The Sony Ericsson W518a is a clamshell

Clamshell

The flip or clamshell is an electronics form factor which is in two or more sections that fold via a hinge. If the hinge is on a long edge the device is more likely to be called clamshell than flip phone ....

 style mobile phone

Mobile phone

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 and media player in the Walkman

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...

 series. The phone was released on July 15, 2009. Among its features are Voice-guided GPS, a 3.2 megapixel digital camera

Digital camera

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, a music player

Music player

Music player can refer to:*audio player , music playing software running on a computer.*digital audio player, hardware device for playing back music.-See also:* Various types of musicians...

 and a Facebook

Facebook

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 app

Application software

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. Sony Ericsson

Sony Ericsson

Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications AB is a joint venture established on October 1, 2001 by the Japanese consumer electronics company Sony Corporation and the Swedish telecommunications company Ericsson to manufacture mobile phones....

 markets the phone as a phone that offers the "mobile entertainment experience". The phone also has an FM radio. In addition to black, the phone is also made in red.

External links

• Official Sony W518a promotion site
• Official AT&T W518a site
• W518a at Best Buy
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• W518a at Amazon.com
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