Sony Ericsson W950

Sony Ericsson W950i

Manufacturer	Sony Ericsson
Availability by region	2006 first half
Successor	Sony Ericsson W960
Compatible networks	GSM, UMTS
Dimensions	106×54×15 mm (4.17×2.13×0.59 in)
Weight	112 g (4 oz) with battery
Operating system	UIQ 3 / Symbian OS v9.1
Memory	4 GB internal flash drive
Removable storage	None
Battery	BST-33
Rear camera	None
Display	240x320, 67mm
Connectivity	Bluetooth 2.0
Data inputs	Keypad / Touchscreen

The Sony Ericsson W950i is the third UIQ 3 smartphone based on Symbian OS v9.1. It was announced on February 13, 2006, a week after the announcement of the Sony Ericsson M600.

The W950 is Sony Ericsson's sixth 'Walkman'-series phone. One of its distinguishing features is the 4 GB internal flash memory, perfect for media storage. However, it does not support memory expansion with any type of memory card.

With many core similarities to the M600, the W950 also uses the UIQ 3 software platform, which is based upon Symbian OS 9.1. The touchscreen displays 262,144 colours (18-bit colour depth) with a resolution of 240x320 pixels at 2.6 inches long in diagonal. The W950 runs on the Nexperia PNX4008 ARM9 208 MHz processor¹ from Philips and has 64MB RAM and 128MB Flash ROM. This processor also includes a PowerVR MBX GPU² for hardware-accelerated 3D graphics.

Since the W950i is based upon the UIQ platform, it is easy to make third party applications that can be downloaded to the phone. Developers can choose their preferred programming language (Java, C++, etc.) and IDE (Visual Studio, CodeWarrior, Eclipse, Carbide, NetBeans).