If your old cell phone finally bit the dust after a few too many trips to the pavement and underwater swimming lessons, you’ll be looking at a lot of new choices when it comes time to replace it. Sony Ericsson announced a slew of new phones on Thursday evening spanning the full range of the cell-phone market, from budget phones all the way up to potential iPhone competitors.
On the high end, the Walkman line of music-playing phones will get the W960 and W910. With 8GB of storage and a touch screen, the W960 will draw comparisons to the iPhone for good reason. It also has 3G mobile internet access and Wi-Fi capability as well. It won’t however, beat the iPhone to market, since it will only become available in the fourth quarter of 2007.
The W910 shakes things up quite literally by allowing users to change songs with the flick of the phone, or to shake it back and forth to shuffle their songs. The feature may be a novelty for song navigation, but it’s also used for the W910’s games, which could spare many cramped hands. The W910 comes with 1GB of storage on an included Memory Stick Pro.
If photos are more your thing than music, the K850 might catch your attention with its integrated 5-megapixel camera. Besides its resolution, which is more fit for a budget camera than a cellphone, the K850 also comes in a slim package and packs a 2.2-inch LCD screen.
Sony’s less exciting releases include the K530slim 3G phone with 2-megapixel camera, Z320 clamshell phone with 1.3-megapixel camera, and Z250 budget phone.
