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Exclusive: Sony Ericsson’s T610 remake

Monday, June 30th, 2008

The T610 was one of Sony Ericsson’s first smash hits, and many will argue that this single phone model marked a turning point for the company. Five years after its release, it looks like Sony Ericsson is about ready with a remake of this ever-popular handset.

We don’t have a final product name on this one – yet – but its codename is Remi. Personally, I like “New T610″ better, so I’ll just call it that…

The new T610 is a slim candy bar phone based on the W890 hardware platform. This means we’re looking at a phone with a waistline at about 10 millimetres, and it will probably end up at 10.5 centimetres in length, and 4.7 centimetres in width, but my assumptions are based solely on W890’s dimensions. Parts of the body are apparently aluminium, which seems rather nice, and much T610-like as well.

So… specifications. It’s running the A2 software platform, like the W890 and many others, and it’s an HSDPA-enabled phone. The camera on the back is a 3.2 mega pixel one, unfortunately only with fixed focus.

Can’t think of anything more at the moment, but if you’ve got a question, feel free to leave a comment, and hopefully I’ll be able to answer it :-) Please keep in mind though that this is basically a non-branded W890, so most questions about features can be answered by looking at the W890’s features.

Posted in exclusive, rumour, t-series, upcoming | 118 Comments »

Happy birthday Xell!

Sunday, June 29th, 2008

Today is Xell’s birthday, and I thought I’d be one of the first to congratulate him on his 24-year birthday!

So, here’s one for Xell – he (and the rest of you) will get a present tomorrow at 11 AM, so don’t forget to check the site! It should be a nice one :-)

Congratulations, Xell, and I hope you’ll have a great day! :-)

Yes another off-topic post, I know, but Xell has brought you many news, so I thought we could squeeze his birthday in with a short post :-) By the way, today is also gelfen and MikLSP’s birthday! Both are super moderators at SE-NSE, so let’s hear it for the lads as well :-)

Posted in off-topic | 28 Comments »

Sony Ericsson SO706i on its way to Japan

Saturday, June 28th, 2008

Sony Ericsson in Japan is once again ready with yet another multimedia phone. This time it’s the Sony Ericsson SO706i for NTT DoCoMo – a rather stylish Japanese phone targeted at the female audience.

It features a whopping 2.8 inch widescreen TFT display at a resolution of 240 x 427 pixels. What could that large screen be used for? Mobile TV, browsing the web, checking out the Eiffel Tower in Paris with Google Maps or taking photos with the built-in 2 mega pixel camera (with auto focus, that is).

The SO706i is also a rather light phone for the Japanese market – or so it seems – as it only weighs 98 grams. It measures 105 x 49 x 13.4 millimetres, so it’s rather thin as well.

SO706i will be out in Japanese NTT DoCoMo shops on July 4, retailing at about 40,000 Japanese yen – equivalent to about $380 or 240 Euros.

Via: Softpedia

Posted in japanese, market, mobile-tv | 30 Comments »

PhoneArena previews the C905

Saturday, June 28th, 2008

PhoneArena just published their preview of the upcoming Sony Ericsson C905 with the great 8 mega pixel camera on the back.

The preview isn’t that long, but there’s a really nice collection of photos and two 360 degree views, where you can really see how great the shiny back looks. Looks a bit like chrome, doesn’t it? Perhaps it is! Also included in the preview are some camera samples, and they’re – as you expected – the results of the best mobile camera out there, even in its early prototype stages. The C905 can easily knock out a mediocre compact camera once it’s released, I’ll bet you on that.

You can find the preview right here.

[thanks, Tim!]

Posted in c-series, preview | 24 Comments »

Sony Ericsson’s sales and profit are down – again

Friday, June 27th, 2008

Whenever Sony Ericsson releases a press release about the market sales and profits in advance of the actual press release with the final quarter results, we know something’s not going that great. And well, Sony Ericsson just released one of those press releases.

It basically states there’ll be market challenges, and that these have impacted Sony Ericsson’s sales and profit in second quarter 2008. Sony Ericsson’s estimated amount of shipped phones in Q2 is at approximately 24 million units, and the average selling price is expected to be at 115 euros. The net income before taxes is estimated to be about break-even. Sad news, indeed.

Sony Ericsson claims that its sales have been negatively affected by the moderating demand of mid/high-end phones, as well as delays of new products shipped during this quarter. What does this mean? More low-end phones for us – yay…!

The final results will be announced on July 18 at 7.30 AM UK time (that’s 8.30 AM CET).

Posted in corporative, market, market-share | 36 Comments »

Sony Ericsson Tops J.D. Power’s Satisfaction List – Again

Thursday, June 26th, 2008

We told you back in November 2007, we tell you now: The US of A have much love for Sony Ericsson.

I will just let the chart speak for itself.

You can read more at SE’s US press lounge or at the 2008 U.S. Wireless Mobile Phone Evaluation Study Volume 1 site.

Posted in corporative, market | 28 Comments »

Sony Ericsson’s upcoming 16 GB Walkman phone

Thursday, June 26th, 2008

Remember the W950? A touch screen smart phone with 4 gigabytes of internal memory for music. Now, what about W960? A touch screen smart phone with 8 gigabytes of internal memory for music. Guess what the successor will be! You guessed it! A touch screen smart phone with 16 gigabytes of internal memory for music, and will be positioned at the very top of Sony Ericsson’s music portfolio.

This is all we’ve got as of now, so let’s all call this a ‘rumour’ until we’ve got more :-) It is certain, however, it’ll be one of Sony Ericsson’s upcoming flagship phones – possibly – this year along with the next business flagship codenamed Hecaro and the imaging flagship, recently announced as C905.

Posted in exclusive, rumour, w-series, walkman | 54 Comments »

Sony Ericsson tops Greenpeace rankings

Wednesday, June 25th, 2008

Sony Ericsson yet again “topped” Greenpeace’s ‘Guide to Greener Electronics’ rankings with a score of 5.1 out of… 10! Can you believe it? With such a relatively low score they actually came in first along with Sony. Next in line was Nokia with a score of 4.8.

Sony Ericsson had topmarks on the chemical thoxic phase, but ranked poor on recycling. Here’s what Greenpeace had to say about Sony Ericsson in the excerpt.

Sony Ericsson is in pole position despite barely scraping past the halfway mark with 5.1. It is the first company to score almost top marks on the chemicals criteria, missing this target by having unreasonably high threshold limits for brominated flame retardants in products that are allegedly BFR-free. All SE products are already PVC-free. SE has already met the challenge of the new criterion on chemicals, by banning antimony, beryllium and phthalates from new models launched since January 2008. The company scores relatively high on energy criteria because all of its products meet and exceed the Energy Star standard. On all other energy issues, it scores badly. Sony Ericsson falls down on e-waste issues scoring badly on all the criteria. It reports a pitiful recycling rate of 1%-13%.

You can download the entire report about Sony Ericsson here.

Posted in corporative, market | 10 Comments »

Mobile Leaders To Unify The Symbian Software Platform

Tuesday, June 24th, 2008

It has to be one of the most surprising news these days: The Big 5 coorporate.

Nokia today announced plans to acquire the remaining shares of Symbian Limited that Nokia does not already own and then contribute the Symbian and S60 software to the Symbian Foundation. Sony Ericsson and Motorola will contribute technology from UIQ, DOCOMO has also indicated its willingness to contribute its MOAP(S) assets. From these contributions, the Foundation will provide a unified platform with common UI framework. A full platform will be available for all Foundation members under a royalty-free license, from the Foundation’s first day of operations.

The annual membership fee is a bargain of 1.500$.

Plans are to get the thing rollin’ on the first half of 2009 with an expected complete framework in 2010.

Make sure you tune in to the live webcast here at 11:00 GMT.

While waiting, have a further look at the press release here and the Symbian Foundation website with the whitepaper here.

Posted in announcement, corporative, future, operating-platform, uiq | 34 Comments »

Sony Ericsson: 10 percent market growth in 2008

Monday, June 23rd, 2008


“I (SE) giant leaps”

In an interview with Reuters, Sony Ericsson’s head of global marketing, James Marshall, said that Sony Ericsson sees a growing demand in mobile phones in the second quarter and second half of this year. He also goes to explain the economic downturns during the first quarter of the year.

- We had a slightly slower start to the year due to some economic downturn in Western Europe and due to overstocking in channels in Q4, which meant inventories were higher going into 2008. That was a short-term issue, said James Marshall in an interview with Reuters.

What’s good, though, is that it seems Sony Ericsson’s new strategy of manufacturing low/mid-tier phones, especially for the entry-level markets, seems to be going by plan, and Sony Ericsson remains optimistic about their goal of gaining a 10 percent market growth in 2008.

- Projections for this quarter and the second-half of 2008 looks strong — that’s why we can keep the 10 percent growth projections, Marshall told Reuters.

For more details on Sony Ericsson’s rather massive profits dip in the first quarter of 2008, you can read the official press release – you can find it here.

Via: Reuters

Posted in article, corporative, interview, market-share | 2 Comments »

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