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Official Picture of Alona (?)

Wednesday, February 6th, 2008

Here goes a first look at an official picture of Alona. Due to the latest talk in the rumour forums, we are not sure that this phone is codenamed Alona. Anyhow, it’s a real official picture of the phone I had photoshopped here.

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Source: Sony Ericsson Blog

USEB Exclusive: Alona Mock-Up

Sunday, February 3rd, 2008

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This is a pretty close picture of the rumoured clamshell Walkman phone, Michell mentioned in the patent post.

GSMArena previews W350/W380/Z555/T280

Saturday, February 2nd, 2008

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Remember the pics of these four phones?

They are taken from a big GSMArena preview that can be found here. Enjoy the pics & infos!

Sony Ericsson Really Isn’t Sony Ericsson

Monday, January 28th, 2008

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Digitimes.com reports that Sony Ericsson outsources the production of their newest entry level handsets to Taiwan manufacturers.

Arima Communications will produce T270, T280 & R300, while Chi Mei Communication Systems is going to deliver the R306, their sources state.

Additional info given by digitimes:

Including the T270, 280, R300 and R306, Sony Ericsson is expected to launch a total of 5-6 entry-level handsets targeting emerging markets in 2008 with the company likely to outsource 1-2 more models to Arima and an additional model to CMCS during the year, the sources indicated.

Sony Ericsson purchased about 8.5 million handsets from Taiwan-based OEMs in 2007, according to an estimate of market sources.

Source: Digitimes

Z770i was only the beginning…

Saturday, January 26th, 2008

Remember our little info regarding the Z770i? Seems the video is not taken by the mobile itself. Today a whole lot of these test_xxxx.mp4 vids popped out of nowhere into Fun & Downloads. You know, a pic says more than thousand words. See the full sheet with known phones greened out after the jump. (more…)

First Hint Of Z770i

Friday, January 25th, 2008

We just love Sony Ericsson, don’t we? All these little leaks to keep us busy. :D

Newest entry in the Fun & Downloads area is a mysterious file called “test_z770.mp4″, a video with:

  • 352 x 288 pixels
  • 15 fps
  • MPEG-4 with 560 Kbps
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No further information is available at this point.

Download link: http://www.sonyericsson.com/downloads/fd/57/test_z770.mp4

Btw, it’s another “You read it first on USEB” ;)

Sony Ericsson’s Newest Patents

Sunday, January 20th, 2008

On Januar 15th, three new U.S. patents were published. I’ll give you the pic on the clamshell holder now and the abstracts with links to all patents after the break.

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Z660i Demo Tour

Sunday, January 20th, 2008

Thanks to the official SE website (Fun & Downloads), the Unofficial SE Blog had fun & downloaded the demo tour of the yet-to-be-announced Z660i “Becky”. You can see it here:

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Download available at Sony Ericsson

Update! Sony Ericsson has removed the video file from their website!

Q4 results & 2007 highlights (bonus: Announcement sheet)

Wednesday, January 16th, 2008

Sony Ericsson today released their results for the fourth quarter and whole year 2007.

The most impressive number first: Sony Ericsson sold over 100 million handsets in 2007 and have an expected market share of a little over 9 percent!

Other highlights as they follow:

Q4 Highlights:

  • 18% increase in volume year-on-year
  • Continued market share gains and profitable growth
  • Continued investment for the future

2007 Highlights:

  • Margins remain strong as company shifts to broader portfolio
  • Unit growth underpinned by increased sales of lower priced phones
  • 145 million music enabled phones sold to date, of which 57 million were Walkman® phones – maintaining leadership in music

You can find all interesting and not-sooo-interesting facts in the Press Release.

The bonus picture from this morning’s webcast can be seen after the jump. (more…)

Life’s colourful (and dark): New K770i colours

Tuesday, January 15th, 2008

Tonight, new pics were uploaded to the Sony Ericsson Media Library. These pics (and later on, a product page) revealed to us two new variants of the up to this point uncommonly coloured K770i, namely Henna Bronze & Soft Black.

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See the bigger pictures after the jump.
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