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?
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Sony Ericsson are all set to change the way we listen to music forever come 21st September. Cliche? Probably, but if it means a new handset or product who cares? Hopefully it isn’t just a cliche and we really do get to see something that makes us go ‘wow’, it would be good to see Sony Ericsson getting back to form by doing that. It would also be nice to see Sony Ericsson giving a little love to the music side of things after what’s been a year or so dominated by big cameras and ‘artsy’ phones. Anyhoo … you can check out the (spartan) website here and sign up for the webcast.
[via IntoMobile]
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Together with the W995, Sony Ericsson announced that its latest Walkman phone will be accompanied by a new media manager software called “Media Go™”. In cooperation with se-community.com, we have exclusively tested a pre-release version of the software. In order to give you the possibility to get a live impression of the tool, we will provide you with interactive screenshots where you can navigate through the different screens. You will find the link to this unique way of exploring Media Go™ at the end of this article.
The introduction of Media Go™ shows the intention of Sony (Ericsson) to participate in the growing market of online music platforms. Apple’s combination of iTunes and iPhone made a point - if you are familiar with Apple’s solution, Media Go™ will be an easy transition for you. Here is an overview on Sony’s new software functionality:
- Media Management of Video, Audio, Photo and Podcast media on a Windows PC
- Hassle-free synchronisation of above media files between PC and several mobile devices
- Automatic conversion and optimization of media files to the destination device
- Easy CD ripping
- Integration of “PlayNow™” online music/game/ringtone store
- Creation of SensMe™ playlists on the computer
Following formats can be processed by Media Go™:
- Audio: AAC, FLAC, MP3, Wave, WMA
- Video: AVI (DivX, XviD, MJPEG with necessary codecs installed), MPEG-4 AAC & AVC, QuickTime Movie, WMV
- Photo: GIF, JPEG, PNG, Targa, TIFF, Windows Bitmap
All other formats will still be transferred to the mobile device, but without optimization (such as re-sizing, downsampling etc.)
When it comes to podcasts, the new tool offers the possibility to subscribe to a number of pre-defined podcast channels, or you can add your own list of podcasts. The synchronisation of all media files between your PC and your mobile phone(s) works just as in iTunes: for each device you can define which playlists, podcasts, photo albums and videos you want to sync. In addition, Media Go™ offers the possibility to automatically sync all the new files that are added to the PC’s library. Another nice feature: every media file in the library can be transfered from or to a mobile device via a right-click. Last but not least, if you are missing an album cover image, Media Go™ can get it for you from Gracenote.
By clicking on above picture, you are able to access some interactive screenshots of Sony’s MediaGo™. You can follow the navigational entries on the left hand side (marked by red arrows in above image) in order to see how the different screens look like. There are also some other links to e.g. preference screens inside of the application’s main window. We hope this will provide you with a better insight to the upcoming Media Go™ software!
Filed under: Entertainment, Exclusive, Hands on, Music, News, PlayNow, Review, Upcoming, Walkman
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Today Sony Ericsson announces the successor of W380 - the W508. Similar to its predecessor, the phone’s exterior features 3 buttons which control the music playback and one OLED display, hidden underneath the glossy top part. Unlike the W380 though, it comes in a much sleeker, yet less extravagant body.
- “The W508 Walkman phone builds on our iconic Walkman range and the successful W380,” said Alexandre Cardon, Global Product Marketing Manager for Music at Sony Ericsson, and continues: “For those who like to express their style and individuality through their mobile phone we’ve brought our creative design team in to design stylish changeable covers so that W508 offers a truly interactive and individual experience.”
As a midrange Walkman phone, the W508 runs on the A2 platform and thus features SensMe and Shake Control (now with light effects!) in its Music player menu. TrackID is there as well, now also boasting text search. The phone comes with a 1GB M2 memory card. Some people will be delighted to know that it also comes with 1 additional Style-Up cover, which can be swapped with the phone’s generic one at any time. They’re quite well designed, too.
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Tags: Announcement, W508, Walkman
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In a matter of hours Sony Ericsson will announce its new W705 (codename: Rika), W705u (codename: Norika) and MBS-900 Bluetooth speaker system in conjunction with the MTV Europe Music Awards where Sony Ericsson is one of the main sponsors. As it’s getting close to midnight here, I’m not really in a mood to write a ton about what will be the last announcement of the year, so here goes a set of specifications instead.
W705 / W705u:
- Clear Audio equalizers
- SensMe, Shake Control, TrackID and PlayNow Arena
- FM radio
- HSPA 900 / 2100 MHz
- Bluetooth 2.0 + EDR
- WLAN and DLNA support
- Built-in YouTube support
- Google Maps
- 2.4 inch TFT display, QVGA resolution, 262.144 colours
- 3.2 megapixel fixed focus camera with an LED flash
- 4 GB memory card bundled
- Available in Q1 2009 in two colour variants
- Dimensions and weight identical to G705
- UMA support in the Orange-exclusive W705u
Wireless Home Audio System MBS-900:
- 2.1 audio via Bluetooth A2DP
- 3.5 mm jack line-in
- Built-in FM receiver
- Touch-sensitive controls on the speaker
- Monochrome OLED display for song details as well as music settings
- Mutes music at incoming calls
- Available from Q1
We’ll update the post with the official pictures once Sony Ericsson decides to make it official.
Filed under: Accessories, Announcement, Music, W series, Walkman
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