Sony Ericsson T610 cell phone is quite a lightweight phone, measuring 3.7 x 1.8 x 0.7 inch and weighs 3.4 ounces. It has a 2.25-inch internal screen which is bright and colorful and support 262,000 colors.

The TM506 phone is able to store 1,000 contacts with room in each entry for seven phone numbers, an e-mail address, a URL, a job title, a company name, two street addresses, and notes. If that is not sufficient, the SIM card holds an additional 250 names and you can save your personal information to an electronic business card. You can further organize contacts into caller groups and pair them with different polyphonic and MP3 ringtones. On top of that, you can save a photo to your contacts as well, but, due to the display limitation, it won’t show up on display when the contact calls..

Other features that you would expect in a cell phone include vibrate mode, text and multimedia messaging, a speakerphone, alarm clock, a voice memo recorder, a timer, a stopwatch, task list, notepad and calculator, In additional to that, instant messaging, PC syncing, full Bluetooth with a stereo profile, a Bluetooth remote feature, voice dialing, USB mass storage, phone as modem capability, a file manager, and a code memo for storing passwords are also available.

Although Sony Ericsson TM506 is not a Walkman phone, it still comes with great musical functionality including playlists, shuffle and repeat modes, stereo widening, and an equalizer with Sony’s Mega Bass. Transferring of data and music file from other devices to the phone can be done via USB cable, Bluetooth, or a memory card.

Sony Ericsson TM506 supports three GSM bands (850/1800/1900) and it has a talk time of 9.5 hours talk time and 10.4 days standby time.

The service will draw on the back catalogues of Sony BMG, Warner Music and EMI as well as offering games, ringtones, applications, and themes for downloading, Sony Ericsson will have one million songs ready for customers in the Nordic countries, with the number eventually swell to five million. All the songs will be free of any DRM protection, so you can copy your songs unrestrictedly, which can be very useful if you get a new phone, computer, etc.

The songs downloaded from PlayNow Arena are expected to sell for a similar price as those found on Apple’s iTunes service, that is, around $0.99 / €0.99. Most games will go for about £4, but quite a few are said to be free.!

PlayNow Arena is expected to be available for most Sony Ericsson mobile phones newer than K800, so if your Sony Ericsson mobile phone is a year or two old, you should be covered. If your phone, however, is not supported, you can use the PC client, and then transfer it to your phone.