Telstra has added the Sony Ericsson W508 Walkman phone to its Blue Tick range of handsets, which means that it can be used in rural and regional areas.

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Telstra Country Wide Group Managing Director, Brett Riley, said “The W508 comes with Telstra’s Blue Tick, meaning it is recommended for handheld use in rural and regional coverage areas.”
 
“It features an in-built Sony Walkman that allows a customer to take a high-quality music player everywhere they take their mobile. Also included is 1 GB of internal memory for storing all your favorite songs – plus a stereo headset for great-sounding music playback.” added Riley.
 
Telstra Product Management Executive Director, Ross Fielding, said the Sony Ericsson W508 offers superior mobile internet browsing and can be customised thanks to its TelstraOne Experience user interface. 
 
“The W508 also features the TelstraOne Experience user interface, which lets customers set up one-click access to the mobile phone features, applications and services they use most. With TelstraOne Experience customers can select from more than 100 application and webpage shortcut icons –  like links to Facebook, MySpace and mobile web accounts like Windows Live Hotmail and Yahoo!7 Mail – and place them on the phone’s MyPlace menu where they’re easy to access,” Mr Fielding said.
 
Other handset features include a 3.2 megapixel camera, Bluetooth 2.0 connectivity (including for Bluetooth stereo headsets), MMS, video calling, TrackID (which lets users record a few seconds of music and returns the song name, artist and album to your phone within seconds) and interchangeable colour covers (the handset comes bundled with Architectural Purple and Metal Grey colour covers).
 
The Sony Ericsson W508 is available from 7 July on a $30 plan over 24 months.