Smartphone can access Google from standby screen

First full touchscreen Walkman phone unveiled

Sony Ericsson has unveiled its first full touchscreen Walkman phone, the Yendo.

The handset uses the same four-corner touch UI as the Xperia X10 Mini and X10 Mini Pro, and runs a proprietary Sony Ericsson OS.

The device has a 2.6-inch touchscreen, and includes the company’s stable of music features, including TrackID, MediaGo and PlayNow.

It has a two-megapixel camera, and will be able to access Google search from its standby screen. While it is not the first Walkman phone to have a touchscreen, previous models had physical keypads too.

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