The Sony Ericsson S500 is a quad-band EDGE slider phone and is a compact 14mm thin. Visual effects are key part of the phone's design; themes change as time passes, hidden illumination appears to highlight an event and the keypad glows when the slider is opened.
 
The S500 has the full range of mobile entertainment and business features including impressive music and video players, 2 Megapixel camera, Memory Stick Micro removable storage (up to 1G available), full HTML browser, picture blogging, RSS feed support and 3D gaming.
 
The S500 has a 240x320 pixel, 262K color display and supports Sony Ericsson's Java Platform 7 (JP-7) with a range of JSRs, including Advanced Multimedia Supplements (JSR 234) for enhanced camera and image handling.
 
The S500 will be available during Q2 2007.