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Original URL: http://www.reghardware.co.uk/2007/05/25/sony_e_hsdpa_walkman_appears/

QWERTY keypad, HSDPA Walkman phone surfaces

By Tony Smith
Published Friday 25th May 2007 10:13 GMT

Sony Ericsson's as yet unannounced W999 Walkman slider phone has appeared on the web in an official capacity, turning up among the GSM Association's list of HSDPA-compatible handsets.

Sony Ericsson's W999 on the GSMA website
Sony Ericsson's W999 (left) appearing on the GSMA website

The site also mentions the Z750, an HSDPA-enabled clamshell handset Sony Ericssion when public on back in March (http://www.reghardware.co.uk/2007/03/27/se_reveals_first_hsdpa_phone/) this year.

The GSMA provides no information about the W999, but it does show what it looks like. The image confirms past claims that the W999 sports a QWERTY keyboard with two characters per key rather like the one on Sony Ericsson's M600 smart phone (http://www.reghardware.co.uk/2006/08/09/review_sony_ericsson_m600i/). Its colour scheme suggests an aboreal inspiration of the kind behind the recently announced S500 (http://www.reghardware.co.uk/2007/05/08/hw_sony_ericsson_mysterious_s500/).

The W999 is also believed to feature a 2.4in, 240 x 320 display, and to be 1.3cm thick.