Sony Ericsson - Three New Handsets

Sony Ericsson has revealed the three new handsets that were visibly expected.

The W890i, the company's successor to the popular W880; the extra-thin (0.39-inch) bar phone upgrades the camera to 3.2 megapixels and is the first W800 model to natively support HSPA access for 3G-grade downloads on European networks. It also comes with a 2GB Memory Stick Micro card out of the box and an improved keypad layout.

The K660i is a mid-range phone with web browsing being its highlight. You can rotate the phone on its side for browsing in landscape view and a directional pad that turns into a virtual mouse in web browsing mode. The phone also supports HSPA on European networks and trims costs with a 2-megapixel camera.

The cheapest of the lot, W380 is a budget Walkman clamshell phone with an unexpected square-ish form and semi-hidden external music controls for skipping tracks without opening the handset. A 1.3-megapixel camera and 512MB of Memory Stick Micro storage supply photography and media storage respectively. It too supports quad-band GSM and EDGE.

The W890i will be available in early 2008 and should include a North American release given the addition of quad-band GSM for calling and EDGE data in the region. The K660i will come with Google Maps and a 256MB memory card and will be available in early 2008. The W380 including in an Americas-specific W380a model will also be shipped at about the same time.

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