The W995's Walkman player offers the standard range of features, including album art, shake control, TrackID, and an adjustable bass level. You'll also be able to save MP3 and AAC files as ring tones. The 8.1-megapixel camera is straight out of a Cyber-shot line. It has a 16x digital zoom, auto-focus, face detection, a flash, image stabilization, Sony's PictBridge, a video recorder, and picture blogging. Finishing out the feature set are stereo Bluetooth, assisted-GPS with support for Google Maps, Wi-Fi, messaging and e-mail, a voice recorder, an FM radio, phone-as-modem capability, USB mass storage, PC syncing, instant messaging, organizer applications, a speakerphone, gaming, and direct access to YouTube.

With so much under the hood, it's imperative Sony Ericsson backs it all up with solid battery life and memory. Fortunately, the W995's specs look promising. Its Memory Stick Micro slot will accommodate cards up to 8GB, the internal memory is 118MB, and Sony Ericsson promises that the W995's battery life will be long enough to support two full-length films (9 hours talk time, 20 hours music time and 5 hours video time).Moving first to the camera, the Sony Ericsson W995 Black has a whopping 8 megapixels built in, and the vast pixel resolution alone will create photos sharper than just about anything you've seen before. But then, tie that together with technology inherited from the Cyber-Shot range, and it makes the photos you'll get out of the Sony Ericsson W995 Black even better!

But it's not just about the camera, of course, there's music, too. The Sony Ericsson W995 Black comes complete with the latest version of the awesome Walkman music software. Quite simply, the sounds coming out this baby will astonish you, as will the shake controls and the SensMe technology built in. Oh, and you'll have no worries about having room for all your superb sounds, as the Sony Ericsson W995 Black has also got 8Gb of internal memory.Lastly, there's a range of connection options with the Sony Ericsson W995 Black. Not only do you get HSDPA web access (to turn your phone into an internet device), but it's also got GPS, so you won't need a separate sat-nav ever again! The Sony Ericsson W995 Black: it's all things to all people!

Sony Ericsson W995

Key Features

2G Network      -           GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900

3G Network      -           HSDPA 900 / 2100

                        -           HSDPA 850 / 1900 - W995a

SIM                  -           Mini-SIM

Announced       -           2009, February

Card slot           -           Memory Stick Micro (M2), up to 16GB, 8GB card included

Phonebook        -           1000 x 20 fields, Photo call

Call records      -           30 received, dialed and missed calls

Speed               -           HSDPA, 7.2 Mbps; HSUPA, 2 Mbps

WLAN             -           Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g, DLNA

Bluetooth          -           Yes, v2.0 with A2DP