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Device Spotlight - W950 - The First Symbian OS based Walkman phone
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Written by SymbianOne
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Thursday, 12 October 2006
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 The Sony Ericsson W950 Walkman® is a slim, UMTS mobile phone, featuring a QVGA
touch screen and 4GB on-board flash memory. Sporting Symbian OS v9.1 & UIQ
3.0, could this be THE killer device to put UIQ into the vocabulary of mobile device users in North
America? Read on for the full device specs.
The W950 is the first Symbian OS™ based phone in the Sony Ericsson Walkman® family,
demonstrating the flexibility of the Symbian OS platform to deliver end-users
an advanced music and entertainment offering. It is Sony Ericsson's third phone
based on Symbian OS v9.1 and the new UIQ 3.0 software platform, providing an open
and secure platform also for business and productivity applications.
This UMTS phone includes 4GB internal memory with storage for up to 4,000 tracks
in MP3, AAC, AAC+, E-AAC+, WAV and m4a formats, HTML browsing, audio/video streaming
and 3D gaming. Music files can be easily transferred to the phone with the accompanying
Disc2Phone® PC software or by direct-to-phone transfers from operator download
services. The W958c is a GSM/GPRS variant for the Chinese market.
Developers are able to program in both C++ and Java™ ME and the W950 supports
a range of different JSRs in the Java ME CLDC environment, including JSR 184 for
Mobile 3D Graphics.
The W950 started shipping during Q3 2006.
Technical Specifications
Phone Models:
 W950i Dual mode UMTS for Europe, Asia Pacific, Middle East and Africa
W958c GSM/GPRS for Mainland China
Networks:
W950i Dual mode UMTS (2100MHz) - GPRS 900/1800/1900
W958c GSM/GPRS 900/1800/1900
Screen Display:
240x320 pixels QVGA
262 k TFT color
Memory:
RAM Memory: 64MB
Flash Memory: 4GB
Shared memory for storage: Up to 80MB user free memory
Max JAR Size: Unlimited (but depending on available storage)
Max SIS Size: Unlimited (but depending on available storage)
Symbian OS Technology:
Symbian OS v9.1
UIQ 3.0
Native hardware accelerated 3D graphics with Open GL ES support
Java Technology:
JTWI 1.0 (JSR-185) consisting of Connected Limited Device Configuration (CLDC)
1.1 HI (JSR-139), MIDP 2.0 (JSR-118), WMA 1.1 (JSR-120)
PDA Optional Packages, supporting the File and PIM APIs (JSR-75)
Bluetooth™ API (JSR-82)
Wireless Messaging API 2.0 (JSR-205)
Web Services API (JSR-172) Mobile Media API (JSR-135)
Mobile 3D Graphics (JSR-184) with hardware acceleration
Nokia UI API 1.1
Browser:
Opera version 8: HTML 4.01, xHTML 1.0, CSS, Javascript (ECMAScript), RSS
Messaging:
SMS, MMS, POP3 e-mail
Digital Rights Mgmt.:
OMA DRM v2.0
Multimedia Support:
Video: MP4 (MPEG4 and AAC-LC), 3GP (H.263 AMR NB/WB and AAC) and Real Audio Video
Sound: MP3, AAC, ACC+, E-ACC+, m4a
Local Connectivity:
Infrared
Bluetooth
USB 2.0
Extra features:
Walkman® 2.0 player
Disc2Phone PC software
MusicDJ™
MegaBass™
Streaming audio/video
PlayNow™ 3.0 including full-track music downloads
Video playback at 30 fps
Bluetooth stereo streaming support
QVGA touch screen with album art support
Handwriting recognition
RSS feeds
Flight mode
FM RDS radio
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