Travel with your tunes on Sony Ericsson's Walkman phones

Kent German, Senior Editor October 5, 2006

Since Sony gave the world the Walkman (remember cassette tapes?), it was no surprise last year when Sony Ericsson announced it was bringing music to its handsets. The company's Walkman line not only packs a powerful music player into a regular cell phone, it also accomplishes the task quite well. Great music quality, a range of features, and easy usability are trademarks of the Walkman phones, without sacrificing that all-important call quality. The Sony Ericsson W800i was the first model to debut in the United States when Sony Ericsson announced it at the 2005 CTIA show. It was followed by the W600i later in the year and the W810i in the first half of 2006. The W300i followed last summer with the W710i bringing up the rear just last week. Though we like the phones as a whole, they're not without their drawbacks, so make sure you find the right handset for you. Cingular has been the only carrier thus far to offer the Walkman phones, but we hope we'll see more on the market soon.

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