We told you back in November 2007, we tell you now: The US of A have much love for Sony Ericsson.

I will just let the chart speak for itself.

You can read more at SE’s US press lounge or at the 2008 U.S. Wireless Mobile Phone Evaluation Study Volume 1 site.

Filed under: Corporative, Market

(12 votes, average: 3.67 out of 5)

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Sony Ericsson yet again “topped” Greenpeace’s ‘Guide to Greener Electronics’ rankings with a score of 5.1 out of… 10! Can you believe it? With such a relatively low score they actually came in first along with Sony. Next in line was Nokia with a score of 4.8.

Sony Ericsson had topmarks on the chemical thoxic phase, but ranked poor on recycling. Here’s what Greenpeace had to say about Sony Ericsson in the excerpt.

Sony Ericsson is in pole position despite barely scraping past the halfway mark with 5.1. It is the first company to score almost top marks on the chemicals criteria, missing this target by having unreasonably high threshold limits for brominated flame retardants in products that are allegedly BFR-free. All SE products are already PVC-free. SE has already met the challenge of the new criterion on chemicals, by banning antimony, beryllium and phthalates from new models launched since January 2008. The company scores relatively high on energy criteria because all of its products meet and exceed the Energy Star standard. On all other energy issues, it scores badly. Sony Ericsson falls down on e-waste issues scoring badly on all the criteria. It reports a pitiful recycling rate of 1%-13%.

You can download the entire report about Sony Ericsson here.

Filed under: Corporative, Market

(12 votes, average: 4.33 out of 5)

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It has to be one of the most surprising news these days: The Big 5 coorporate.

Nokia today announced plans to acquire the remaining shares of Symbian Limited that Nokia does not already own and then contribute the Symbian and S60 software to the Symbian Foundation. Sony Ericsson and Motorola will contribute technology from UIQ, DOCOMO has also indicated its willingness to contribute its MOAP(S) assets. From these contributions, the Foundation will provide a unified platform with common UI framework. A full platform will be available for all Foundation members under a royalty-free license, from the Foundation’s first day of operations.

The annual membership fee is a bargain of 1.500$.

Plans are to get the thing rollin’ on the first half of 2009 with an expected complete framework in 2010.

Make sure you tune in to the live webcast here at 11:00 GMT.

While waiting, have a further look at the press release here and the Symbian Foundation website with the whitepaper here.

Filed under: Announcement, Corporative, Future, Operating platform, UIQ

(6 votes, average: 4.33 out of 5)

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“I (SE) giant leaps”

In an interview with Reuters, Sony Ericsson’s head of global marketing, James Marshall, said that Sony Ericsson sees a growing demand in mobile phones in the second quarter and second half of this year. He also goes to explain the economic downturns during the first quarter of the year.

- We had a slightly slower start to the year due to some economic downturn in Western Europe and due to overstocking in channels in Q4, which meant inventories were higher going into 2008. That was a short-term issue, said James Marshall in an interview with Reuters.

What’s good, though, is that it seems Sony Ericsson’s new strategy of manufacturing low/mid-tier phones, especially for the entry-level markets, seems to be going by plan, and Sony Ericsson remains optimistic about their goal of gaining a 10 percent market growth in 2008.

- Projections for this quarter and the second-half of 2008 looks strong — that’s why we can keep the 10 percent growth projections, Marshall told Reuters.

For more details on Sony Ericsson’s rather massive profits dip in the first quarter of 2008, you can read the official press release - you can find it here.

Via: Reuters

Filed under: Article, Corporative, Interview, Market share

(9 votes, average: 4.11 out of 5)

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On the 17th of June Sony Ericsson invited me for their press event in Amsterdam. The day started as usual with a slide show by the head of Sony Ericsson in Benelux. At first he wanted to remind us of the fact that Sony Ericsson has already sold 66.5 million Walkman phones and 22 million Cyber-shot phones. Here some more numbers about Sony Ericsson as a brand;

Continue reading “The newly announced products”

Filed under: Announcement, Article, C series, Camera, Conference, Corporative, Cyber-shot, F series, Games, J series, K series, Prototype, Rants, S series, Upcoming

(6 votes, average: 2.83 out of 5)

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On the 17th of June Sony Ericsson invited me for their Sound Snack event. Their goal was to tell us about their new study called Sound Snacking. In short, sound snacking means almost the same as the ordinary food snacking, listening to a piece of music to make you feel better. All of this will be explained later on.

The event
All invited press members were divided in groups with a maximum of four people. I was invited for the shift at ten o’clock, but I was late so I had to go with the next one. At the beginning we were taken to this really big room without any lights, the only thing I could see was a SE truck standing in the corner and the stairs between me and the truck. Continue reading “W350 presents Sound Snacking”

Filed under: Article, Corporative, Entertainment, Fun, Music, W series, Walkman

(4 votes, average: 4.5 out of 5)

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Along with the five other phones being announced yesterday (well, six, including the J121) was also the G700 Business Edition, which is basically a G700 in a new grey-ish colour without a camera on the back. Still lacking is W-LAN - why, oh why? A business edition G700 should have W-LAN!

The G700 Business Edition will only hit Asia-Pacific regions, so it’s a no go for European and American companies.

Filed under: Announcement, Corporative, G series, Special edition

(11 votes, average: 3.82 out of 5)

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