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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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“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
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