Sony
Ericsson W200 (W200i)
Expected
Q2 2007 8th January 2007
The Sony Ericsson
W200 is a very low cost "Walkman"
branded handset that concentrates on music playback
rather than other features.
There's no exact equivalent to the W200i
in the non-Walkman range,
in terms of hardware specification it's somewhere between
the K310 and K510 devices. It has a 128x160 pixel display,
0.3 megapixel (VGA resolution) camera and the Sony Ericsson
W200 doesn't come with Bluetooth. On the other hand,
it does have expandable memory using Memory Stick Micro
cards - with 128Mb in the box and with a maximum capacity
of 1Gb (plus 27Mb of internal memory), and there's also
an FM radio.
Of
course, as a Walkman
phone the Sony Ericsson W200 comes with Sony's Disc2Phone
software and a range of media playback enhancements.
Because of the W200's
somewhat limited feature set, the phone's weight is
only 85 grams. The battery life is not known, but it
should be around 7 hours standby time.
It's a smart looking phone with typical Sony
Ericsson "Walkman"
styling. At first glance you'd have trouble telling
it apart from more expensive devices in the range. And
there does seem to be a market for this type of device
with high-end music capabilities combined with a low
cost feature set.
There will be three versions of the Sony
Ericsson W200 on the market - the W200a is a tri-band
GSM 850/1800/1900 device for North America, the W200c
and the W200i are tri-band GSM 900/1800/1900 units for
China and the rest of the world respectively. There
are two colour schemes: "Rhythm Black" and
"Pulse White". Sony Ericsson say that the
W200 should be available
from Q2 2007.
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Sony
Ericsson W200 (W200i) at
a glance
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Available:
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Q2
2007
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Network:
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GSM
850/1800/1900 (W200a) GSM
900/1800/1900 (W200i/c)
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Data:
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GPRS
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Screen:
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128x160
pixels
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Camera:
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0.3
megapixels
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Size:
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Lightweight
candy bar 101x44x18mm
/ 85 grams
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Bluetooth:
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No
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Memory
card:
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Memory
Stick Micro
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Infra-red:
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Yes
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Polyphonic:
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Yes
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Java:
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Yes
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Battery
life:
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Not
specified
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