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Sony Ericsson's W710 Walkman phone, due Q3, has a motion-sensor, as well as a fitness utility reckoned to measure running speed, distance and time or, for less sporty types, the number of footsteps taken (slowly or otherwise). It incorporates an FM radio and a 2-Megapixel camera with digital zoom and comes with a 512MB Memory Stick Micro (M2) - a 1GB stick is an upgrade option.



The jogging application is reckoned to be easily accessed (and controlled) from the display on the outside of the phone (so it can be checked and adjusted while running) and from the main display within - and results are also shown while the phone is in standby. The step counter resets automatically at midnight so couch-potatoes and computer die-hards need to take note before then of how many paces they took that day as they moved from in front of the screen to the kitchen or loo, and back again.

In the image above, you'll see the phone fitted onto the Active Clip IAC-60 - an accessory that lets it be carried on the arm or waist or clipped to a bag and is supplied as standard.


A set of headphones is also included - the Stereo Portable Handsfree HPM-65 (picture below) - and these are said to remain in place even while jogging. Sony Ericsson also points out that, as with all Walkman phones, the music mutes when the phone rings, so there's no chance of missing a call.




Windows software is supplied in pack for music management and transfer. The program, Disc2Phone Music Management, is said to allow easy CD ripping and transfer of tracks from PC to phone. Tracks in existing music libraries can also be transferred by drag-and-drop and will bring with them details of artist, album and track. As you'd expect, the W710's memory card is seen as an external drive when the phone is connected to a PC by USB cable.

Other notable features include Megabass; search and sort by artist, album, track and playlist; flight mode (turns the phone off but leaves it still able to play music); 20 FM station presets; radio-alarm function; and music recognition using the new Gracenote Mobile MusicID service. This requires the user to record a few seconds of a song on the mic or the radio and then send it to Gracenote - track info is then relayed back.

Model variants
The W710 Walkman phone is said to be a quad-band EDGE/GPRS model available in two colours ("Performance Graphite" - as shown above - and "Hatha Violet") and two variants. The W710i Quad Band EDGE 850/900/1800/1900 is for use in Europe, Middle East, Africa, and Americas. The W710c Quad Band EDGE 850/900/1800/1900 for Mainland China

Optional accessories
Portable Speakers MPS-60
Music Cable MMC-60
Stereo Portable Handsfree HPM-82
FM Music Transmitter MMR-60 (where legal to sell)
Sony Memory Stick Micro (M2) Up to 1 GB

Features at a glance (lifted straight from press release)




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