The First Touch-Screen With Walkman Feature

Meet YONDE the Walkman!

      Whilst recent successes for Sony Ericsson have come with devices running on the Android platform, there are other handsets in the Sony Ericsson range that have done well for them over the years, and probably the most popular has been the range of Walkman branded devices. Recently Sony Ericsson announced the latest handset in the Walkman range, the strangely named Sony Ericsson Yendo, which we are going to take a closer look at now.

The styling of the main UI on the Yendo, at first glance, gives the impression it could be an Android device, but it isn't. This impression is gained by the main standby screen offering four shortcuts, one in each corner, as found on the Sony Ericsson Xperia X10 Mini and X10 Mini Pro. The Yendo is a compact handset, measuring 93.5 x 52 x 15.5mm, and weighing in at just 81g. The main TFT display is a resistive touchscreen, which means you can interact with the device using a stylus, if you wish. The display itself measures in at 2.6 inches, and has a QVGA resolution, and supports up to 256,000 colours.

     Internal memory on the handset is pretty poor, to be honest, with just 5 MB available, but thankfully this can be increased with the addition of a Micro SD memory card, with the Yendo able to support cards up to 16 GB in size. The device is a non 3G handset, and neither is there support for WiFi, so no high speed browsing here. All data transfers are instead dealt with via EDGE or GPRS. Bluetooth 2.1 is included, for short range information transfer, and the inclusion of A2DP means you can stream stereo audio to a compatible Bluetooth headset. The handset also includes a Micro USB connector, and there is a 3.5mm audio jack if you prefer to listen to your music with a wired headset.

Being a Walkman device, music is clearly the main focus of the Yendo; the handset offers the latest version of the Walkman music software, which allows you to sort your music into a variety of playlists. As well as the default playlists, you can sort music by genre, album or artist, as well as just listing all your songs in one long list. You can create playlists manually, allowing you to choose different playlists to match your mood, and the inclusion of SensMe will automatically suggest music based on the style of music you are currently listening to. Shake control allows you to skip to the next track with just a flick of the wrist (assuming you are holding the phone at the time) and the device also includes the excellent TrackID music recognition application. And if there comes a time when you want to keep up to date with the latest music, the Yendo offers a stereo FM radio, with RDS support, too.

The Sony Ericsson Yendo will come in a range of bright colour options, including Black, Blue, Green, Orange, Pink, Purple, Red, Silver, White and Yellow. A really decent selection, which should offer something for almost everyone. Equipped with a standard 2.0 Megapixel camera, the Yendo also includes native apps for Facebook and Twitter, and you can download apps, games and wallpaper for the device from the Sony Ericsson Play Now service.

After we see the Sony Ericsson Xperia X10 mini and mini pro, i felt that, this company is still capable of launching some pretty decent phones to the market. That feeling grew stronger when I took my time with the Xperia X8 prototype, which was equally fun to use. Now, a very similar (and at the same time entirely different) product emerges on the horizon – the Sony Ericsson Yendo. The similarities come from the design and UI departments, where the Yendo clearly resonates with the above-mentioned devices. However, the main difference is the lack of a smartphone platform, or in this case – of Android. Instead, users will be treated to a proprietary Sony Ericsson platform, disguised with the same interface that is also employed with the X10 mini and X8. On top of that, the Yendo is branded with the Walkman logo, which comes to show that it targets a more media-centric audience. Now Internationally, people are starting to leaving blackberry and start using a touch screen handphone (iPhone or Android), it is a good chance for Sony Ericsson Yendo to emerge in a good condition.




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