Just in – the Sony Ericsson Spiro, available on the Virgin network in a slightly funky shade of green, silver and lime green with a hint of sage actually.

Virgin Mobile are now offering the Spiro handset on their Pay As You Go tariff at a price of £59.99 which includes £10 worth of airtime making the handset cost effectively £49.99. The handset itself, also known as the W100i, is a Walkman phone, great for music fans and is silver with a green trim and with the slide out keypad being green in colour. The back of this particular Spiro is also green, a sage/pea green.

The Sony Ericsson Yendo has only recently been revealed but, Mobique have already had a hands on with the phone. The Sony Ericsson Yendo is the company’s first phone from the refreshed Walkman range. Upon initial inspection, it appears that the Yendo is run on Android, like the Xperia X10 Mini which the handset resembles. With further inspection however, it’s revealed that the interface is only similar with regards to the four corner touch UI, which allows you to access the Walkman player, keypad, contacts and can be changed to access other features of the phone.

Sony Ericsson has developed a full touch Walkman phone- the Sony Ericsson Yendo. The phone is similar to the X10 Mini but, is however not an Android handset. The Yendo measures 93.5 x 52 x 15.8 mm and weighs 81 grams

The phone features a 2.6 inch touchscreen with 240 x 320 pixels resolution. It is powered by a 720 MHz processor and comes with a 3.5 mm audio jack connector.

Other features include a 2.0 megapixel camera with 4x digital zoom, FM Radio, Speakerphone, micro USB connector and an A2DP Bluetooth Stereo. The phone also offers 5 MB of internal memory. The battery supports 3.5 hours of talktime and 312 hours of standby.

Sony Ericsson is planning to launch a new phone in the Walkman series. The company is developing a Walkman phone on the Android platform and plans an official announcement sometime this month.

The phone is rumored to have similar specifications to the X10 Mini. It will have the same 2.6 inch touchscreen as the Mini.  It will also have the same 5MP camera without LED flash. Other specs include 3G, Bluetooth and GPS. The phone will have a 600 MHz processor. There is no news on whether the phone will run on Android 1.6 or Android 2.1.

After updating models like the Xperia X10 and Vivaz, Sony Ericsson has  turned its attention to remodelling its Walkman range of handsets, and the Spiro is the first of such models.

The impressive looking Spiro is a slider style handset. It weighs a mere 90 grams and has compact measurements of 92x48x17 mm which means it will sit comfortably in the palm of your hand. Its curved edges just make it a lot more attractive. The Spiro features a 2.2″ screen and is capable of displaying up to 256,000 colors.

In time for Christmas, Sony Ericsson are offering both the W395 and W595 in a pink variant. The handsets are available exclusively to UK retailer Phones4u. The phones are only available on Orange.

The W595 is available for £79.95 with a Benefits Cosmetic kit and the W395 for £59.95 with a Bourjois makeup kit. Both include £10 top up.