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The Sony Ericsson W995 in dramatic black is a sophisticated Walkman-oriented slider phone for both music and camera aficionados. The 2.6-inch screen (diagonal) and 240 x 320 pixels resolution make for excellence sharpness and clarity.It measures 97mm x 49mm x 15mm thick (with the slide closed) and weighs 113g.

It offers an 8.1 megapixel camera – yes 8.1- with LED flash, smile detection, face detection, and BestPic features; there is also a front camera for two-way video-calling.

This is a quadband phone with 3G HSDPA for video calling, with EDGE for fast data transfer, Bluetooth for short-range wireless transfer and USB for wired.

Both Wi-Fi and GPS (with Google Maps) are built in, along with BBC iPlayer, which offers both “catchup” TV and live streaming. There is an accelerometer for automatic screen rotation in some applications,  including the iPlayer. There is Tracker software for recording routes travelled, NearMe (which will find various venues and resources near your current location) and Wayfinder, for point-to-point navigation.

Other goodies include an FM radio, Sony Ericsson's TrackID, PhotoDJ, VideoDJ and MusicDJ, plus sound recorder, a full range of messaging options (SMS, MMS and email), alarms, calendar, tasks manager, notes taker, timer, stopwatch, and calculator. An excellent touch: you can use your own set of headphones in either the microphone section or the phone's top-mounted 3.5 mm standard jack

The W995 has 118 Mbytes’ internal memory, plus Micro™ M2™ memory support. Battery life is rated at nine hours GSM talk time (four hours 3G); around 360 hours on standby and 3.5 hours’ video call time from a full charge.