Sony Ericcson releases phones with MSA capability

Sony Ericcson released two brands on November 6th - W890 and K660- based on Java platform 8 (JP-8) which supports the Mobile Service Architecture (MSA) umbrella standard (JSR-248). The W890 is designed for entertainment- music, video, 3D games and web acess while K660 is optimized for the web with landscape browsing. It has dedicated shortcut keys, a PC-like mouse experience when in web mode and Google maps for mobiles.Both phones carry with them the benefits of 3G and High Speed Downlink Packet Access (HSDPA) network support which allows fast dowload of data comparable to or better than fixed-line broadband access systems. Other phones from Sony with the JP-8 platform include K630,K850, V640, W910 and Z750.