Sony Mobile Evangelist

The W380 Walkman phone is a stylish new offering packed with features sure to set music lovers’ pulses racing.

For the music fan on the move, the W380 phone combines a unique clamshell design with all the music credibility users expect from Sony Ericsson’s Walkman phones. The phone packs in innovative features, including Gesture Control, that allow users to mute calls with a wave of their hand. There is also an external display that comes to life only when you need it, to show the name of a music track or to let you know who is calling.

* Gesture Control – mute calls or silence the alarm with a wave of your hand
* TrackID – record a clip from the radio and identify the song, singer and album instantly.

The W380 Walkman phone brings your music to the surface of the phone, allowing you to control what you’re listening to without needing to open the phone. Skip forward or backwards between tracks or pause the music effortlessly. One-touch buttons on the top of the phone light up when the Walkman player is switched on and a hidden display comes to life, providing track information at a glance.

The W380 is a GSM/EDGE/GPRS 850/1800/1900 phone and comes with many of the features people have come to expect from a phone including 1.3 megapixel camera, games, Java and video streaming and viewing. It should be available in Q1 2008.

The W380 should be available at a price of $360(Average based on 5 Stores) or Rs 8000/-