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Sony Ericsson Introduces Two New Walkman Music Phones

Authored by dmw on May 18, 2006 - 12:26pm.
London - Cell phone maker Sony Ericsson on Thursday introduced two new Walkman-branded music phones, the W850 and W710. The Sony Ericsson W850, a "slider" model available in black or white, has a feature that lights up the control keys in rhythm with the up to 4GB of music that can be stored on the device. It also features Walkman player 2.0 software, which includes Gracenote Mobile MusicID technology that lets users record a few seconds of a song either via mic or FM radio, and receive artist and song title information back from Gracenote. The W710 Walkman phone, a flip model available in graphite and violet, features a motion sensor and fitness applications that can measure running speed, distance and time, as well as how many steps one walks each day. The W710 can hold up to 1GB of music, and comes with an armband clip for exercise. While the W850 ($385) will only be offered in Europe, the Middle East and Africa, the W710 ($260-$385) will also ship in the Americas; both models will become available in the third quarter of 2006.
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Report: Europeans Using Their Music Phones More Than Americans

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on October 17, 2005 - 3:09am.
San Francisco - Europeans who own cell phones equipped with an MP3 player are four times more likely to use their phone to listen to music than their American counterparts, according to a report from market research firm Telephia. The survey found that 14% of European wireless subscribers now own a music phone; of these, 36% listen to music on their music phones, while the same is true for just 8% of Americans with music phones. "The advanced infrastructure and the higher availability of music-capable devices in Europe are key factors behind the bigger growth in adoption. The U.S. market is still waiting for higher bandwidth networks that would support faster full track music downloads," said Telephia vice president Kanishka Agarwal. The study also tracked the most popular music phone models, and found the Nokia 6230 leading among Europeans with a 26.6% market share, followed by the Samsung SGH-D500 (11.5%), Sony Ericsson K700 (9.6%), Nokia 6630 (7%) and Sony Ericsson K750 (3.7%). In the U.S. market, the Motorola V710 led with 22% of the market, followed by the Motorola MPX200 (17%), Handspring Treo 650 (16.8%), Sony Ericsson Z500 (7.9%) and Sony Ericsson S700
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