Comments on: Sony Ericsson unveils Walkman W595, W302 phones

The W595 and W302 offer music features but they lack standard headphone jacks.

[ctxrover]

The proprietary connection is used, because an FM antenna is embedded in the cable. You can still plug your own headphones at the end of the cord, where the answer/end switch is.

[rodycayl]

No, the FM antenna is not embedded in the cable, the cable is the antenna. Another set of standard headphones would achieve the same "antenna" affect...

[ice82]

That creates an exceptionally long cord unless you use one of the special headphones with 0.4m cords. Any headset/headphone cable can act as an FM antenna, Nokia phones work this way.

I think they should convert their philosophy of creating everything proprietary. MS, MS Duo, MS M2, proprietary headphone jacks, etc. Sure, the BD won the battle, but it's because it was actually better than HD-DVD. The other proprietary stuff is just money-making tacticks.

[Polaris9]

Still no 3.5" headphone jack huh? idiots.