The Japanese-Swedish manufacturer isn't in a very good financial state nowadays, they have a huge loss and a large fallback in sales. According to market analysts the main reason for this situation is that the product range is not very well balanced, it misses cheap models that are still attractive. The Sony Ericsson Walkman series focuses on music, and it has been expanded with the W205 slider, being one of the cheapest phones in the family. The handset, featuring only a 1.8" TFT display with 65 thousand colors and a resolution of 128 x 160 pixels and a 1.3 megapixel camera, has its slider form factor and its advanced musical features make it more attractive than other cheap alternatives. The new Walkman has an advanced music player, an RDS FM radio, TrackID song recognition service, 5 MB of internal memory, an M2 card slot and Bluetooth support. The handset has built-in handsfree, but in order to achieve the proper stereo sound quality the manufacturer reccommends the recently announced 110 x 26 x 40 mm large MS410 passive musical stand, weighing 55.9 grams, which is compatible with all new Walkman phones thanks to its connection interface. The price of the 92 x 47 x 16.4 mm large Sony Ericsson, weighing 96 grams, is not yet known, but it has been revealed that it's launch date is in Q3.

Translated by Szaszati