Sony Ericsson has a new name for Rika - the SE W705. Rika is SE’s newest Walkman phone and was announced a month ago. The slider is a walkman version of SE’s G705 and sports similar features to it.

The W705 has a 240×320 pixel screen, a 3.2-Mp camera, Wi-Fi, aGPS. The W705’s main features are its premium finish at the front and clear audio experience. The W705 will be announced this month and be available in stores by February, 2009.
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There’s not much info on the Sony Ericsson Rika yet. People say it’s a Walkman model of the Sony Ericsson G705. Besides the supposed music capabilities, the Rika seems to have a front camera which must mean it has 3G support.

Sony Ericsson hasn’t announced it yet, so that’s all we have so far: a picture and a bunch of maybes.

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Sony Ericsson has now officially announced the G705, confirming pretty much everything we knew about it until now and even manages to pack a few surprises in its slider form factor. The G705 turns out to be quite internet savvy with support for what is dubbed as “turbo 3G,” a full HTML browser with a nifty zoom-in function not unlike the latest Symbian browser, and a largish 2.4-inch display. Also included is an RSS Reader, which acts as a ticker displaying the latest news from the feeds you have subscribed to when the handset is in standby mode, the option to directly upload videos taken on its 3.2mpx cam to YouTube and a Google shortcut for quick access to information when needed. While we knew about its aGPS with Google Maps and WiFi, features that we didn’t anticipate are the accelerometer for automatic orientation between portrait/landscape modes and an FM radio, sweet surprises indeed. The press release also details a variation called the Sony G705u tailor-made exclusively for Orange that allows users to switch seamlessly between GSM and WiFi networks. Sounds like a wholly nice feature set in an equally attractive package. No price details are revealed at the time of this post, but look for it to land in the US in the first quarter of 2009.
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Tomorrow, September 8th, is the day when Sony Ericsson will announce the G705 aka Kumiko. The G705 which we’ve already seen will have a 3.2 megapixel with LED flash, HSUPA, 3G video calls, and M2 memory card support.

Besides the phone Sony Ericsson is said to launch a few accessories too. The Bluetooth Car Kit HCB-108 and the Digital Photo Frame IDP-100. Some people say that the unconfirmed Walkman phone Eian might get released too.

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CellPhoneSail was able to procure the official promotional video for the upcoming G705, which has been leaked before. The video brings nothing new to surface, mainly showcasing its sleek and glossy slider form factor and a feature that we already know, its built-in GPS. Still a cool video for an above-average handset. 10 points for someone who can name that song!

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We don’t know why Sony Ericsson is having such a hard time controlling the leaks of almost every cell phone that it has under the wraps before the official announcement, but it sure gives an insight into what we can expect in the coming months from the Japanese-Swedish company. This time, it’s the Sony Ericsson G705 which decided to go public in July before Sony Ericsson could do anything about it. We don’t have anymore details apart from what we heard the last time; a 2.4-inch display, GPS, a 3.2 megapixel camera, WiFi, Bluetooth, an accelerometer, and an M2 expansion slot packaged in a slider configuration. Read on for a few more pictures…
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