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That Walkman brand sure has come a long way. Remember those shiny cassette players? (OK, so I still have one.) Now the monicker is slapped on cell phones, including the new Sony Ericsson W200 Walkman. It’s a phone. It’s a music player. It’s shiny.

The W200 will ship with 27 MB internal memory which can can hold about 37 full-length MP3 and AAC tracks (which Sony estimates at “about four albums” - nice LP reference, BTW) and can continuously play audio for up to 18 hours on one charge (not that it can hold that much). Don’t worry, you can can store extra tunes on a Memory Stick Micro (M2), available up to 1 GB (approx. 255 tracks). Music can be transferred from a PC using the included Disc2Phone software.

It’ll also include a built-in FM radio and a color coordinated stereo headset (HPM-64), a USB DCU-60 cable, a VGA camera with 4x digital zoom, video messaging, a web browser, push email (including SMS, EMS and MMS) and PC sync. The display will be a 128x160 pixel UBC (Ultra Bright Color) 65k color screen.

The W200 Walkman phone will ship in two colors, Rhythm Black and Pulse White, in both a GPRS 900/1800/1900 and GPRS 850/1800/1900 handset and is expected to be available Q2 2007 in select markets.

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