The Sony Ericsson website has revealed a new handset that they company will be releasing. The handset is part of the Walkman range and is named the W8. The design of the W8 is identical to that of the Xperia X8, so it looks like Sony Ericsson have rebadged the handset, added the Walkman branding to it and named it the W8. The specs of the phone are also the same as the X8.

Like the X8 and X10 Mini, the W8 will have the four corner shortcut UI, as well as easy access to playlists. The W8 will also feature a 3 inch display, with a 3.2 megapixel camera, 168MB of RAM, a 600MHz processor and use Android as the operating system. Like the X8, the W8 appears to be running Android 2.1. Due to the nature of the handset, like the X8 the W8 may not see a higher version of Android but, as the handset is targetted at a different market this shouldn’t be too much of a problem.

The W8 will be available in three colors, including the original Walkman Orange, as well as Metallic Red and Azur. The phone is set to be released in China, Indonesia, Hong Kong, Philippines, Taiwan, Singapore, Malaysia, India, Vietnam and Thailand before the end of Q2, which runs until June.

Over at Planete Nokia, the guys have grabbed some more and newer photos of Sony Ericsson’s upcoming touch screen cybershot walkman phone, the Idou. The phone follows the look of Sony Ericsson’s other flagship phone, the C905 and raises the bar with an impressive 12 megapixel camera, while still being a smart phone like the Xperia, admittedly symbian based rather than Windows Mobile based, as well as being as good media wise as any walkman phone.

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