Sony Ericsson Live with Walkman™ Delivers Unique Social Music Experience for Smartphones

Smartphone with Walkman™ on Latest Android platform (Gingerbread 2.3) - • Unique Facebook™ Integration Enables Instant Music and Media Sharing

 

Mobilk - Dubai-UAE – Sony Ericsson, a global leader in communication and entertainment technology, today announced the launch of Sony Ericsson Live with Walkman™, an Android smartphone that delivers a unique social music experience.

A dedicated Walkman™ hardware button provides instant access to the music player and users can also like, share and discover content through a deep Facebook™ integration. The infinite button lets consumers explore even more. 

With attractive curved design, a glossy finish and a mineral glass display, the phone has a 3.2-inch screen and a powerful 1Ghz processor. A front facing camera enables Skype video calling, while a 5MP AF camera can capture 720p HD video recording. *Sony’s xLOUD™ enhances audio  output, while the latest Android platform for smartphones (Gingerbread 2.3) provides access to over 250,000 applications on the Android Market™.

Nikolaus Scheurer, Head of Product Marketing, Sony Ericsson, said: “Consumers want smartphones to deliver a rich and social entertainment experience. Rather than a one dimensional music experience, they want instant and seamless access to new content, combined with the ability to share and connect with their friends. The Sony Ericsson Live with Walkman™ provides exactly this, in a powerful package with great style.”

A perfect combination of social networking and music entertainment: 

• Deep Facebook™ integration: Allows users to instantly access Facebook through the most-used areas of the phone such as the picture gallery, music player, phonebook and calendar 

• Media Discovery Application: A dynamic application that offers access to a world of music and videos, including Facebook™ recommendations from their friends 

• Infinite button: Tapping it within the media player enables consumers to have instant access to new content about their favourite artist, such as music videos, artist information and lyrics search

• *Sony’s xLOUD™ technology: Enhances audio output of the inbuilt speakers at high levels.

• TrackID™: Identifies the music track you are listening to within the FM radio and music player. The track can then instantly be shared or downloaded.

 

Sony Ericsson Live with Walkman™ will be available globally in selected markets from Q4 2011. 

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