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Entertainment Unlimited trio to hit the market in September

Thursday, June 18th, 2009

entertainment-unlimited-trio

That’s it, folks. The Satio, the Aino and the Yari will ship on 28th September… this year! Earlier than you thought, no? No? Oh, well.

Hilarious new W995 video is actually informative

Saturday, June 13th, 2009

Quite frankly, I’ve never expected to see such a funny video about a commercial product on YouTube. Much less from Sony Ericsson (and even less from the other phone manufacturers, actually).

 

One of the few YouTube videos that have made me chuckle, really.

C510 Energetic Red official

Friday, June 12th, 2009

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Remember that third mysterious colour we mentioned in our review of the C510? Well, we did say it would be white and red. So, it’s not such a big deal, actually. And yes, it is now official. Doesn’t this colour combination remind you of Mirror’s Edge, somehow?

Anyway, just to freshen your memory, the C510 is a mid-range cyber-shot cameraphone with a 3.2 megapixel camera, Photo flash, face and smile detection, a cool lens cover, an accelerometer and other stuff. For a complete list visit Sony Ericsson’s web page.

The X2 Shows Up In White

Thursday, June 11th, 2009

Sony Ericsson Xperia X2 white

Sony Ericsson’s next Windows Mobile flagship – the (supposedly named) X2 has been photographed yet again. This time the leaked photo shows a white version of the phone and a much better view of the QWERTY keypad – we think.

So, the next XPERIA is rumoured to boast an 8 megapixel camera, a large 3.2″ (3.5″?) touchscreen amongst many other niceties, including its predecessor’s features. The new menu looks like to be the homescreen of Windows Mobile 6.5 in stead of the 6.1 version in the X1. We’ll just have to wait and see whether all of this is true. Ya’ hear that, SE?

Also posted at Mobiwoo

Source: jjlifeblog

PhoneArena does a video preview of the Satio

Thursday, June 11th, 2009

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Yes, our favourite video review guy, Mr. Wonky Accent is at it again. This time the team behind PhoneArena has managed to get its hands on Sony Ericsson’s flagship phone – the Satio. So, in case you haven’t seen the last dozen or so videos, here’s one more.

 

PS. Ahem, not all Bulgarians speak English like that. Just pointing out.

GSMArena previews the Satio

Saturday, June 6th, 2009

 

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The folks over at GSMArena have done it again! Apparently, they’ve managed to get their hands on Sony Ericsson’s future flagship phone – the 12 megapixel Satio touchscreen cameraphone. And they’re really liking it. Like, really. They also say the screen quality is amongst the best they’ve seen, despite it being TFT and that itscapacitive nature doesn’t hinder usability at all. Furthermore, they state that the Satio produced the most high-quality photos they’ve ever seen from a phone and that it can easily replace a mid-range standalone camera. Pretty cool, huh? Oh, and that the VGA clip quality and video playback are superb.

Did I mention they love the interface? Well, for the whole preview plus pictures, photo samples and videos click the Source link. You know you want to.

Source: GSMArena

Sony Ericsson announces Naite and C901 GreenHeart phones

Thursday, June 4th, 2009

 greenheart

So, Sony Ericsson announced two mid-end phones today. Both of these belong to the company’s new line of environmentally-friendly phones, dubbed GreenHeart.

The first one is the very familiar C901, but with additional GreenHeartbranding this time. So what does this mean. Well, for one, the phone will ship withlimited packaging due to the lack of a user manual, which is entirely digital and loaded onto the phone’s memory. Also, the C901 is made out of 50% recycled plastics and will be covered with a special waterborne paintthat reduces exposure to Volatile Organic Compounds. An improved light sensor is also incorporated, in order to reduce power consumption. The phone also comes preloaded with a WalkMate app, that tells you the steps you’ve made and  the amount of CO2 emissions you’ve prevented by not driving a car instead. Lastly, the phone will also come with a MH300 GreenHeart headset, made out of 100% recycled plastics.

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Otherwise, this is still the same old C901, featuring a 2.2″ screen, a 5 megapixel camera with xenon flash and video light, autofocus, an active lens cover and software technologies, such as face and smile detection, BestPic, Photo fix, red-eye reduction, Geo-tagging Smart Contrast and other. We’ve also got GPS, quad-band GPRS?EDGE and dual-band UMTS/HSUPA here.

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Now, Naite, which is Sony Ericsson’s 4th nontraditionally-named phone is lower-end phone. In addition to the eco-friendly technologies found in the C901, Naite will also have a low-power charger – one of the first of its kind. Besides that, it has a 2.2″ screen and a 2 megapixel camera, without flash or autofocus. FM radio is there as well. What’s great is that it has quad-band GPRS/EDGE support, plus HSDPA. It should come in two colour varieties – Vapour Silver and Ginger Red.

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The C901 should hit the market in Q2, while Naite – in Q3,

Satio hands-on at ePrice

Monday, June 1st, 2009

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Naturally, most of us can’t understand a word in Chinese, so just head on over to the site to see some pretty photos of the Satio’s many colours (or 3, to be more precise) and its interface in action. Still action.

Nah, kidding, there are also 3 videos (coincidence? I think not!).
Generally I think that the interface transitions are much smoother this time around. You’ve got to wonder why does it always lag at those conferences? And how the hell did ePrice manage to get a hold of the Satio? We may never know.

So, what was I saying? Ah, yes, click on the link below. Like, now.

ePrice hands-on

Spot 5 differences

Sunday, May 31st, 2009

idou-and-satio-comparison

I thought it would be fun to do a little comparison between the old Idou render and the Satio one. Besides the obvious wallpaper change, can you spot other differences? More than 5 even? Eleven in total, kids.

PS. The song playing is also different, yes.

The London event – caught on video

Saturday, May 30th, 2009

BelgiqueMobile has been smart enough to record the whole thing on camera and then release it to the masses on YouTube. Thanks!

Part 1 (Intro and Yari)

Part 2 (Aino and Satio)

Part 3 (Services and stuff)