Sony Ericsson shoots for style points with W660

The Walkman phone's sporty orange trim gets switched out for a classy attempt in gold on Sony Ericsson's newest rendition, the W660. At a svelte 0.57-inches, the UMTS 2100 and GPRS 900/1800/1900 phone really packs in the goods with Bluetooth 2.0 connectivity, FM radio support, a 2 megapixel camera, web browsing, RSS feeds, and a 512 MB Memory Stick Micro (upgradeable). It has a 2-inch color TFT display and totes random extras like TrackID, a music identification service, and a Picture Blogging function that allows you to send snapshots directly to your personal blog. To top off the lifestyle angle on this phone, Sony Ericsson has embellished the pants offa this one, with the aforementioned gold trim on both glossy color options, Record Black and Rose Red. The Rose Red (geez, what's up with the cranberry hype?) model jazzes it up a bit more with its floral-themed relief pattern on the backside. For those of you who are more concerned with performance, you'll get up to 6 hours of talk time on GSM, up to 2.5 hours with 3G, or a max of 25 hours of music listening. Expect to peep these newbies in select markets by Q2 of this year.

[Via PhoneArena]

[(Unverified) Posted Mar 14th 2007 12:43PM]

do people actually own these things?

[(Unverified) Posted Mar 14th 2007 12:58PM]

Considering they're not out yet, probably not.

I'd be tempted to get one of these (currently have a W810i) but the lack of larger M2 memory sticks really hampers these phones as a unified music/communication device.

[Ken J Posted Mar 14th 2007 1:01PM]

I do like the styling cues, but won't be coerced into Sony proprietary media. Sony can kiss my non-proprietary ass.

[(Unverified) Posted Mar 14th 2007 1:08PM]

lol @ the walkman phone and its proprietary BS

[archie4oz Posted Mar 14th 2007 4:34PM]

Yes, because we all like using CF cards or USB dongles on our phones...

[(Unverified) Posted Mar 14th 2007 4:41PM]

LOL at Apple and their proprietary hardware BS, proprietary DRM BS, proprietary OS BS, proprietary everything BS. LOL at Nintendo and their proprietary console BS. LOL at you for being so stupid.

[(Unverified) Posted Mar 16th 2007 9:17PM]

Like 95% of consumers really care about that...! (or for that matter read this)

[(Unverified) Posted Mar 14th 2007 5:38PM]

And misses by an exceedingly wide margin.

[Dibbs Posted Mar 14th 2007 3:47PM]

Does the black one remind anyone else of the Smokey And The Bandit Trans-Am?

[(Unverified) Posted Mar 14th 2007 3:59PM]

When did the walkman phones make MP3 a sony proprietary format? The walkman phones play more formats than an Ipod.

[(Unverified) Posted Mar 15th 2007 9:40AM]

lol @ you for getting your panties in wad

[(Unverified) Posted Mar 14th 2007 7:43PM]

SE: "Hmm, what shall we do with all the leftover keypads we have from the K800i??"
SE: "Ahso! We'll integrate the keypad into the next version of our Walkman phone - Genius!"

[(Unverified) Posted Mar 14th 2007 7:49PM]

First Sony does not make memory cards. These are smaller SD micro. Second this phone is identical to the w850i except for size and shape. W850i still uses the pro duo memory. Thirdly, this is a 3g phone and none of the current carries(n.america) will carry it....yet if ever. You will have to pay full price for an unlocked unit. W850i was over 500.00 when it was released. I agree the micro make it a bad choice right now. pro duo phones (w850i,w810i etc..)are still better.

[(Unverified) Posted Mar 14th 2007 10:51PM]

"Sony does not make memory cards."

Correction: Sony DOES make memory cards. They manufacture memory cards of the solid state variety. Sony literally INVENTED the Memory Stick, Memory Stick PRO, Memory Stick Duo, Memory Stick PRO Duo, and Memory Stick Micro (M2).

[(Unverified) Posted Mar 15th 2007 10:43AM]

This sucks. Same old SE with some decor carvings. nothin new.