We've been feeling the
Walkman love from Sony Ericsson for what constitutes forever on a tech timeline. Oddly, Japan is only now getting their first taste of these little musicphones with the newly announced W42S. However, don't feel sorry for our
former tech overlords just yet, the W42S packs in a cool 1GB of internal memory which can be supplemented with up to 4GB of Memory Stick Pro DUO expansion and sports a power saving mode allowing up to 30 hours of music playback. This 3G (CDMA2000) slider also features a 1.3 megapixel cam, a 2.2-inch 262k color QVGA LCD, FM radio, an EPG to keep you hip to the TV schedule, and a feast of dedicated player controls including a new mechanical wheel unique to Walkman phone navigation. And by partnering with KDDI, owners can snag music over-the-air via the 5 million downloads per month strong LISMO music service. No price announced but "local media" is reporting that this musicphone will fetch $181 (with contract and telco rights to your vital organs we presume) when these drop in late June. Click on for a few hands-on pics.
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posted May 22nd 2006 8:20AM
heey i would liek to know if this phone is available in canada i reaally like it please let me know thank you .
i have a w42s in bangladesh but doesnt support network.does anyone how to unlock it or use network.plz help
Nice. 2.2" LCD - a little small for the Japanese market (heh) but still better than the W850 they just announced. Call me when they pack a 2.4" LCD into a Stateside phone! Blah.
and we dont have those type of awesome lookin' phones in the US....why???
lol
japan is making fun of america
any chance of au phones working in america?
I'm in srilanka , i have w42s phone. i want to unlock this phone. how i do it?
san ko pede pa openline tong celphone ko sony ericsson w42s.