Together with the XPERIA X8, the Japanese-Swedish mobile phone maker has formally announced the new Sony Ericsson phones - the Sony Ericsson Yendo with Walkman which the company boasts as the first full touchscreen Walkman phone and the Cedar, a budget 3G handset. These new handsets are expected to reach their markets before the 3rd quarter of 2010 ends. The Sony Ericsson Cedar will come in two-tone body colors for black/silver and black/red while the Yendo will have a wider array of color choices such as black, blue, green, while, silver, pink, purple, red and orange. With mobile phone comparison websites you can save a bundle on your next phone.
The new Sony Ericsson Cedar handset is positioned among the new Sony Ericsson phones as a social networking affordable feature phone built with eco-friendly materials which accounts for its GreenHeart branding in other markets.
With a quad band GSMGPRS/EDGE on 2G and a tri band UMTS/HSDPA on 3G, the Cedar gets no WiFi but supports local data transfers via Bluetooth 2,1 with A2DP and microUSB 2.0. As a budget handset, it has no GPS and internal memory but comes with microSD support. The Sony Ericsson Cedar has a modest 2.2-inch TFT LCD screen with QVGA resolution and 256k colors, a stereo FM radio with RDS and 3.5mm headphone jack. Imaging is served by a basic 2 megapixel camera with VGA video recording at 30fps. Comparing Sony Yendo contracts can help you to save money by finding the best deal available on the internet.
Despite a larger 2.6-inch TFT QVGA resistive touchscreen with 256k colors, the touchscreen Sony Ericsson Yendo has a more modest radio with just a dual band GSM with class 1- GPRS/EDGE, no 3G, no WiFi and no GPS. There’s no accelerometer either. As in the Cedar, the Yendo’s fixed focus camera sports a basic 2 megapixel resolution with unspecified video recording. At least it has a 3.5mm headphone jack to match it Walkman player that can play MP3 and H.263 file formats. It also comes with a touch TrackID, MediaGo and PlayNow apps.
The Sony Ericsson Yendo offers the most customizable features of among the new Sony Ericsson phones with its body color styles as well as a four-corner touch UI for the most commonly used functions on the phone. The handset is powered by a 156 MHz processor and has a scant 5 MB internal memory that is expandable to 16G B from its microSD support.