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Easily one of the most feature-rich and versatile handset in the market that takes the Cybershot-Walkman marriage to new heights is the Sony Ericsson W995 Walkman phone. No, it’s not a smartphone as the W lines in its portfolio aren’t.

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But looking at its feature set, it is very easy to mistake it as one. Sporting a slider form factor that is a bit on thicker side, it looks a lot better than its Walkman predecessors and measures a compact 97 x 49 x 15mm and weighing 113g. It even comes in a wide choice of colors like progressive black, cosmic silver and energetic red.

Standout Imaging Features

As an entertainment handset with excellent imaging, the W995 gets Cybershot pedigree with an outstanding 8.1 megapixel camera with autofocus and LED flash and features face detection and image stabilization.

Few camera phones come close and they are mostly smartphones. You can also geo-tag your images taken with it, thanks to its GPS receiver. It also gets WQVGA video recording at a cinema-grade 30fps and a secondary video call camera. Your images get displayed on a 2.6-inch TFT LCD display with QVGA resolution, 256k colors and an accelerometer for auto rotate viewing convenience which can be quite handy when watching movies on its video playback feature.

Versatile Features Up Close

The W995 gets 3G coverage with its single band UMTS (2100) radio with 7.2 MBPS on HSDA at 2 Mbps on HSUPA data speeds for fast internet access that define a truly remarkable online experience. It’s also a quad band GSM (850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900) on the 2G network for unimpaired international roaming on GSM with class 10 GPRS/EDGE speeds of up to 236.8 Kbps.

You get a WiFi 802.11b/g of up to 54 Mbps for hotspot surfing support. Local data connectivity gets Bluetooth 2.0 with A2DP and microUSB 2.0 for wireless and wired local data transfers and syncing. There’s SatNav functionality with its built-in GPS receiver with A-GPS support and preloaded with the Wayfinder navigator apps.

Your mobile entertainment starts with a stereo FM radio with RDS and, needless to say, your walkman 4.0 music player which shake control and SenseMe as well as Tack ID music recognition. Video playback supports only MP4 video codec but it has YouTube apps for Flash video playback support. It has stereo speakerphones but you can listen with wired stereo headphones using its 3.5mm audio jack or listen in wireless stereo from its A2DP profile support over Bluetooth.

Its internal memory is a decent 118 MB with a phonebook that can store up to 1,000 entries with 20 fields each at the most. There’s no microSD support but you get the proprietary Memory Stick Micro (M2) support for external memory expandability f up to 16 GB.

It has a free 8 GB M2 card included in its retail kit. A fully charged Li-Po battery rated at 930 mAh yields a generous 9 hours of talk time on 2G and 370 hours of standby time. Music listening time goes up to 20 hours of continuous playback on a single charge.