New midrange flip in the cards for Sony Ericsson?

If this spy shot is legit -- which it certainly appears to be -- Sony Ericsson is prepping a new Walkman-branded flip. Details are slim, but we can make out what appear to be braille-esque external music controls, a healthy external speaker, and a 1.3 megapixel cam all packaged in yet another fresh design direction for the joint venture in recent memory. We'll keep y'all updated as we hear more.

[(Unverified) Posted Aug 9th 2007 1:28AM]

God, Sony needs to drop this walkman crap already, it's so 1998.

[derX Posted Aug 9th 2007 1:55AM]

Oh. Yeah. It's soo 1998. The Sony Ericsson w960 is, like, so past its prime.

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Dude, any cell phone enthusiast with his/her salt knows how much the Sony Walkman cell phone line pwns. In any level--whether it be high-end or midrange-- Sony Ericsson drops a Walkman phone, the device is always amongst the best....*always*.

[(Unverified) Posted Aug 10th 2007 12:00PM]

No matter how "cool" Sony Ericsson's line of walkman phones may be, I'm honestly not feelin' that braille-looking design. It makes the phone look older than it really is. That's just my opinion . . . and I usually like some of the phones that Sony Ericsson comes out with too. But hey, whatever floats your boat. = )