Sony Ericsson W960 assumes top spot

In the world of Sony Ericsson only, that is. The W960 is the latest Walkman phone to be announced, coming with 8GB of flash memory – more than enough space to store up to 700 albums or 8,000 songs. Not only that, you will be able to get 3G and WiFi connectivity, while the 3.2 megapixel camera with autofocus ability snaps some pretty decent pictures under optimal conditions. Of course, while Sony Ericsson wants you to think that the W960 will replace your digital camera, cellphone, and MP3 player, you know better than that right? The W960 measures 109mm x 55mm x 16mm and weighs 119 grams. Check out a more comprehensive list of specifications after the jump.

• Tri-band GSM (900, 1800, 1900) and UMTS 2100
• 2.6″ TFT touchscreen with 282,144 colours and 240 x 320 (QVGA) resolution
• The ability to navigate through media stored on the phone using a stylus or your finger on the touch screen
• The ability to transfer music from a PC at the rate 1Gb every 3 minutes thanks to USB 2.0 PC connectivity
• Video playback at 30 frame per second full screen is al supported
• FM Radio with RDS
• Media Manager PRO, a PC program for organising media and optimising music, video and photos for use on the W960. Media Manger will replace the existing Disc2Phone software. Media Manager features include:
-SenseMe – automatically detects the mood of music when you import it into the phone allowing you to take better advantage of the Sense filtering / playback on the phone.-Transfer of music with automatic re-encoding if necessary and the ability to create play lists
– Imaging helps you move images both from and to the phone. It allows you to store images captured with the camera on the phone and to send images to the phone (including resizing to optimum size for wallpapers)
– Media feed allow you to enjoy video and audio podcast on your phone
• Support for TrackID music recognition software allowing you to record a clip of a song and instantly find out the track title, artist and the album. Furthermore TrackID has been enhanced on the W950 to provide more detailed information about the song being identified and there now support for extra searching options (e.g. a text search just giving the bands name)
• A stereo Bluetooth headset (HBH-DS220) will be included in the retail box in addition to the usual wired headset
• A redesigned look compared to the W950 with rounder edges and more defined keypad keys. The back key has moved from the side of the device to the keypad
• The usual range of UIQ and Sony Ericsson applications including the usual Document Viewers, Blogger, Opera Web Browser and Microsoft Exchange ActiveSync email support