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Not everyone wants a camera.
Not everyone wants a smartphone.
Not everyone wants a massive hi-res display so they can make/receive calls and send a few texts.
Not everyone wants loads of storage.
Not everyone wants a music player.
Not everyone wants a phone that sucks battery power, when it's mainly used for emergencies and sits in a bag all day.

SE are realising that different people have different needs, and a phone with everything can actually put people off. I can name lots of situations where customers have refused to buy a phone that had a camera, even though they didn't have to use it!

There are four other Walkman phones to choose from that do have cameras, and you can rest assured that there will be more. If the W950 finds itself in a niche market, taking sales from Apple (and with a touchscreen, 3D games and an awesome web browser plus email, it surely will) then that's a good thing. People who only want a separate music player will still buy an iPod, or possibly an ordinary Walkman - which is now becoming trendy again thanks to all this extra exposure.

I think it's marketing genius to be honest!
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Posted: 2006-02-15 13:10:40
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Full Specs:
(Emailed To Me From Sony Ericsson)


The W950 is an ultra-slim, ultra-stylish, UMTS-enabled device with 4GB of onboard storage complete with touch screen for simple navigation through music genres, playlists, individual songs or music albums. More than a music phone, broadband-fast email and Web browsing plus a suite of high performance entertainment applications add to its capabilities, making it one of the most highly specified phones in the Sony Ericsson portfolio.

General Facts:
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System: GSM 900/1800/1900 + UMTS
Operating System Symbian OS 9.1 and UIQ 3.0
Size: 106 x 54 x 15 mm
Weight: 112 grams including battery
Talk time: GSM:Up to 7.5 hrs, UMTS: up to 2.5 hrs
Standby: GSM:Up to 340 hrs, UMTS: up to 250 hrs (UMTS)
Battery: 3,6V 900 mAh
Memory: 4 GB Flash memory
Fast Port: New system connector

Main Display: QVGA, Screen size 2,5“, 262k colours touchscreen, 240 x 320 pixel

Colour: Mystic Purple

Key Features:
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Walkman® music player
4GB internal memory
Complete Walkman® music kit

Imaging:
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Video Clip
Video streaming
Handwriting recognition
Macromedia Flash Lite™ (trademark of Macromedia)
Picture phonebook
Picture wallpape
SVG Tiny 1.1
Screensaver
Themes display
Wallpaper animation

Messaging:
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E-mail
Instant Messaging
MMS (Multimedia Messaging)
QuickShare™
Predictive text input
Push email
SMS long (Text Messaging)
Sound recorder

Entertainment:
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Games Download
Games Embedded
Java™
Media Player
Music tones (MP3/AAC)
MusicDJ™
PlayNow™
3D games
FM radio RDS
Java MIDP2
Mega Bass™ (trademark of Sony Corporation)
Music mode

Connectivity:
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Bluetooth™ (Bluetooth Specification 2.0)
GPRS
UMTS
High Speed Data
Infrared port
Sync ML (1.2)
Synchronization PC
USB mass storage
Full HTML Opera 8.0 browser
RSS Feeds
OTA settings
WAP 2.0
WTLS

Organizer:
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Alarm clock
Business card exchange
Calculator
Calendar
Clock
Contacts
File manager
Phone book
PIM sync
Speaker phone
Stopwatch

Accessories:
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All compatible accessories will be stated at launch

Availability:
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W950 will be available in Q3 2006



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"The only reliable thing about the future is uncertainty"



[ This Message was edited by: Xugaa on 2006-02-15 12:49 ]
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Posted: 2006-02-15 13:48:09
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thats basically a copy of what it says on the W950i product page
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Posted: 2006-02-15 13:52:52
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a bit more i think, and more than whats on this topics front page...
if not i'm sorry about that.
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Posted: 2006-02-15 14:15:45
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I wonder what memory Sony Ericsson have used.. Anyone remember the Palm LifeDrive that had a CF 4GB card fitted inside (and, yes, it did make it super slow to access).

I have a vision of opening up the W950i and finding a 4GB MS Pro DUO soldered inside.
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Posted: 2006-02-15 15:25:48
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:-D:-D Now that would be funny... This message was posted from a S700
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Posted: 2006-02-15 15:27:22
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Does anyone know what screen size the w950 is? This message was posted from a S700
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Posted: 2006-02-15 16:02:41
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read the specs that i have posted on page 9 or go to the se site...

Main Display: QVGA, Screen size 2,5“, 262k colours touchscreen, 240 x 320 pixel
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Posted: 2006-02-15 16:20:47
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some great pics and...
is that what it really looks like under the light?!!?

http://www.newmobile.nl/eur/en/photos.php?phone_id=17fc307

please say thats not right...!
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Posted: 2006-02-15 17:30:49
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yep! early on, it said Colour: Mystic Purple

i'm loving the keypad!




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Posted: 2006-02-15 17:48:20
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