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HelpThe Sony Ericsson C510 is the manufacturer’s new entry-level Cyber-shot phone that packs a whole bunch of features at a bargain price. Here’s our gallery of the C510.
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Saturday, March 21st, 2009
Huge Idou gallery reveals real code name
Saturday, March 21st, 2009Over at fony.sk, a huge gallery of Sony Ericsson’s upcoming Idou was published. The gallery covers all aspects of the phone, and even includes a few 16:9 camera samples (4000 x 2250 pixels) – which reveal the real code name of the phone. The EXIF information lists the camera model as Kokoro, which is hardly a surprise. The samples pictures aren’t any good at fony, because they’re shot in low light. However, we’ve seen a few other shots with the Idou, and it’s got an amazing camera. We’re really looking forward to getting our hands on one! Oh, and just for the record – the full resolution pictures come out in 4000 x 3000 pixels.
By the way, here’s the gallery on fony.
Video unboxin’: Sony Ericsson W715
Friday, March 20th, 2009Here’s our unboxing video of the Sony Ericsson W715. It’s pretty slick, which hopefully shines through in the video!
[HD video stream at YouTube] [HD video download link]
We’ll do a gallery of this phone later on!
Video unboxin’: Sony Ericsson C510
Friday, March 20th, 2009Got our hands on the 3.2-megapixel Sony Ericsson C510 this week, and wanted to share a brief unboxin’ video with you.
[HD video stream at YouTube] [HD video download link]
We’ll publish our full review of this snapper later this month.
Sony Ericsson enters the Korean market, kicks off with the X1
Friday, March 13th, 2009
Sony Ericsson today announced the launch its business in Korea. Sony Ericsson will cooperate with SK Telecom, who will be carrying the XPERIA X1 smartphone. SK Telecom, who will be the distributor of the phone, has decided to customize the X1 with the local Korean customers in mind. This means that there’ll be three new panels – “My smart panel”, “DAUM panel” and “My PC panel” – in addition to the regular panels.
The “My smart panel” is an Internet service for smartphones developer by SK Telefom, and it provides users access to online services, such as e-mail, Messenger and Internet browsing. The “DAUM panel” is a panel by Sony Ericsson that provides users with instant access to services found on the DAUM portal, including e-mail, web search and T-story. The last of the three panels, “My PC panel” will allow users to use media services by connecting the handset to the content and software of a PC through WiBro.
“Our vision for the Xperia X1 is to deliver a seamless blend of mobile web communication and multimedia entertainment in a distinctive stylish design,” said Hirokazu Ishizuka, Corporate Vice President and Head of Asia Pacific Region of Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications. ”Customised panel interface on the Xperia X1 means that our customers will be able to live their lives to the fullest by enjoying the premium experience of energised communications in their own way.”
“We are very excited to establish Sony Ericsson’s presence in Korea and firmly believe that we have the right product to offer to Korean consumers,” said Hirokazu Ishizuka, Corporate Vice President and Head of the Asia Pacific region. ”Working closely with our strategic partner, SK Telecom, we will build the Sony Ericsson brand awareness and increase our mindshare within the marketplace.”
“Xperia X1 is truly a personalized phone which offers smart-phone users an innovative yet premium mobile multimedia experience,” said Youn-hee Han, Head of Sony Ericsson Korea. “Worldwide, it is the first time that the Xperia X1 has been customized with four panels to suit a local market needs, and it is a clear indication of Sony Ericsson’s commitment to the market.”
“As the strategic partner for Xperia X1, we are honoured to support the launch of Sony Ericsson in Korea, and to mark this milestone in the local telecommunications industry. With its full touch, unique customizable panel interface, we believe Xperia X1 will prove to be popular with sophisticated Korean mobile phone users,” said Joon Dong Bae, Executive Vice President of SK Telecom.
The Korean X1 will enter the market with a 4 GB MicroSD card, preloaded with the Spiderman 3 movie. The first 1,000 customers to buy the X1 will also get their names engraved on their X1, as well as a luxurious leather phone case – all for free.
Sony Ericsson has set up quite a cool website for Korean X1 owners – you can find it at www.xperia.co.kr.
We’re taking a closer look at the W715
Friday, March 13th, 2009
Just got my hands on the brand new W715, and wanted to share a few very quick pictures and thoughts of it with you. Enjoy! 
The W715 looks and feels a lot like the classic W880, yet in a more modern package a la the W995.
The W715 is a slim and compact phone that feels as light as a feather in your hand.
Here it is with Sony Ericsson’s upcoming W995. There are quite a bit of similarities, both design and specification wise.
Contrary to the W995, the keypad on the W715 feels good to use.
The back of the W715 is rubberized, and feels rather good. The 3.2 megapixel camera is located on the top with an LED flash, and there’s an interesting texture design on the back of the slider.
And here it is from another view, where it almost looks blue.
I will do a (video) preview of the W715 soon-ish and a gallery of the phone as well. Perhaps even an unboxing video, if you’re interested in that kind of stuff. Stay tuned for more!
Mats Lindoff leaves Sony Ericsson as CTO, ‘Ron’ Louks assumes the position
Wednesday, March 11th, 2009
Sony Ericsson today announced that its Chief Technology Officer Mats Lindoff has decided to leave the company effective 31st of March, apparently to pursue new career opportunities. Effective 1st of April, Ronald ‘Ron’ Louks, who is currently the Head of Technology, Americas, and Deputy CTO at Sony Ericsson, will assume the role of CTO.
“After six inspiring years I have decided to pursue other opportunities outside Sony Ericsson. To be a member of the team who has built up Sony Ericsson has been a great privilege. The course of evolution and change in our industry has been extraordinary, thanks to the very creative, innovative and passionate people I have met at Sony Ericsson. I leave the company with many fond memories and wish the company well in the future,” said Mats Lindoff in a press release.
Mats has been a great part of Sony Ericsson, and he will indeed be missed.
Video: C901 and C903 preview
Tuesday, March 10th, 2009Here’s our quick video preview at the upcoming Sony Ericsson C901 and C903 Cyber-shot handsets. These are naturally prototypes, and although the software is incredibly stable, it’ll probably change a bit in the final versions. The C901 and C903 will be out in shops in Q2 this year.
By the way… should any of you have any ideas to some background music we can use, then please speak up. I’m running out of new content (well, I already have run out), and it’s rather hard to find music we can legally use.
Here are the T707 colour variants
Monday, March 9th, 2009A picture of the T707 colour variants was just posted by murderjon over at Esato.
[removed upon request from Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications]
Source: Esato forums
Sony Ericsson leaks the T707 (Elle), and mentions M610 and P3
Monday, March 9th, 2009Don’t you just love official ‘oops’ leaks? I most certainly do, and today just happens to be a day housing one of these ‘oops’ leaks.
The Chinese mobile and gadgets website IT168 recently published a series of photos from an official Sony Ericsson press conference, and on a few of the photos appeared some unannounced phones – the M610, T707 and P3.
The T707 is the most interesting of the bunch, as it’ll get announced shortly. Its codename is Elle, and it’ll come in a variety of colour variants. We know of five variants, but there may be more. From the photo we can say that the phone will be a quad-band GSM / dual-band UMTS/HSPA (up to 7.2 Mbps) phone, and it measures 93 x 50 x 14 millimetres. It’ll weigh 98 grams. It will feature a 2.2-inch TFT display. It seems to come with a 1 GB Memory Stick Micro card, and it’ll be based on the OSE operating system by Enea, just like most of Sony Ericsson’s other feature phones. Its hardware platform seems to be the Ericsson EMP U330.
And then out of the blue comes a photo of the 2007 portfolio with mentionings of the M610 and P3. The picture of the Walkman phone is apparently P3 (not true – and a fake picture, too). Not only is it weird that they included these two phones in the presentation, but it is more weird that they even got the picture of the P3 wrong. Shame on you, Sony Ericsson, for mentioning cancelled phones…
Source: IT168
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