The newest Walkman phone to be released into the the W-Series range of phones is the new Sony Ericsson W350i, a new flip designed mobile phone that offers high specification music capabilities as well as a sleek design.

The Sony W350i is the first flip phone to come out of the Walkman series line up for a long time with the manufacturer preferring to stick with the ever popular candy-bar and slide formats.

An ultra light flip phone with a retro design, the Sony Ericsson W350i is nothing short of impressionable.

The latest addition to the Walkman Phone range, the Sony Ericsson W350i is available in a choice of 4 retro colour options that include Electric Black, Ice Blue, Hypnotic Black and Graphite White.
This edition of the Sony Ericsson W350i which has been released on T-Mobile contract deals is actually the Electric Black which features orange coloured accents on a black casing.

Equipped with a fully fledged Walkman Player and FM Radio with RDS, the Sony Ericsson W350i comes with TrackID Music Recognition and a 512Mb memory stick included in the package.

With Bluetooth Stereo Streaming users can listen to their music wirelessly and transfer music between phone and PC with a simple USB connection dragging the files they want to move with the ability to store up to 470 of their favourite tracks.

Offering the complete experience in the most compact of phones, the Sony Ericsson W350 also sports a 1.3 mega pixel camera with 4x digital zoom and video record plus picture editing software and picture blogging.

A Tri Band GSM phone with GPRS support and EDGE technology, the Sony Ericsson W350i is aimed at middle of the range, keeping the costs lower without compromising quality letting users browse online content and receive RSS Feeds to keep them informed up to the minute and keeping them in touch with friends and loved ones via Email or Text.

Although initially launched on T-Mobile it is expected that the Sony W350i will be released on further UK networks in the very near future with the Ice Blue edition already rumoured to be launching at the same time as this the electric black version.

The release of the other colour variants has not yet been officially announced however based on the manufacturers track record it should not be too far away.

By: Susan Hargreaves