Sony Ericsson’s gone new-handset-crazy at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas.
First up is the W760 Walkman phone with features coming out of its ears, starting with a 3.2-megapixel camera. Music features include stereo speakers, TrackID and SensMe technology to match your music with your mood, and the Active Speaker MAS-100.
It’s not the most exciting the name but the MAS-100 is one of the most intriguing accessories we’ve seen in a long time. It is a protective case for your phone which also includes handy speakers and a FM radio antenna.
It sounds like a cool device, and we haven’t even mentioned the GPS features. With built-in Wayfinder Navigation (lets you search over 20 million points of interest around the Globe) and Google Maps built-in.
And that’s not all…
And this isn’t all. The W760 also features tri-band HSDPA making it a global high-speed mobile broadband device, which is handy for downloading music while travelling (although the potential roaming costs might put you off!).
And there’s yet more under the W760’s bonnet. For gaming, it allows users to play games in landscape mode on the 2.2-inch screen and has dedicated gaming buttons, or if you’d prefer, it has Motion Sensor Gaming letting you use the phone’s motion to play games.
Quite how Sony managed to pack all this in, we don’t know but we’re not arguing. Expect to see the hype grow before the phone’s released in Q2.
This is what I’ve been waiting for as an upgrade for my k800. I’ve not been impressed by the k850 because of reported consumer complaints, not least dust ingress into the camera lens and impromptu shut-downs.