Mobile phones, Music phones

Sony Ericsson Aino

The Aino functions both as an attractive slider phone and a touchscreen media device. It's insanely packed with features too, including the ability to stream video and audio from a PlayStation 3. The user interface could do with some work, but the Aino gets full marks for ambition

Editor's rating 6.5

Sony Ericsson W395 Walkman

The budget W395 Walkman music phone may not offer a fantastic screen or camera, but it punches above its weight in pretty much every other department. Its music player is excellent, the on-board speakers are great and it offers a decent feature set. At its current pay-as-you-go price, it's a steal

Editor's rating 7.9

Nokia 5730 XpressMusic

The 5730 XpressMusic may be fairly heavy and bulky, but it's stuffed to the brim with features, including support for Nokia's N-Gage gaming platform, a great music player, a slide-out Qwerty keyboard and on-board GPS. Button fetishists will have a field day, too

User rating 10.0

Editor's rating 6.1

Nokia 5530 XpressMusic

Considerably cheaper than most other touchscreen handsets currently on the market, the 5530 XpressMusic offers a good user experience for the money. This music phone isn't as slick as the iPhone or HTC Hero, but it's easy to use and its sound quality is surprisingly meaty

Editor's rating 6.8

Samsung Beat DJ

If your idea of a good time is irritating commuters on the bus, you're in for a treat with the inexpensive Samsung Beat DJ music phone. You can scratch tracks to your heart's content via its beautiful AMOLED touchscreen and it looks unique too, while the user interface sports some innovative features

Editor's rating 6.7

Sony Ericsson W995 Walkman

The Sony Ericsson W995 Walkman has answered our prayers for a Walkman phone with a standard headphone jack and revamped media-transfer software. Add an 8.1-megapixel camera and a slick-looking design, and you've got a media phone that's best in its class

User rating 6.5

Editor's rating 8.3

Sony Ericsson W705 Walkman

The Sony Ericsson W705 Walkman takes a good swing at replacing your MP3 player with its great sound reproduction, dedicated music player keys, heaps of features and classy looks. Nevertheless, it's hampered by missing a 3.5mm headphone jack -- and its music transfer software gives us a nosebleed

Editor's rating 7.8

Nokia 5800 XpressMusic

The 5800, Nokia's first touchscreen phone, has video, music and GPS features to get the heart racing, but these are offset by a disappointing touch experience. While there's nothing outrageously wrong with the 5800, we're sure Nokia has better touchscreens to come

User rating 9.0

Editor's rating 6.3

Sony Ericsson W980

The latest clamshell Walkman phone is absolutely packed with features. Deep breath: HSDPA, stereo Bluetooth, support for the most common music formats and a 3.2-megapixel camera. More exotically, the W980 boasts an FM transmitter, Microsoft Exchange support and an accelerometer

User rating 9.7

Editor's rating 7.6

Sony Ericsson Z750i

With its mirrored finish and attention-grabbing colour scheme, Sony Ericsson is obviously aiming the Z750i at the style-conscious. This handset has substance too, however, thanks to its decent onboard music player, GPS and speedy HSDPA support

Editor's rating 7.8

Samsung F400

Samsung has teamed up with AV specialist Bang & Olufsen once more to create the F400, a stylish music phone with a simple trick -- slide down the screen and you reveal quality B&O speakers. Importantly for a music phone, it has a 3.5mm headphone socket and can play protected music formats

Editor's rating 6.8

Sony Ericsson W302 Walkman

The budget Sony Ericsson W302 Walkman music phone compromises on many things -- camera size, video quality and Web browsing, for example -- but, thankfully, not sound quality. Small in size and low in price, it's a good choice if you don't want to get bogged down with features you'll never use

Editor's rating 6.3

Sony Ericsson W595

Sony Ericsson's new W595 is a slider handset with a 3.2-megapixel camera, and it replaces the popular W580i from last year. Supported music formats include MP3, AAC, WMA and WAV, meaning it could replace your MP3 player. The new camera is a definite improvement and there are some better specs, too, so have a look

User rating 5.0

Editor's rating 7.4

Sony Ericsson W902

The W902 is Sony Ericsson's flagship Walkman phone for the end of 2008, and the first Walkman to come with a 5-megapixel camera. We were impressed with the pictures we took -- especially since it's a music phone, too. With a decent interface for browsing media and a solid, attractive design, the W902 is one to check out

Editor's rating 8.4

Sony Ericsson W760i

The Sony Ericsson W760i is our favourite of the company's phones and it's the best Walkman phone to date. This music phone crams in loads of features, including GPS and HSDPA. Music playback and audio quality during calls are both impressive and its menus are slick and attractive

User rating 5.0

Editor's rating 8.7

Motorola Rokr E8

The Motorola Rokr E8 is a smashing handset, both for calls and playing music. Unlike many other music phones, the E8 has included a 3.5mm headphone socket so you can use your own headphones. Its superb audio quality and full-bodied music playback make it a cut above the rest

User rating 8.3

Editor's rating 7.8

Sony Ericsson W350i

If you miss the styling of flip phones, Sony Ericsson's W350i will give you that desired blast from the past. Clearly geared towards music playback, this retro, pseudo-candy bar handset sports dedicated Walkman buttons on its exterior and decent call performance

User rating 5.5

Editor's rating 7.2

Nokia 5220 XpressMusic

Best noticed for its teen-friendly looks, and best purchased for its musical abilities, this otherwise average Nokia 5220 XpressMusic phone does its main job well. It's not breaking any ground or adding anything new to the market, but what it needed to get right, it's got right

Editor's rating 7.4

Sony Ericsson W380i

The Sony Ericsson W380i is a solid, stylish clamshell music phone. It's intuitive and simple to use, from making calls to listening to your favourite tracks. Music and podcasts alike are easily synced, and combined with its excellent call quality, the experience is highly enjoyable

User rating 3.3

Editor's rating 7.0

Sony Ericsson W890i

The Sony Ericsson W890i Walkman phone could go down in mobile phone history as one of the best Sony Ericsson handsets ever. It greatly improves upon its W880i predecessor with a solid, slim casing and we argue that you could even replace your MP3 player with this handset

User rating 7.2

Editor's rating 8.3