Sony is known throughout history as the pioneer for portable music players. The first Walkman was developed in Japan and released in 1979. Since then, the term Walkman has been used by Sony as a generic term for portable music. Now, the geniuses from Sony Ericsson added a modern touch to the Walkman, by creating their new line of Walkman Phones. By the fourth quarter of 2007, they will release the Sony Ericsson W910i. With this beauty, we can all be sure that Walkmans will never be the same again.

The W910i is a slide phone that comes in heart red or noble black finish. The dimensions are 99.5 x 50 x 12.5 millimeters, and it weighs 86 grams. The LCD screen has 240 x 320 pixels resolution and displays 262,000 colors. The internal memory of the W910i is 40MB, and it supports Memory Stick Micro, which has 1GB of memory. The Lithium Ion battery has a talk time of 9 hours and standby time of over 16 days.

Here is a run through of some basics on the W910i. It has calendar, to-do lists, voice memo, timer, flight mode, notes, alarm, and calculator. The W910i has HSDPA, EDGE, and GPRS as its packet data. Internet surfing and downloading can be done at broadband speeds. You can send Short Message Service (SMS), Multimedia Message Service (MMS), email, and chat with this unit. Predictive text entry helps simplify inputting data. The phone has Bluetooth connectivity and USB support, so you can synchronize your phone with your laptop or desktop PC. You can also personalize your phone with screensavers, animated wallpapers, and ring tones that are mp3 or polyphonic format.

The Sony Ericsson W910i houses a 2.0 mega pixel digital camera with 2.5x zoom. The camera can take photos for picture blogging, as well as video with audio. This mobile phone proudly publicizes its music player ability with the Walkman 3.0. After all, it’s not called a Walkman Phone for nothing. It can play songs in mp3, AAC, AAC+, and m4a format. The music player can organize and categorize songs with the SensMe feature. With SensMe, songs can be classified by style, not just by artist or album. The TrackID feature lets you view the details of each song as it is playing. Also, the W910i has shake control, which lets you pick a song randomly just by flicking your wrist.

For more entertainment, there are also 3D and Java games included and downloadable for the W910i. The shake control also works well with gamers, as moving the phone can be an alternative to pressing the directional keys. You can view the games in portrait or landscape orientation. The W910i has a built-in FM radio. You can also watch streaming video on the large LCD screen.

The price for this unit has not been released yet, but we can expect it to be out in the United States before the Christmas holidays. By 2008, the W910i is expected to be released in Europe, South America, and the Asia-Pacific regions.