Sony Ericsson have announced the new Sony Ericsson W610i Walkman phone, which is extremely similar to the W880i, Sony Ericsson's other new Walkman phone it announced this week.

For example, the W610i offers only half the storage capacity of the W880i (521MB rather than 1GB), but it does come with a 2 megapixel camera with auto-focus (whereas the W880i has no auto-focus).

Indeed, such is the similarity of the two phones, you wonder why Sony Ericsson felt the need to create two devices in the first place.

Read on for more details of the Sony Ericsson W610i.