Sony Ericsson W950

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Sony Ericsson W950

Manufacturer	Sony Ericsson
Type	Smartphone
Connectivity	GSM, UMTS
Retail Availability	H1 2006
Operating System	UIQ 3 / Symbian OS v9.1
Camera	none
Media	4GB internal flash drive
Input	Keypad / Touchscreen
Power	Battery

The Sony Ericsson W950 is the third UIQ 3 smartphone based on Symbian OS v9.1. It was announced on February 13, 2006, a week after the announcement of the Sony Ericsson M600 (the first UIQ 3 phone announced was the Sony Ericsson P990).

1 Background
2 Description
3 Developing for the W950
4 Specifications
5 Features
6 See also
7 External links

[edit] Background

Introducing the Walkman brand to the Sony Ericsson range of phones proved to be a huge success, with sales of more than 3 million Walkman-branded devices prior to the announcement of the W950, the sixth Walkman phone. One of its distinguishing features is the large memory in which you can store more than 1000 songs.

[edit] Description

The W950 is the first UIQ-based Walkman phone, containing a 4GB internal flash drive, yet still having all the features of a business phone. The W950 supports push email, document editing and PC synchronisation amongst other features. Notably, the W950 does not have an integrated camera, which may be a positive attribute for those working in environments where cameras are not permitted, but has caused criticism. A camera attachment is rumoured to be planned. ^{[citation needed]}

Also the W950 is the first "open" Walkman phone, which means that it is possible to write applications for W950 users to download that can extend the features and functions of the phone.

[edit] Developing for the W950

Since the W950 is based upon the UIQ platform, there are many opportunities for application developers to extend the out of the box experience, through the use of third party applications that can be downloaded to the phone. In addition developers can choose their preferred programming language (Java, C++, etc) and IDE (Visual Studio, CodeWarrior, Eclipse, Carbide, NetBeans).

[edit] Specifications

User interface: UIQ 3
Operating system: Symbian OS v9.1
Display: 262K Colour touchscreen display (240x320 pixels)
Memory: 4 GB flash memory
Size: 106 x 54 x 15 mm (4.1 x 2.1 x .6 inches)
Weight: 112 grams (4 oz )
Colour: Mystic Purple

[edit] Features

Music

Walkman® player
Supports MP3, AAC, AAC+, E-AAC+, WAV and m4a
4 GB flash memory
Touchscreen with album art support
Polyphonic ringtone, 40 voices
Graphic equalizer and Mega Bass™
Disc2Phone music management software
Stereo headphones in the box
FM radio with RDS
Sony Ericsson's MusicDJ™
Streaming Audio/Video
Bluetooth™ stereo streaming support (A2DP)
Java MIDP 2.0
2D and 3D gaming
Music play time – 10 hours

Messaging

QVGA TFT 2.6’’ Display
Video playback, SMS, MMS and e-mail
Handwriting Recognition
Word completion and Auto correction

Connectivity

Opera™ 8.0 Internet browser
RSS Feeds
Bluetooth™ 1.2
Infrared port
USB 2.0 Mass storage, High speed (480 Mbit/s)

Supported Networks

GSM 900
GSM 1800
GSM 1900
UMTS
HSCSD

[edit] See also

[edit] External links

List of Sony Ericsson mobile phone models

Series D:	D750
Series F:	F500
Series J:	J100 • J200 • J210 • J220 • J230 • J300
Series K:	K300 • K310 • K500 • K510 • K600 • K610 • K700 • K750 • K790/K800
Series M:	M600/M608
Series P:	P800 • P900 • P910 • P990
Series R:	R290 • R310s
Series S:	S600 • S700 • S710
Series T:	T66 • T68 •T100 • T200 • T230 • T290 • T300 • T310 • T600 • T608 • T610 • T630/T637
Series V:	V600 • V630 • V800
Series W:	W300 • W550/W600 • W700 • W710 • W800 • W810 • W850 • W900 • W950
Series Z:	Z200 • Z300 • Z500 • Z520 • Z530 • Z550 • Z600 • Z610 • Z710 • Z800 • Z1010