Sony Ericsson W205
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The Sony Ericsson W205 is an entry-level dual-band GSM/GPRS Walkman
phone, with a focus on music playback. It was announced on 7 April 2009 under the marketing tag ‘your first Walkman phone’.
"The W205 is perfect for those who love portable music but have never had the Walkman phone experience." said Timo Maassmann, Marketing business manager at Sony Ericsson.
It is a slider phone featuring a 1.8 inch, 65k, color TFT screen, with a resolution of 128 x 160 pixels. It features a rear-mounted 1.3MP camera with an up to 2.2x digital zoom and video recording.
Software-wise, it has a Walkman player, which supports MP3
and AAC
files, plus playlists, shuffle and loop modes, display of album art, and track identification via Sony Ericsson’s TrackID service. The web browser is a WAP 2.0 Opera Mini
.
The W205 contains an FM radio with RDS
and an integrated antenna. The ability is provided to record radio either onto the 5MB of internal memory or up to 2GB of external memory using the Memory Stick Micro (M2) format. Such recordings can also be saved and used as ringtones.
The phone comes in a various colour schemes: Ambient Black, Creamy White, Sakura Pink and Windy Blue.
Standby time (GSM/GPRS) is up to 425 hours, while talk time is up to 9 hours. Music listening time is up to 13hrs.
Walkman
Walkman is a Sony brand tradename originally used for portable audio cassette, and now used to market Sony's portable audio and video players as well as a line of Sony Ericsson mobile phones...
phone, with a focus on music playback. It was announced on 7 April 2009 under the marketing tag ‘your first Walkman phone’.
"The W205 is perfect for those who love portable music but have never had the Walkman phone experience." said Timo Maassmann, Marketing business manager at Sony Ericsson.
It is a slider phone featuring a 1.8 inch, 65k, color TFT screen, with a resolution of 128 x 160 pixels. It features a rear-mounted 1.3MP camera with an up to 2.2x digital zoom and video recording.
Software-wise, it has a Walkman player, which supports MP3
MP3
MPEG-1 or MPEG-2 Audio Layer III, more commonly referred to as MP3, is a patented digital audio encoding format using a form of lossy data compression...
and AAC
Advanced Audio Coding
Advanced Audio Coding is a standardized, lossy compression and encoding scheme for digital audio. Designed to be the successor of the MP3 format, AAC generally achieves better sound quality than MP3 at similar bit rates....
files, plus playlists, shuffle and loop modes, display of album art, and track identification via Sony Ericsson’s TrackID service. The web browser is a WAP 2.0 Opera Mini
Opera Mini
Opera Mini is a web browser designed primarily for mobile phones, smartphones and personal digital assistants. Until version 4 it used the Java ME platform, requiring the mobile device to run Java ME applications. From version 5 it is also available as a native application for Android, iOS, Symbian...
.
The W205 contains an FM radio with RDS
Radio Data System
Radio Data System, or RDS, is a communications protocol standard for embedding small amounts of digital information in conventional FM radio broadcasts. RDS standardises several types of information transmitted, including time, station identification and programme information.Radio Broadcast Data...
and an integrated antenna. The ability is provided to record radio either onto the 5MB of internal memory or up to 2GB of external memory using the Memory Stick Micro (M2) format. Such recordings can also be saved and used as ringtones.
The phone comes in a various colour schemes: Ambient Black, Creamy White, Sakura Pink and Windy Blue.
Standby time (GSM/GPRS) is up to 425 hours, while talk time is up to 9 hours. Music listening time is up to 13hrs.