Sony Ericsson W958c announced

The W958c Walkman phone is a GSM/GPRS variant of the stylish W950, and has been developed specifically for Chinese market. It is equipped with a large 2.6″ touch screen for simple navigation through music genres, playlists, individual songs or music albums. The W958c is Sony Ericsson (NYSE: SNE)’s second Symbian v9.1, UIQ 3.0 based handset for the Chinese market, the first being the recently launched M608c.

With a 4GB flash memory, the W958c Walkman phone can store up to 4,000 songs. It’s quick and easy to get these onto the phone in the first place, with transfer speeds of music from PC to phone of approximately 3 minutes per gigabyte. And thanks to the graphic-rich interface on the Walkman 2.0 player, it is simple to navigate around the music library by song, artist or playlist. It is also possible to search visually by browsing through downloaded album covers.

The W958c Walkman phone is also fully configured for the PlayNow 3.0 full-track music download service featuring Sony BMG artists. It offers all the benefits of a combined phone and music player, enabling multi-tasking between listening to music, emailing and browsing the Internet.

NOTE: Earlier this month, both W950i and W958c were approved by the FCC.