Sony Ericsson have announced that their forthcoming new W800i Walkman phone will go on sale on Friday 12 August. Like many of their recent phones, the design features a mobile phone handset look on one side, and digital camera on the other. Where the W800i stands out from existing phones, though, is its emphasis on music - this is SonyEricsson's first phone to use Sony's famous Walkman brand.
The phone comes with 34MB internal memory plus 512MB Memory Stick PRO Duo�, enough, claim SonyEricsson, for up to 10 CDs' worth of tuneage. Which leads nicely to a rather nice feature of this phone - not only can you download tunes (a presumably rather expensive affair, considering the cost per tune plus the cost of the download), you can also rip individual tracks from CDs on your PC via included CD-ripping software and USB cable. Instant tunes, no extra outlay - nice! That's not all though - the phone also comes with FM radio, a 2 megapixel camera, video recorder facility, and the usual array of what you'd hope for in a phone (SMS, MMS, GSM - you know, the usual!).
