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HelpLast Friday I posted 3 youtube product videos of LiveDock, Xperia Active and Xperia Ray. Today I have found one for the LiveSound headset, which was announced about a month ago. Enjoy!
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LiveSound Video
Thursday, July 21st, 2011LiveDock, Xperia ray and Xperia Active Videos
Friday, July 15th, 2011Here we have three promotional Youtube videos, courtesy of Sony Ericsson, about Xperia Ray, Xperia Active and LiveDock. All three devices are coming soon, and we will try to do our best to keep you updated. See the blog for the videos!
Sony Ericsson Announce Smart Extras
Thursday, June 23rd, 2011As well as the phones announced yesterday, Sony Ericsson also announced a new series of accessories called Smart Extras, which will be used for the Xperia smartphones that will create “new functionality”.The first device was a LiveDock multimedia station:
As you can see, it appears to be somewhere for your Xperia phone to lay on, and when connected, will launch the application of your choice. Also, Sony Ericsson add that if you have more than one LiveDock, then you can set each LiveDock to launch a different application depending on your situation.
However, a couple of flaws: this appears to be available in white only, and looking at the official accessory page for the LiveDock, it appears it is only compatible with the new range of Xperia devices (apologies X10, X10 Mini, X10 Mini Pro and X8 owners)
The second smart accessory to get announced was a headset called LiveSound:
The headset gives out excellent sound for a more enjoyable experience, along with a cable that doesnt tangle. It features a LiveKey button that is programmable to do what you want. Example you can set it up to launch a sports app by pressing the button, press it again and it could also show you information that is being used by ANT+ accessories, for example your heart rate etc . As for compatibility, thankfully it appears to be compatible with Vivaz, Vivaz Pro, Xperia X10, Aspen, Cedar, Spiro and of course the 2011 announced phones so far, and is available in a variety of colours. Again, no mention of the X10 Mini’s or the X8.
I have also found a YouTube video featuring both accessories:
My personal thoughts:
Being a current X10 Mini Pro owner, I cannot say that I am rather excited about the new accessories. As you (probably) saw in the video, they use an app called LiveWare manager, which is coincidently used by the LiveView, so I cant really see why they are advertising the LiveDock for the new Xperia devices and leaving the poor Xperia X10 family owners out in the cold. Perhaps then they are now recoding the LiveWare manager to Android 2.3.3 (aka GingerBread)? Anyway, as I have the LiveWare Manager app installed on my X10 Mini Pro, there are options to launch apps depending on what accessory is connected (including a charger). Having said that though, on the LiveDock the X10 Mini Pro’s USB slot is where the phone would be laying.
Telephoto lens for Arc
Friday, June 10th, 2011At thanko.jp appeared a new accessory for Arc. A 10x zoom lens for Arc. That you can attach it to your XPERIA phone, you need a special shell which is shipped with it. So maybe there will be soon more lenses for the Arc which fit the shell. By the way: It’s focal length is three metres. If you are interested then you can buy it for ¥ 1980 which are around € 17. Here are some pictures of it:
Source: xperiablog.net
Multimedia Dock DK300
Friday, February 18th, 2011
It appears that Sony Ericsson are very excited by the Xperia Play, so much so that they have created a new accessory for it; the Sony Ericsson Multimedia Dock DK300.
Looking at the photos and video, it simply charges the phone and allows you to connect a 3.5mm jack into the back of it, so that you can listen to music via your stereo etc.
There has been no official announcement about the accessory as far as I’m aware by Sony Ericsson, but judging by Scotboyuk’s news post about O2 getting the white Xperia Play, I guess the colours available will be black and white.
You can find more pictures and the video here: http://www.sonyerics…/overview/dk300
Sony Ericssons Announces LiveView™ Bluetooth Accessory
Tuesday, September 28th, 2010If you’ve been seriously disappointed in Sony Ericsson due to the delay in the Eclair Update for its Android range, then Sony Ericsson has just announced an accessory that might just cheer you up.
First things first, it is NOT an Ipod Nano; infact it seems quite similar (once attached to the watch kit) to the OLED bluetooth watchs which Sony Ericsson still produce.
As far as hardware goes, there are two buttons on the top of the screen and 4 soft keys at each end of its 128×128 1.3″ screen. Software wise, the phone only supports Android phones with Sony Ericsson LiveWare™ Manager App installed. No, not your old K850 or your cute pink Vivaz ….
There is one other catch – Android phone compatible (Android OS 2.0 and above) . So it appears we aren’t going to see this in retail shops until the Eclair update rolls out for most of the Android range, which should be around Q4. However, the accessory doesn’t seem to be limited to Sony Ericsson phones only. Oh and by the way, the X10 in the video seems to be running Eclair … 
Sony Ericsson LiveView – Product Launch Blog
Sony Ericsson LiveView – Press Release
EDIT [MikLSP]:
seems we posted this at the same time so I’ve edited a couple of bits into this post from the one I made mainly I’d like to add….this may be the coolest accessory since the brilliant CAR-100.
Sony Ericsson LiveView™ – at a glance
Music player control Social Networking Services Calendar reminders Compatible with the Sony Ericsson Xperia™ X10, Sony Ericsson Xperia™ X10 mini and Sony Ericsson Xperia™ X10 mini pro and most other brands on Android 2.0 and above. Kit content
Track title display
Display incoming texts
Display RSS feeds
Show phone number for incoming calls
Mute ringer for incoming phone calls
List of missed calls
Find your phone
Display time and date
Bluetooth™ technology (10m)
Micro USB connector
1,3”colour OLED display, 128×128 pixels
Size:3.5 x 3.5×1.1cm
Typical consumer battery usage time: 4 days
Available in selected markets from Q4 2010
Colour: Black
Sony Ericsson LiveView™
Clip
Wristband
MicroUSB charger
MH907 Motion Controlled Headphones Announced
Monday, September 21st, 2009
Sony Ericsson unveiled the world’s first motion controlled headphones today, the MH907. Over the past year some Sony Ericsson announcements have been met with a groan, others with high expectations that fell flat, but today’s announcement of the MH907, codenamed ‘Gandalf’, actually seems, for lack of a better description, pretty cool.
The premise behind the headphones is rather simple, you put both headphones in your ears, and thanks to the SenseMe technology, your music starts playing. If you remove the headphones the music stops. Pretty sweet eh? There’s more though because if you just put an earphone in one ear it activates the call mode to allow you to take a call. Even better there’s no chance of calls being answered accidentally because the headphones respond to body contact so if you have both in all you will hear is sweet music.
Now for the bad news … they use the Fastport connector so they will only work with Sony Ericsson handsets. It seems like such a wasted opportunity to bring these headphones to the masses. Sony Ericsson are probably thinking that they may act as an incentive for people to buy a Sony Ericsson phone, but how many times has an accessory acted as a deal breaker?
Sony Ericsson announces Bluetooth speaker for the outdoors
Tuesday, March 17th, 2009
Today Sony Ericsson added yet another Bluetooth speaker to its accessory portfolio – the MS-500. Unlike its siblings, though, this one is very light, it’s so small that it can “fit in the palm of your hand” and is designed so that you can enjoy your music outside without worrying th
at something could happen to it. It’s got a splash proof shell and a handy strap, which you can use to safely attach the speaker to a bag, your wrist or… something else.
Furthermore, the speaker can’t be recharged. It is powered by two AA batteries, which you can swap anywhere in case you’re out of juice. Speaking of which, the speaker can stream music up to five hours. What’s interesting is that the speaker has a DSP chip which is used to enhance the audio output – sweet! It’s also got Bluetooth v2.1 (obviously), supporting the A2DP and AVRCP profiles, which means that it can be used with most current Sony Ericsson phones plus those from other brands.
The MS-500 will be released in 2 colours – black with orange (apparently, the stripe on the side) and white with pink. Boy, I’d love to have one of these!
W995 live photos reveal unannounced accessory
Thursday, March 12th, 2009
That’s right, folks. What you’re seeing on the above picture isn’t just another episode of Desperate Housewives. This image is from a new batch of photos our dear pals at Planete-SE have recently posted. Indeed, not only do you get to fiest your eyes upon the scarlet beauty that is the W995 in red, but you also get to see an unnanounced stereo speaker accessory attached below it. The latter should be announced quite soon.
Hit the source link for more pictures.
Source: Planete-SE
AB-900 is a new Bluetooth car speaker phone
Tuesday, February 10th, 2009
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.
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