Today, Sony Ericsson announced their newest phone, the S500. Beyond the Mysterious Green and Spring Yellow exteriors, effort has been made to bring design alive with the Sony Ericsson S500. The visuals on the desktop or phone menu can change automatically as the seasons pass or as day turns to night. Hidden illumination appears to highlight a certain event and the keypad glows with energy when the slim slider is opened.

The 14mm thick slider is s targeted at the Americas and so it has a quad-band GSM/GPRS/EDGE 850/900/1800/1900 networks support. It comes with a 2 megapixel camera, a 2" 262K color TFT display with a QVGA resolution plus Bluetooth, USB and a Memory Stick Micro M2 slot.

Technical specifications:

• Camera: 2 MP camera, 4x digital zoom, video recording;
• Bluetooth 2.0 with  A2DP;
• Support forRSS, NetFront, PlayNow;
• Speakerphone;
• Dimensions: 99x47x14 mm;
• Weight: 94 g;
• Display: 262Kcolors, TFT;

Take a look at the Sony Ericsson S500 and expect the unexpected. Open the 14mm slim slider to reveal colour accents and ever changing desktop themes. You set the in-phone themes and external light effects to change when you want - with the seasons, as day turns to night or when the weekend begins.

Sony Ericsson S500:

• Ever-changing themes and illuminations that change as day turns to night hidden illumination
• Style with substance 2.0 megapixel camera revealed when the slider opens
• Individual colours Mysterious Green and Spring Yellow

Vibrant images Have fun taking shots with the 2.0 megapixel camera and share moments of your life as they happen. Take a picture of where you are and blog it straight away. You can also send pictures or video to any mobile phone or email address.

Style with substance The S500 offers more than stunning aesthetics. Add colour to your free time with a media player and expandable Memory Stick slot. So you choose what size of music library is right for you. You can even add a music accessory such as the Music Bluetooth™ Receiver MBR-100 and play your phone music direct through your home stereo. Play 3D games or access the Web browser for easy surfing on the move.

Joined up thinking The S500 arrives with everything you need to connect your phone to your computer. Transfer your favourite music from PC to phone using Sony Ericsson Disc2Phone music management software. Or move images from your phone to your computer without the need for any software. When the S500 is connected, it appears as a drive on your computer. It also features Bluetooth™ 2.0, giving you same fast, robust connection to other Bluetooth devices as the T650.

The Sony Ericsson S500 is a 14mm slim 2.5G slider phone (GSM/GPRS/EDGE 850/900/1800/1900), available in either Mysterious Green or Spring Yellow.
It will be in the shops in selected markets from Q2 2007.