Posted by CookiCrumble
The new Sony Ericsson W350 puts music on top with a combination of favourite Walkman® features and a unique flip design
Las Vegas, USA – 6th January 2008 – Sony Ericsson today announced the launch of the W350, a Walkman® phone that offers the perfect blend of style and function. Featuring for the first time from Sony Ericsson a flip phone that allows you to control your music at your fingertips, it offers a winning combination of ease of use, style and convenience. This latest addition to the Walkman® phone family can be used with the new Bluetooth™ Headset HBH-DS205, also announced today, for the ultimate hands-free music experience.
“The W350 Walkman® phone offers a combination of key easy-to-use music and phone functions in a stylish, compact form,” said Ben Padley, Head of Music Marketing at Sony Ericsson. “It is designed to appeal to men and women on-the-go who want a stylish, compact phone that offers a complete MP3 experience at an affordable price.”
W350 Walkman® phone – Simple to use, stylish to carry
Unique style – 10mm slim Walkman® phone with a unique flip design
Walkman® on Top – navigate your music collection from simple keys on the phone’s front
Fun music features – name a song with TrackIDTM
Bluetooth™ Stereo Streaming – for wirefree music listening
A style statement
You’ll draw admiring glances when you take the W350 out of your pocket or bag. At just 10 mm thin, it is sleek enough to fit comfortably with no bulges into your pocket or purse. Its unique flip covers the keypad for a minimalist look. Available in trendy colours including Electric Black with orange accents, the phone is a classy yet modern statement that is never out of place whether at a music gig or a football match.
True Walkman® player experience
The W350’s Walkman® player can easily be accessed and operated even without opening its flip cover. With Walkman® on Top, key MP3 functions including Play, Pause and Scroll are outside the phone’s flip cover so you can use it just like you would a standalone MP3 player.
The W350 makes it straightforward to transfer music onto your phone. Whether your favourite tracks are on a CD or on your computer, all you need to do with the phone’s intuitive Media Manager software is drag your tracks from your computer onto your phone via a USB cable. You can store up to 470 tracks 1)* or 40 entire albums1)* and, once your music is onto your phone, it’s also easy to navigate around it with the Walkman® player.
Never miss a beat
You’re at the bar, and a song plays that you used to love... but you just can’t place it! Sounds familiar? We’ve all experienced this, and thanks to TrackID TM, it need never happen again. Just record a few seconds of the song into the phone’s microphone (or tag it from the built-in radio) and use TrackIDTM to identify it. The phone provides you with the name of the song, the artist, and even the album so that you can download it and enjoy it again and again.
Stay tuned without wires
You don’t need to hold the phone in your hand to get the best out of the W350. With the Bluetooth™ Headset HBH-DS205, you can stream the music on your phone wirelessly to your ears! Your phone can be in your bag and you can still listen to the music, see which song is playing and take calls.
The W350i is an EDGE 900/1800/1900 phone that will be available in selected markets from Q2 2008. The W350a is an EGDE 850/1800/1900 phone for the Americas that will also be available from Q2 2008.
The Bluetooth™ Headset HBH-DS205 will come in grey and will be available in selected markets from Q2 2008.
[ This Message was edited by: CookiCrumble on 2008-01-07 01:46 ]
Posted by bigmann77
bringing back the oldschool style haha i like it
Posted by bart
a flipphone in iceblue
just give it some good specs and it would be ... oh just woke up, SE is still SE
A flip phone, so tempting. But again SE ****s up big time. if only the would've implanted a 2MP AF cam with led lights, the same as on the W810 and i would've called the best SE phone ever.
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Posted by bart
i need a pic of its back. haven't found it on SE website so far.
Posted by BobaFett
looks really cheap, reflects the imaginationless and low level japanese design... simple solutions are more then welcome at me, but this is just ugly...
Posted by bart
Reminds me abit of those old samsungs
like these
Still this could be a comeback for the flipphone?
Posted by bigmann77
haha yee thas what i meant by old school look... haha ill defz look at getting this... itd be sweet using that and everyone looking at u haha good job sony!!
Posted by ocean21
not nice i think
Posted by tranced
want to see more specs(internal memory[it says up to 470 song tracks. that's about 128mb @ 4mb each track?], etc, etc, etc)
ohhhh
!! what've you done?
Posted by bambarah
nice 10 mm slim
cheap and elegant solution
Posted by >500
@bart
cant see why you would expect AF and a flash in such a low end handset. Take it this is some what a successor to the w300i, which was a very cheap phone, price wise! The w350 will be the same, maybe a little more pricey, but as i said, cant expect af and a flash light in such a low end phone.
Its not just
, but all other companies do not offer AF/flash in such low end phones, a flash maybe, but thats all!
but if the price is gonna jump a lot from the w300 release price, then yes, it should have better features, but looking at things now and its number index i think the price will be quite low.
Posted by c96sthl
the centre chrome area looks like a tennis ball...SE might have got so much from WTA they want to dedicate this phone for WTA? just kidding
it just remind me of T39 with their light blue version.
I do hope they come with a design that allow more button access...it seem that when flip is closed...we can't access soft key.
Posted by goldenface
Not a bad music only solution, its looks really small and thin, which is always a good selling point.
Posted by Pop-lover
Posted by PeterKay
like it alot......
Posted by SE4NICK
Im not sure id actually HAVE TO EXPERIENCE ONE BEFORE I GAVE AN OPINION....dam accidentally hit caps sorry
Posted by Dextrr
lol ... nice nice!
Posted by SilveR.
This s budget phone.. I think this we will sell.. looks good indeed
Posted by Pop Lover
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RdUZ3L439PY
CES 2008 : First Look (Phone Scoop)
Posted by SilveR.
This phone will be a bighit for SE!! very nice Design ..
Posted by Pop Lover
I like the Black Orange one so stylish
Posted by not_me
Omg, they stole the design from se-nse 's logo
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Posted by goldenface
Music
Walkman® player
Album art
Media player
Mega Bass™
Music tones (MP3/AAC)
PlayNow™
TrackID™
512MB Memory Stick Micro™ (M2™)
Camera
1.3 megapixel camera
Digital zoom, 4x
Picture blogging
Internet
RSS feeds
Access NetFront™ Web browser
WAP 1.2.1
WAP 2.0 XHTML
Communication
Polyphonic ringtones
Speakerphone
Vibrating alert
Messaging
Picture messaging (MMS)
Predictive text input
Sound recorder
Text messaging (SMS)
Design
Navigation key
Picture wallpaper
Wallpaper animation
Entertainment
FM radio
Java
Video viewing
Organiser
Alarm clock
Calculator
Calendar
Flight mode
Notes
Phone book
Stopwatch
Tasks
Timer
Connectivity
Bluetooth™ technology
Modem
Synchronization
USB mass storage
USB support
Accessories In-Box:
Battery
Charger
USB cable
512 GB Memory Stick Micro™ (M2™)
Stereo Portable Hands Free
Sony Ericsson PC Suite
Media Manager content transfer software
Optional accessories:
Bluetooth Stereo Headset HBH-DS205
Active speaker MAS-100
Facts and Figures
Size: 104 x 43 x 10.5 mm
Weight: 80 grams
Colours: Electric black, Ice blue, Hypnotic black, Graphic white
Screen: 262,144 colour TFT
Resolution: 128 x 160 pixels
Size: 1.9 inches
Phone memory: Up to 14 MB
Memory card support: 512MB Memory Stick Micro™ (M2™)
Talk time GSM/GPRS: Up to 7 hrs
Standby time GSM/GPRS: Up to 300 hrs
Music listening time: Up to 15 hrs
Availability and versions
W350 will be available in selected markets from Q2 2008.
Posted by bart
omg i thought that guy on you tube was going to show the back, but he didn't.
come on is it that hard to just take a pic of the back?
Posted by jcwhite_uk
Maybe they havent finished the design for the back. There are no pictures anywhere of the back.
Posted by Aware
Maybe if people opened their eyes, instead of sitting around moaning that something isn't right......
W350 rear:
Now....how hard was that(took me approx. 150 seconds)??
Posted by goldenface
Alright clever-clogs.
I actually like this phone. It looks like more of an MP3 player. SE hitting back at the dedicated MP3 player market?
Posted by bart
thx mate.
hmm looks simple and clear.
not really good place to place the speaker.
Posted by Kimi
For a low-end phone the specs look very good. Primarily this is a very slim phone with a very decent MP3-player (it has all the works of the big SE ones) for a very affordable price. Why buy a dedicated MP3 player at all as long as you ony use it occasionally?
I'm sure because of the form-factor, the design, EDGE suppor (!), it's mp3 features and the price this model will sell very well.
For all those complaining about "NO EDGE" in SE-phones recently: now there are quite many of them.
Posted by PeterKay
think its a great start to the year from
7 days into the new year, cool devices announced already.
trust me, many more to follow this year.
bring it on
Posted by goldenface
^^Thats true.
Stereo bluetooth is a big plus too. Its actually quite a capable little music phone.
The large dedicated music buttons are a good move, it actually looks more like an MP3 player than a phone which is a direction they should be moving towards.
Posted by tranced
now i see a moto l6/l7 from the rear.
On 2008-01-07 12:56:20, goldenface wrote:
Accessories In-Box:
Battery
Charger
USB cable
512 GB Memory Stick Micro™ (M2™)
Stereo Portable Hands Free
Sony Ericsson PC Suite
Media Manager content transfer software
that box must be very heavy loaded
's forgot the IR
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Posted by SilveR.
dudes..
This phone will sell for sure.. I'm 100% sure this will be a bOom ..
I have to say is. very good start for SE right now.. let's forgot the past year..
Posted by goldenface
@tranced
LMAO
What did I say in the W760 thread about initial press releases:
On 2008-01-07 10:26:26, goldenface wrote:
I'm always a bit wary of the accuracy of the initial press releases - there have been some mistakes made in the past.
Thats one hell of an M2.
Posted by SilveR.
512, why don't ship it with 1GB, those memory are no that expansive anymore ..
but it's still a budget phone
Posted by bart
SE needs to cut back on something to pay for those fashion bags.
Posted by mobse
Now, for a low-end phone, this is a quite able device that makes you forget the likes of iPod Nano almost instantly. Its minimalist looks are interesting and appealing to say the least.
Provided that the build quality and music playback prove to be decent it should be a hit and the main or back-up handset to many.
Cheers & well done SE!
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Posted by darknoob
W350 doesn't have send and end keys- does it means It is A100?
Posted by dancingfate
On 2008-01-07 16:12:08, darknoob wrote:
W350 doesn't have send and end keys- does it means It is A100?
I guess so. A200 is for mid to high-range level I think.
Posted by DragonEye
this for is great lol.. t39 classic without the antenna.. watch out t68i rebirth next.. i like the device.. because of it's old school look and it'll be nice for the lowend crwd.. but se hurry up and release some devices that the "real" users want to buy...
Posted by DEAF
nice disgn once again SE put the worst specification in its phone
Posted by Coquito
i like it, w300 sucessor
Posted by tranced
On 2008-01-07 16:33:05, coquito wrote:
i like it, w300 sucessor
380 is the real 300 sucessor.
Posted by mo-00786
ahh if only it had a better camera this would be at the top of my list for phones
to buy this year.looks abit classy...only reason its staying on my list
Posted by xell
Yep. This is W200's.
Posted by NightBlade
On 2008-01-07 16:33:05, coquito wrote:
i like it, w300 sucessor
More of a W200 successor,
This'll be a hit!
Posted by maki101
It's a interesting phone but SE always must complicate thing.
The exactly the same phone without a flip would be a hit,
this way is more costly and don't bring much.
Considering colors, SE lately also bring bad combination of color
of their latest phones, the best color combination was the white one
and is seems that will not be producing
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Posted by PeterKay
love the design.
well done
Posted by paul101
looks like it might be good 2nd phone with my p1i
i love the design!!!
Posted by tranced
some weeks/months later after the
350 release:
- my flip's gotten loose, what can i do?
- how can i take off the flip?
- the flip aint close anymore
- i flips
- tutorial: how to customize your flip
Posted by bart
both S and E have experience with flips.
Still the place of the speaker bothers me, its on the backside right behind the flip mecanisme.
lets just wait untill they finally lauch it.