Sony Ericsson intros two top Walkman phones

Sony Ericsson this morning launched a major upgrade to its Walkman series, starting with two higher-end models. The W902 (shown) promises to improve on other music phones with an enhanced stereo field and bass response; the bar phone also comes with premium earphones and an 8GB Memory Stick Micro that lets it hold as much as many portable media players. It also touts a 5-megapixel camera unusually sharp for the class with 16X digital zoom and basic on-phone image editing.

The W902 supports GSM and EDGE data for the US but supports 3G data only in Europe and similar areas; the phone should launch in black, green, and red sometime during the fall.

A slight step down, the W595 slider goes without the sound field enhancement, 2GB of bundled memory, and carries a 3.2-megapixel camera; unique to the W595 is a "share jack" that lets two users listen to the same music over earphones. It supports the same US bands as the W902 and will be available at the same time.

W902

W595