Sony Ericsson Announces W580.

Sony Ericsson have made a nice step towards broadening their walkman phone line today as they officially announced the music slider W580.

The Sony Ericsson W580 is the third slider of the company and it is again a Walkman branded mobile much like the previous ones - the Sony Ericsson W850 and W830. At only 14 mm thickness, the Sony Ericsson W580 is equipped with a 2 megapixel camera, a 2" 262K TFT display with a QVGA resolution, FM radio, Bluetooth 2.0 with A2DP and is additionally enhanced by a Memory Stick Micro M2 memory card slot (512MB card included). This quad-band Walkman phone comes with a twist though - besides all the music goodies it also features a pedometer and some sports-oriented applications much like the Sony Ericsson W710 does. Besides the form factor it is in fact functionally identical to the latter. The Sony Ericsson W580 will be available in Q3 2007.


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New W580 Walkman is 14mmthin and offers light effects, a 2.0MP camera, fitness features, and the W580 functions as a portable photo album and pocket gaming device.

CTIA Orlando -- Sony Ericsson today at CTIA announced its new W580 Walkman phone, a slim slider music phone that delivers the full Walkman phone experience along with gaming, imaging and fitness applications.

This latest Walkman phone pushes the boundaries of style. At just 14mm thin, the W580 is offered in two colors -- Style White or Urban Grey. Inside are hot orange accents. Stunning light effects along the side change as you navigate the Walkman music player.

The W580 also features a 2.0 megapixel camera and functions as a portable photo album and pocket gaming device. Given increasing interest in healthy lifestyles, the W580 also offers helpful fitness features including a built-in sports application that tracks running speed and distance.


Made for Music
The slim form factor of the W580 hides a lot of power. The Walkman 2.0 music player makes it simple to organize and play your favorite music allowing you to easily create custom Playlists. The Disc2Phone music management software and USB cable included in the box make it easy to transfer music from a PC on to the phone. Additionally you can listen to favorite radio programming as the W580 offers an RDS-FM radio.

The W580 ships with a 512 MB Memory Stick Micro(TM) (M2(TM)) allowing you to store about 470 full-length music tracks. As with all Sony Ericsson Walkman phones, you can upgrade memory to add even more of your favorite content.

The TrackID(TM) feature available on most Walkman phones makes it easy to identify music tracks you don't recognize. TrackID(TM) links into database of music powered by Gracenote(TM).

Take your Walkman phone on your workout
In today's fitness focused world, the W580 Walkman phone features helpful sports applications. While listening to your favorite music, you can also track your steps, your calories and monitor your running speed/distance/time.