The Sony Ericsson S500i is a quad-band GSM slider handset that manages to look both cool and interestingly different in equal measure. Sony Ericsson have introduced an ever-changing theme idea to mean the handset display is constantly evolving, and there are some hidden lighting effects to make the phone really stand when a call comes in.

If Music is just as important as looks the Sony Ericsson S500i doesn't disappoint, coming equipped with the Walkman 2.0 music player with Track ID service that will send artist and album information directly to your handset when held up to speakers playing the latest track you love! The memory is expandable via Memory Stick Micro M2 cards and this will allow you to store tracks up to a maximum capacity of 2GB.

The Sony Ericsson S500 comes with a 2 megapixel camera, with screen viewfinder, dedicated menus and direct interaction with in-phone imaging and messaging features. The 2" 262K color TFT display with a QVGA resolution means these are always easy to view. Share images with Bluetooth or download via USB. It's also possible to share your life in pictures with the picture blogging service.

The Sony Ericsson S500i has 9 hrs talk time, weighs in at a moderate 94g and is a pocket friendly thickness of only 14mm.