Sony Mobile Evangelist

Well, here's the answer to the one question which you all have been asking. The Walkman series is far from dead, in fact with two new phones that were just announced it's as alive as ever.

Sony Ericsson today announced the Spiro and Zylo, next generation of Walkman phones which offer an affordable entry point into Sony Ericsson’s Communication Entertainment portfolio.

Both new Walkman models offer Twitter and Facebook applications as well as the state of the art Walkman Player. Sony Ericsson has kept its promise of bringing the UX UI to other platforms and both the handsets sport the UX platform interface. ( as seen below)

The Sony Ericsson Spiro (above images) is a compact slider at 92 x 48 x 16.75 mm and weighs 90 grams. It's a dual-band GSM/GPRS/EDGE phone with a 2.2" QVGA TFT screen and a 2MP camera. It has a memory card slot for microSD cards up to 16GB,an FM Radio, a 3.5mm audio jack and a microUSB port. It supports the two most popular audio codecs - MP3 and AAC.

The Sony Ericsson Zylo has more advanced features. It sports 2.6-inch scratch-resistant screen with QVGA resolution. The 3.2-megapixel camera offers geographical tagging possibility, despite the fact that the phone lacks GPS.  
There's a microSD card slot for cards up to 16GB for your music collection and the music player supports MP3, AAC . Also, the interesting thing about this device is that it provides support for FLAC format, which offers much higher sound quality than MP3. You should be able to tell the difference, since Zylo is coming along with a pair of the best Sony Ericsson headphones - the motion-controlled MH907. Besides, the phone will have Bluetooth, 3D games and will have the ability to imitate the noise of a busy street to help you avoid unpleasant conversations. However, in typical Sony Ericsson manner, for the sake of product differentiation,  this Zylo does not have a 3.5 mm jack like its brother.

The Sony Ericsson Zylo will be available in the third quarter of 2010 in select markets in Black jazz, Silver Cha-Cha and Pink swing. The Sony Ericsson Spiro will come out in Q3 of 2010 too and it will be available in Black contrast, Pink sunset, Green spring and Black stealth colors.

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