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What you see above is a picture taken by a C702 without further cases. Check out the full stress test (dust, rain, public baths) at SE-World (German) plus the videos after the jump.
P.S.: Yes, it still works!
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Archive for August, 2008
Like a fish in the water
Sunday, August 31st, 2008Twelve new phone colour variants
Friday, August 29th, 2008It seems like Sony Ericsson would rather announce new colour variants of already announced phone models than announce completely new phones. Within a short period of time, Sony Ericsson’s presented no less than twelve new phone colour variants for a total of six phones, and with more to come.
The C902 was presented in a Cinnamon Bronze variant. Other than that, the C902 was also recently announced to make its appearance in a James Bond variant, dubbed Titanium Silver.
Uncertainty for Sony Ericsson
Friday, August 29th, 2008
In an interview with the German newspaper Die Welt Sony CEO Howard Stringer has hinted that Sony may be contemplating a buyout of Sony’s joint mobile venture with Ericsson.
When asked whether it was time for Sony to end the venture with Ericsson Mr Stringer responded:
It’s certainly been a difficult year, but, buying out a partner is never an easy thing.
A buyout wouldn’t be unprecedented given that Sony is currently buying out its joint music venture with BMG. Mr Stringer seemed to offer an explanation for a possible buyout, namely that he feels Sony Ericsson isn’t as ‘nimble’ as it could be given the need for Sony and Ericsson to consult one another over how the company is run rather than if the company was wholly run by Sony.
Most telling of all though was Mr Stringer’s answer to the question of whether or not Sony Ericsson will be around in three years time:
We have to work together again as we did two years ago or the joint venture will have to find its own solution.
When the interviewer comments that it’s a diplomatic answer, the response from Mr Stringer is that it was intended to be.
It’s these last comments that, in my opinion, really bring home the idea that all is not well with Sony Ericsson. Mr Stringer clearly thinks something has to change at Sony Ericsson, and that something appears to be communication. The question is though, how and why did communication between Sony and Ericsson break down? Why aren’t they working together like they used to?
If Sony did decide to buyout Ericsson it wuld be an enormous risk, after all we shouldn’t forget why they partnered with Ericsson in the first place. On the other hand, if Sony Ericsson continues to do poorly might Sony decide that it just isn’t worth it and pull out entirely?
via digg
PlayNow Arena is on the roll
Monday, August 25th, 2008
Just wanted to drop a note that Sony Ericsson’s PlayNow Arena service has finally launched. Visit www.playnow-arena.com to check it out. You can also check a demo video of the service right here!
More details about PlayNow Arena are available in this post.
Video: Sony Ericsson W980
Sunday, August 24th, 2008With our review of the Sony Ericsson W980 coming soon, I thought I’d give you all a bit of a preview. Here’s a video briefly showcasing the phone and a few of its features. Enjoy! 
Following up on the JavaOne video
Friday, August 22nd, 2008This is going to be a short one, we just wanted to post the high quality JavaOne video – you know, the one with the unknown, unannounced, mysterious THREE-way slider smartphone, that’s supposedly going to be launched this year, according to Sony Ericsson’s Rikko Sakaguchi? Yes, you remember? Well, great! Here’s the high quality video – don’t forget to press “High Quality” on YouTube for the very best of the best. Well, sort of… Thanks, Xell!
Via: USEB Germany
PlayNow Arena set to launch on Monday!
Friday, August 22nd, 2008
According to Danish and Swedish mobile magazine Mobil, Sony Ericsson’s long awaited PlayNow Arena service will launch in Nordic countries this Monday. The service has been postponed quite some time, but it should be ready on Monday. The prime focus of the PlayNow Arena store will naturally be music, and Sony Ericsson will have one million songs ready for customers in the Nordic countries on Monday, with no less than four million songs in the pipeline. The best part, however, is that all the songs will be free of any DRM protection, so you can copy your songs unrestrictedly, which can be very useful if you get a new phone, computer, etc. (more…)
The United States welcome the Sony Ericsson TM506
Thursday, August 21st, 2008
So it finally was announced: The T-Mobile branded Z780a, dubbed TM506. We blogged about it back in June, now almost all links on the official website work. All except the actual product page which is supposed to be here — maybe it’s up later.
MyPhoneExplorer 1.7 officially supports UIQ3 phones
Thursday, August 21st, 2008One of the most awaited program updates is out: MyPhoneExplorer 1.7.
The changes at a glance:
- full compatibility to UIQ3-Phones (P990i, P1i, M600i, W950i, W960i, G700, G900)
- read/write access to notes on the phone
- SMS-Chatfeature
- universal filesync with filteroptions
- its now possible to add exceptions in ruled events
- its possible to create a backup also if the phone is not connected (Offlinebackup)
- besides this there were alot of other changes and bugfixes which do not have enought space here
Get it at fjsoft.at!
Via UIQblog.
Have your say in creating Sony Ericsson’s social communications service
Wednesday, August 20th, 2008Yesterday we were contacted by Chris Norton from Wolfstart, a company that was recently appointed by Sony Ericsson to provide social media counsel. Chris told us that they were appointed to create a proper blog outreach campaign, and as a part of that, they’re looking to set up a so-called blogger resource centre for the upcoming X1, which will give bloggers and enthusiasts a place to go and get content on their X1. We were told that they’ve already got a pretty good idea of what to do, but they’d love some feedback and useful opinions on the subject from people “in the business”. Now, this is where you get into the picture.
If you’d take two minutes to take a short survey about what you’d like to see happening, your voice is likely to be heard and taken into consideration by Chris and his team at Wolfstar.
The survey is actually rather interesting, and already reveals quite a few of the details of the service, including images, YouTube videos, unboxings, hands-on demos, SE designer interviews, news, announcements, de.li.cious feeds, twitter, qik and alike for live events, as well as opportunities for bloggers to attend launches and webcasts. But there’s more – they’re also asking what you would like to see on the website! So, take the survey and have your say now!
Sounds like a dream come true? Yep, definitely does. You can take the survey right here!
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