This was posted by PeterKay over at Esato just a few minutes ago. It represents a QWERTY messaging device, that won’t be announced soon. The text reads:
“The new Reese from Sony Ericsson. A unique swivel design reveals a QWERTY keypad below the large portrait screen which allows you to view several messages of any one kind in high definition. It also comes with one-click access to your favourite networking sites. So now it’s never been easier to keep up with your mates.”
Source: Esato forums
Here’s a neat little video of the Smile Shutter feature in action on the Sony Ericsson C905. It seems incredibly speedy, doesn’t it? 
Sony Ericsson has now published the videos for the C903 and W395. I especially like the W395 video, but both of them are quite cool.
You’ll find the videos after the break. They will begin automatically. (more…)
I had originally promised you a camera comparison between the Sony Ericsson C905 and the Nikon D80, but I didn’t have time to do this comparison back then. Now, we’re back with a large comparison between the C905 and the Nikon D90 (don’t have the D80 with me currently, so this is the other choice).
About this duel
All the samples shot with the C905 were shot with automatic settings and flash disabled, unless needed. All the samples were shot in high quality JPEG mode. The Nikon D90 was set to aperture priority mode (f/3.8), with flash disabled. All the samples were shot in RAW (uncompressed file format), and converted to TIFF with Adobe Lightroom 2.2 using default conversion settings.
It’s important that you’re aware of the fact that you can completely change how the pictures look when you shoot in RAW format. If they’re too dark, you can simply knock up the exposure in the post-processing without affecting the quality of the picture. This is not possible with pictures shot in JPEG format, which means the C905 is suffering from a severe disadvantage even before we kick off the comparison.
It’s also rather important to point out that there’s no such thing as a perfect RAW converter, and that they’ll all convert the RAW images differently. Most of the unprocessed RAW images, in my opinion, are better than the converted ones, but like I said earlier on, you can always change the look of RAW images.
I will briefly comment on each set of samples, and pick a definitive winner in the end of this post. All the following samples are 100 percent crops of the original pictures. The JPEGs are unprocessed and the RAW images have been converted, as explained earlier on. To cut down on the bandwidth, I’ve decided not to include the full resolution samples. (more…)
The XPERIA panels is one of the key selling points of the X1, and it’s one of the features I love the most about my X1. The panels make it easier for me to do tasks on my phone, and especially the Facebook and YouTube panels are cool, if you’re into that kind of stuff. In this post I’ll talk about the YouTube panel, which – when it comes down to it – is hardly a panel.
In order to get things moving, you’ll need an X1 (obviously), the YouTube application for your device (originally for the HTC Touch HD) and of course the YouTube panel itself. You can find the YouTube application for the X1 right here, and the panel is available here. Install the application first, and the panel after that. You might also need to run this installation file, if the panel is not working. If you’re using a non-English X1, you’ll have to check the comments below for a work-around.
OK – now you’re ready to watch YouTube videos on your X1! You will of course have to activate the panel from the panel settings menu, but assuming you’ve already taken care of that, I’ll move right along and start talking about the application / panel. (more…)
Here’s another slight reminder… Sony Ericsson will hold its press conference for the Mobile World Congress in three days, and we will of course be covering everything.
We’re ready to publish the posts, bring out the booze, find and post live videos from the event, and comment on the new goodies! I’m really looking forward to the event, and one – perhaps two – phones in particular
Stay tuned at 18.30 CET right here, where we’ll post about all the new stuff. You are of course welcome to visit earlier on the day as well – we’re most certain there’ll be stuff to post about
See you there!
We’ve published numerous posts with rumours of a possible split between Ericsson and Sony, but now a Sony Ericsson exec refutes these rumours of a split.
TechRadar has spoken with Richard Dorman, who’s a Senior Marketing Manager at Sony Ericsson, who refuted the rumours: “The relationship between Sony and Ericsson is a strong as it ever has been, and neither plan to walk away.”
Dorman also commented on Sony Ericsson’s not so bright financial situation:
“I was just on a conference call with the head of western Europe, and he made a great point: before the partnership both Sony and Ericsson’s handset divisions were losing money, but we proved a partnership can work. We had a tough time in 2008, a tough 12 months, but that doesn’t mean the partnership will dissolve. As far as we’re concerned, it’s full steam ahead, and we’ll look to the power of the partnership to turn things around.”
In my opinion he proves a valid point. Both Ericsson’s and Sony’s handset divisions were losing a lot of money before the joint venture, and I can’t see that changing if they split up. What do you think?
Source: TechRadar
Also announced today is the C901, which is a bit of a surprise to me. It’s not a global announcement like the other products, which is why I didn’t expect it would be announced today. The C901 will be available in selected markets only.
In terms of features, the C901 is very much like the C903. All the same camera features, including a 5-megapixel camera, auto focus, Smile shutter, BestPic, Smart Contrast, Face detection, PhotoFix, geo-tagging, etc. On top of that, it adds a xenon flash instead of a photoflash LED.
Other features include chat view messaging, YouTube, Fm-radio with RDS, built-in accelerometer, Bluetooth, 3D gaming, video calling, Google Maps, etc.
The battery is good for up to 9½ hours of talk or 430 hours of standby time.
The phone measures 105 x 45 x 13 millimetres and weighs 107 grams. It’s a quad-band GSM / dual-band HSPA phone.
It’ll be available during Q2 in three variants; Noble Black, Sincere Silver and Precious Peach.
You can find much more about the C901 right here!
More pictures of the C901 after the break! (more…)
Now, before you read on, you should know that I’m not normally a fan of these car speaker phones, but I quite like this one. I’m of course talking about the new AB-900 which was announced just minutes ago. The AB-900 is a Bluetooth car speaker phone, and does more than I first thought it would.
You can use the AB-900 and your Bluetooth-enabled phone to stream music from your phone to the AB-900, and it will broadcast it over the car audio system. It even has RDS built-in, so you won’t have to bother searching for the right frequency all the time.
The AB-900 features a pretty large display that enables you to handle your calls whilst driving. It provides you easy access to five selected favourite contacts, and you have voicemail at the touch of a button.
Your music and audio will automatically pause when you get an incoming call, and resume once again when the call ends.
And now to the best part about the AB-900 – its battery life. It’s capable of pulling a staggering 1000 hours of standby life or 26 hours of talk! That’s about forty days of standby time or more than a day of constant gossipping. Quite amazing what a standard BST-38 can do in a product like this.
The AB-900 measures 120 x 69 x 16 millimetres and weighs 117 grams, making it a fairly lightweight car speaker phone solution.
It’ll be available in one kit with two different panel colours – black and silver. No word on availability or pricing yet.
Along with the W395 and car Bluetooth accessory AB900, Sony Ericsson also announced the midrange C903 Cyber-shot phone. If you ask me, the C903 is one of Sony Ericsson’s most important products in a long time, as it combines a great deal of features, a small size and a decent price tag.
The C903 is a rather stylish Cyber-shot slider, making it the second slider phone in the Cyber-shot range of products. Its unique design touch has to be the sliding lens cover on the back, which makes it look a lot like a real digital compact camera. Behind the lens cover is a 5-megapixel camera with auto focus, as well as a Photoflash LED.
It’s got quite a bit of photo features, this one… Face Detection of up to three faces; Smile Shutter to automatically snap a picture when a person is smiling; BestPic to rapidly take up to nine full resolution pictures in a second; Snapfish printing service by HP; Photofix to apply minor corrections to your images, geo-tagging with the built-in a-GPS; TV-out; photo /video blogging; image / video stabilizer; and finally support for both Flickr and Picasa on your mobile. Phew.
- The C903 Cyber-shot adds a creative and stylish mobile phone to our mid-range segment, said Daniel Sandblom, who’s the Global Business Marketing Manager at Sony Ericsson.
- The C903 Cyber-shot furthers Sony Ericsson’s digital camera heritage and makes capturing special images even more memorable, he continued.
Okay, enough about the camera. What kind of phone is this, anyway? Well, it’s a quad-band GSM phone with support for EDGE networks / dual/tri-band HSPA (850 / 1900 / 2100 MHz) phone, depending on the variant. There’ll be a C903a with tri-band HSPA.
It’s got a 2.4-inch scratch-resistant TFT display, capable of displaying up to 262.144 colours. The resolution of the display is QVGA – 240 x 320 pixels.
If we take a closer look at its features, we find chat view messaging, Bluetooth, Java, motion gaming using the built-in accelerometer, FM-radio with RDS, Media, YouTube, Walk Mate and Tracker applications, PictBridge, Google Maps, 3-month trial version of Wayfinder Navigator, and so on.
I think it’s also worth mentioning that the C903 will in fact be Sony Ericsson’s first phone to include an e-manual on the phone. This was first mentioned some months ago in a post about Sony Ericsson aiming to be the champion of sustainable development.
The phone measures a good 97 x 49 x 16 millimetres and weighs only 96 grams. One could say that it’s a slightly stripped version of the C905. Battery life is said to be 10 hours of talk or up to 400 hours of standby time.
The C903 will be available in selected markets in Q2 this year in three colour variants; Glamour Red, Lacquer Black and Techno White. No final price has been set as of yet, but considering it’s a mid-range product, it’ll be relatively low.
More pictures after the break!
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