waiting to see how SE takes it in his ass from N8. I dont think they will come up with something good soon. And when they do, it will be late again (as SE is always.. Satio should have been 1 year earlier that in suppose to be a hit). Not to mention the terrible support for symbian from SE. So no more symbian from SE. in fact no more SE phone for me. Let's see if N8 delivers what is is supposed to deliver. Satio failed bigtime.
As for this, i am not waiting for another walkman, but another high end phone from SE, just to see what is the best they can come up with (because this Satio was expensive back then, and i expected to get alot for that $ - yet i was scammed).
I wouldnt pay extra money just to have a walkman with touchscreen. when you can have the W715 or the small and sexy W302. both are cheap.
My concept was to save money and get a better phone than buy a cheap phone with no features. (why spend for ex. 100$ on crap wen you can spend 200$ for high tech - just an example).
OFF: about SE and design... I was looking at my satio, and figured how cool and amazing would have it been if the 2 sides (where the lock is and the camera buttons) would have a blue glowing ring (just like the camera button when you open it, it glows electric blue round it - exactly like that, exactly the same form, but scaled to the whole side). when you recieve call or SMS.
Posted by zide
Only crap phones being launched by SE... They try and try but this company is so immature...
Posted by Marly
On 2010-06-16 20:16:06, norbi_nw wrote:
(why spend for ex. 100$ on crap wen you can spend 200$ for high tech - just an example).
When you have 100$, but don't have 200$ ?
These phones are for young people, alot of 12 or 14 year-olds are not so interested in high-tech, but they all want touchscreen phones.
Why do you think, Samsungs cheap touch phones and LG's Cookie sold in masses ? Not because they were high-tech, which they weren't, but because they were cheap. From the large brands, only these two had touch phones under 200$ and both did very well last year.
Posted by FMW300
Is it just me or in the hands-on video, does this new
OS look/operate almost exactly like android on the X10 mini?
Posted by boy.in.PINK
@Dups! and Marly Agreed!
@norbi_nw if you want a high-end phone, then now is the time to quit on looking
phones as they produces crap smartphones such as the s*** Satio and yes, are so immature when it comes to high-end phones. But you know what, produces better low-end phones than other companies. I love my crap G502 than any Nokia S40 based phones!
Just this May, Samsung announces Champ C3300K. It only has 2.4'' touchscreen, 1.3MP camera, 3.5mm audio jack, miniUSB port. I guess Yendo is
's response to Champ.
BTW, it won't be a waste of money for me since I'm in a market segment that needs this toy, the youngsters. We, who like Nokia, Samsung, and LG more than
! It's not a waste unless it's a Sagem.
I wonder what Yendo's
player looked like.
Posted by boy.in.PINK
@Dups! and Marly Agreed!
@norbi_nw if you want a high-end phone, then now is the time to quit on looking
phones as they produces crap smartphones such as the s*** Satio and yes, are so immature when it comes to high-end phones. But you know what, produces better low-end phones than other companies. I love my crap G502 than any Nokia S40 based phones!
Just this May, Samsung announces Champ C3300K. It only has 2.4'' touchscreen, 1.3MP camera, 3.5mm audio jack, miniUSB port. I guess Yendo is
's response to Champ.
BTW, it won't be a waste of money for me since I'm in a market segment that needs this toy, the youngsters. We, who like Nokia, Samsung, and LG more than
! It's not a waste unless it's a Sagem.
I wonder what Yendo's
player looked like.
Posted by c_vignesh
A
proprietary touch UI sounds interesting 
..but hope it can meet the standards set by A200 platform on ease of use, customization options etc 
Posted by Arne Anka
On 2010-06-17 04:28:20, FMW300i wrote:
Is it just me or in the hands-on video, does this new
OS look/operate almost exactly like android on the X10 mini?
No it's not you. Already when X10 was announced SE said that the UX UI found on X10 and X10 mini would slowelly be incorporated across their whole profolio to give same experience on all platforms and phones (at least new one's).
Posted by mediar
New reviews:
( HD ) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cxp0CoIveFY
( HD ) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8yOmrxRStOg
( HD ) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CyIq5tmc2Ik
It seems this phone is far from finished.
[ This Message was edited by: mediar on 2010-06-17 13:27 ]
Posted by tonton
I don't know why you would say it's far from finished. It looks like an inexpensive, simple phone with the bonus of capacitive touch. Not my cup of tea, as I like having physical buttons, but it looks like a very nice phone for those people who don't need all the bells and whistles. For the bell and whistle lovers who like the idea of this phone, there's the X10 Mini.
Posted by mediar
Because the UI is very laggy, and has a plenty of bugs. Aino's new Media Center was much smoother in scrolling and animations, so Yendo's UI has to be polished.
In between:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yPOP862VkC8
[ This Message was edited by: mediar on 2010-06-18 21:05 ]
Posted by tonton
@titus1> It's not a resistive screen. It's capacitive.
Thanks for that last video, mediar.
Damn that Cedar looks sexxxxy with the red back! Why didn't the Elm come in red!? That pink is awful, and the black/silver is boring.
[ This Message was edited by: tonton on 2010-06-20 16:15 ]
Posted by hihihans
It would be nice if
would implant that menu in Aino 
Posted by boy.in.PINK
Looks like Yendo's CPU is underclocked.
Facts
Size: 93.5 x 52 x 15.8 mm
Weight: 81 grams
Phone memory: Up to 5MB
Operating system: Sony Ericsson Proprietary
Processor: 720MHz
Talk time GSM/GPRS: Up to 3.5hrs
Standby time GSM/GPRS: Up to 312hrs
CPU ARM946 @ 156Mhz
Posted by domipost
looks like a typo
Posted by mediar
New review:
( HD ) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2U4mKKAAe0o
In my opinion it's going to be iPod nano competitor. I started to change my mind about this phone and I might buy it as a mp3 player. But it lags ways too much, they should unlock the power of the 720mhz CPU.
[ This Message was edited by: mediar on 2010-07-23 06:23 ]
Posted by mediar
Lets bring this topic back to life:
( HD ) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FMMfHLQZWSM
Unfortenatelly the UI is damn laggy.
[ This Message was edited by: mediar on 2010-09-29 20:02 ]
Posted by mriley
It look's very plasticy and cheap IMO, especially the battery cover
It's very very laggy
[ This Message was edited by: mriley on 2010-09-29 23:15 ]
Posted by Bonovox
That's bad compared the X10 Mini cos that phone was really fast
Posted by tai020381
Where is the update to this phone??? Its been a long time since I heard any news from this phone.
Posted by domipost
Which update?
Posted by mode
On 2010-06-16 15:53:31, Dups! wrote:
I think you are missing the point here. This phone is targeted at the younger consumers who would like the idea of a full touch walkman in a small package. Look at its price and you will realize this is a money making exercise, if it gets more adult interest then good for SE but I see kids taken in by this phone.
As sor the Walkman/Cybershot philosophy in SE phones, I think you'll find that the market has changed and moved on that the branding doesn't carry much weight anymore hence the do-it-all phones. Actually, it is SE themselves that killed the above mentioned sub-brands by not innovating on them. They kept on sticking with the same idea in different packages when other manufacturers caught on with them and then surpassed them.
I have a feeling SE will give us a high end walkman phone in the near future.
Problem is, even young consumers what sleek, hip and stylish stuff. Yendo doesn't satisfy any of these requirements. Does it really have to be that thick and unattractive, I mean, no function and poor marketing of a fat phone sounds like an unsellable disaster.
Posted by tranced
IMO this is the w205 successor. The w205 sells or sold very well here in DR. It was quite popular between people with low budget. This Yendo is not the exception if you ask me.
The UI may be laggy but I know it can get sold quickly even though it is a low end phone.
Posted by mode
In all honesty I really do hope they sell, I just don't see how. The pricing is neither here nor there and as a result I have yet to see any in the flesh.
Posted by tai020381
Still no updated news??
Posted by domipost
On 2010-11-29 01:43:00, tranced wrote:
IMO this is the w205 successor. The w205 sells or sold very well here in DR. It was quite popular between people with low budget. This Yendo is not the exception if you ask me.
The UI may be laggy but I know it can get sold quickly even though it is a low end phone.
I rather think it's some reply to Samsung Corby, but a year later. Successor to the W205 is Spiro, this is imo more of an experiment.... I hope the lag is fixed though