Sony Ericsson W42S to become W880 for T-Mobile?

Despite an unusually heavy flow of scoops recently, Sony Ericsson may yet (involuntarily) have at least one more rumor / surprise up its sleeves before the year's out. Remember that hot lil' W42S announced for KDDI's au network earlier this year? You know, the one with the trick knurled metal navigation knob on its bottom? Well, MobilMania noticed that the phone has popped up recently on T-Mobile's Czech site, bearing the "W880" label. No phone bearing a W880 designation has been officially announced by Sony Ericsson, meaning T-Mobile appears to have let the cat out of the bag just a little early (thanks, folks!). For the record, KDDI au is a CDMA network, meaning that the W880 would've had to undergo a metamorphosis into a GSM piece; but hey, as long as it's quad-band, we're just fine with that.

[Via GSMArena, thanks Maximus]

[(Unverified) Posted Dec 25th 2006 9:51AM]

Haha! T-Mobile has outstripped Sony Ericsson.

[(Unverified) Posted Dec 25th 2006 9:21AM]

It looks like SE is going to develop W-series for next years. No K-series at all. Also M-series for business and P-series "just for"

[(Unverified) Posted Dec 25th 2006 10:08PM]

I think this is more like a naming error on the T-Mobile's part

Do a Google search for Sony Ericsson AI or image search for Sony Ericcson W880 and you will get closer to the real device..

[(Unverified) Posted Oct 19th 2007 1:31AM]

I have this unit, Sony Ericsson W42S, directly from Japan. But I can't use it, its operating system is designed only in Japan. Are there any available program I need to install to update (open line) the phone for me to be able to use it?

[(Unverified) Posted Oct 19th 2007 1:37AM]

By the way, regarding the W42S, I'm based here in the Philippines. I need to update its version to b able to use it here. Thanks!

[(Unverified) Posted Nov 9th 2007 6:49AM]

i have w42s but its still locked. can anybody help me where[in the philippines] can this unit be unocked and oprational ty 0927 256 9953

[(Unverified) Posted Nov 18th 2007 6:41AM]

i have also sony ericsson w42s but its still locked. can anybody help me where[in the philippines] can this unit be unlocked and oprational..