Sony Ericsson has just announced two new handsets for the North American market; the C510a and the W508a. The C510a CyberShot handset which will arrive sometime this quarter while the W508a Walkman phone will arrive in Q2. There will be three versions of the handset: Sony Ericsson C510 (with quad band GSM and HSDPA 2100 connectivity), Sony Ericsson C510a (with quad band GSM and 850/1900/2100 HSDPA connectivity) and Sony Ericsson C510c (with tri band 900/1800/1900 GSM connectivity only).
The C510a CyberShot is a candy bar phone featuring:
*107mm x 47mm x 12.5mm, 92g
*Quad-band GSM/GPRS/EDGE, tri-band 3G
*2.2 inch 240×320 display (262k color TFT)
*3.2 megapixel camera w/ “Smile Shutter†and front-facing video calling
*Video playback (YouTube/streaming video enabled)
*Media player w/ Mega Bass, PlayNow, and TrackID
*FM radio w/ RDS
*100MB internal memory
*Memory Stick Micro (M2)
*400/300 hours stand-by, 10/4 hours talk-time (EDGE/3G), 2 1/3 hours video calling
*Available in both Future Black and Radiation Silver
The W508a Walkman is a clamshell phone:
*93.5mm x 50mm x 14mm, 98g
*Quad-band GSM/GPRS/EDGE, tri-band 3G
*2.2 inch 240×320 display (262k color TFT)
*3.2 megapixel camera and front-facing video calling
*Video playback (YouTube/streaming viedeo enabled)
*Walkman player w/ Mega Bass, PlayNow, TrackID, SensMe, and Shake Control
*Bluetooth 2.0 w/ A2DP
*100MB internal memory
*Memory Stick Micro (M2)
*400/300 hours stand-by, 10/4 hours talk-time (EDGE/3G), 24 hours MP3 playback, 2 hours video calling
*Available in Metal Grey or Poetic White with eight interchangeable faceplates
