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Xperia PLAY 4G coming to at&t on 18th of September

Friday, September 9th, 2011

Some time ago at&t said that their version of the Xperia Play, the Xperia Play 4G, will come to the company later this year, but now the company confirmed that it will come on 18th of September.

The Xperia Play 4G (it’s compatible with AT&T’s 21MBps HSPA+ 4G network) will come for an upfront cost of $49.99 on a two-year contract.
Other than the different radio it will also come in a new color called Stealth Blue.
Plus it seems as if buyers will also get the DK300 Multimedia Dock and MC100 music cable with the Play 4G, which doesn’t sound like a bad deal.

It will also come with seven preloaded games including Dungeon Defenders Second Wave, Asphalt 6 Adrenaline, Star Battalion, Madden NFL 11, The Sims 3, Tower Bloxx: My City and Crash Bandicoot.

And it’s the first 4G device from Sony Ericsson.

Source: Xperia Blog

From Unofficial Sony Ericsson Blog: http://blog.se-nse.n…h-of-september/

Posted in Xperia Play, android, announcement, new-colour, new-phone, operators, upcoming, x-series, xperia | 2 Comments »

The Mobile Phone: Winners & Losers

Thursday, October 7th, 2010

We’re in a period of almost constant change and there is no industry that embodies that quite like the mobile industry. Over the past three years the landscape has changed almost beyond all recognition with the established manufacturers giving way to the up and coming players. So just who is leading the pack these days?

Asymco have produced a series of graphs that attempts to answer that question. The first graph we see shows how the various manufacturers have performed over the past three years with respect to market and profit share. If the arrow is going up then profit share is going up, going down and profit share is going down. If the arrow is heading right then marketshare is increasing, heading left and it’s decreasing.

You will notice that Sony Ericsson’s arrow points in all the wrong directions. Profit share is down and so is marketshare. They’re the mirror image of RIM, which has steadily increased both. Notice also that Nokia and Apple are mirroring each other. Whilst neither company’s marketshare has risen or fallen dramatically their profit share has undergone some very dramatic changes.

In the two graphs below we can compare how each of the companies has changed over the last three years.

Again it is not good news for Sony Ericsson. In 2007 they had the third highest profit share and their marketshare was in the top four. Indeed they were only behind the real heavy hitters of Nokia, Samsung and Motorola (yes Motorola was a heavy hitter). That’s a pretty good position for a relatively small manufacturer.

Let’s fast forward to 2010 and Sony Ericsson are a shadow of their former selves. Profit share has gone into free fall and instead of being one of the highest is now one of the lowest. Unlike Nokia, which has managed to stem its marketshare decline even as profit share declines, Sony Ericsson has also seen its marketshare crumble away.

In 2007 Sony Ericsson was positioned to make a transition out of the ‘Marginal’ group, but just three short years later that seems like a pipe dream. Before we get too gloomy though Sony Ericsson has been taking some important steps to get itself back on track. For one thing they have made some painful cost saving moves not to mention embracing Android (even if they do need to move faster) and of course they have wisely ditched the shackle that is Symbian (Angus: they got rid of UIQ too!). Hopefully we see that little Sony Ericsson turning around and pointing up!

[via Asymco]

Posted in Corporate, market, market-share, operators | 4 Comments »

Sony Ericsson enters the Korean market, kicks off with the X1

Friday, March 13th, 2009

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Sony Ericsson today announced the launch its business in Korea. Sony Ericsson will cooperate with SK Telecom, who will be carrying the XPERIA X1 smartphone. SK Telecom, who will be the distributor of the phone, has decided to customize the X1 with the local Korean customers in mind. This means that there’ll be three new panels – “My smart panel”, “DAUM panel” and “My PC panel” – in addition to the regular panels.

The “My smart panel” is an Internet service for smartphones developer by SK Telefom, and it provides users access to online services, such as e-mail, Messenger and Internet browsing. The “DAUM panel” is a panel by Sony Ericsson that provides users with instant access to services found on the DAUM portal, including e-mail, web search and T-story. The last of the three panels, “My PC panel” will allow users to use media services by connecting the handset to the content and software of a PC through WiBro.

“Our vision for the Xperia X1 is to deliver a seamless blend of mobile web communication and multimedia entertainment in a distinctive stylish design,” said Hirokazu Ishizuka, Corporate Vice President and Head of Asia Pacific Region of Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications. ”Customised panel interface on the Xperia X1 means that our customers will be able to live their lives to the fullest by enjoying the premium experience of energised communications in their own way.”

“We are very excited to establish Sony Ericsson’s presence in Korea and firmly believe that we have the right product to offer to Korean consumers,” said Hirokazu Ishizuka, Corporate Vice President and Head of the Asia Pacific region. ”Working closely with our strategic partner, SK Telecom, we will build the Sony Ericsson brand awareness and increase our mindshare within the marketplace.”

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“Xperia X1 is truly a personalized phone which offers smart-phone users an innovative yet premium mobile multimedia experience,” said Youn-hee Han, Head of Sony Ericsson Korea. “Worldwide, it is the first time that the Xperia X1 has been customized with four panels to suit a local market needs, and it is a clear indication of Sony Ericsson’s commitment to the market.”

“As the strategic partner for Xperia X1, we are honoured to support the launch of Sony Ericsson in Korea, and to mark this milestone in the local telecommunications industry. With its full touch, unique customizable panel interface, we believe Xperia X1 will prove to be popular with sophisticated Korean mobile phone users,” said Joon Dong Bae, Executive Vice President of SK Telecom.

The Korean X1 will enter the market with a 4 GB MicroSD card, preloaded with the Spiderman 3 movie. The first 1,000 customers to buy the X1 will also get their names engraved on their X1, as well as a luxurious leather phone case – all for free.

Sony Ericsson has set up quite a cool website for Korean X1 owners – you can find it at www.xperia.co.kr.

Tags: korea, x1, xperia, xperia-x1
Posted in news, operators, windows-mobile, x-series, xperia, xperia-panels | 8 Comments »

Sony Ericsson W64S Now Available… To The World!

Friday, February 27th, 2009

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Sony Ericsson’s W64S has been availabe under Japanese operator AU for a while now, but only to Japanese customers. Previously, AU phones never worked outside of Japan unless you are a customer and subscriber of AU’s mobile phone service in Japan. Well it looks like that is beginning to all change. Rather new, a few tech geeks managed to create an unlock for the Sony Ericsson W64S, as shown above. This unlock, still in the preliminary stages, does not require an external hypersim and is said to be “99.9% stable and perfect.” A few business owners have managed to get a hold of this and are now beginning to sell unlocked Sony Ericsson W64S.

The Sony Ericsson W64S is available for an average $700 CDN, or appoximately $556 USD and €439 EURO. The W64S is aviable in four colours, Snow x White, Diamond x Pink, Lattice x Black, and Mist x Blue. The Lattice x Black, by the way, looks much darker and only purple in certain angles in reality than rather than the following renderings.

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Reviewing the specifications of the W64S, it has obviously a flip phone with a rotating/swivel screen. This allows it to be used as a TV/Media Player or used as a 3.2 megapixel camera, located on the back of the phone. The screen is a 16M colour WFVGA 2.8 inch screen. On the front, there are hidden notification lights that glow when there are new text messages, missed calls, and ringing alarms.

For more information regarding the W64S with more specification, commercials, and media campaigns, visit Sony Ericsson’s W64S Product Website (Japanese). I would highly recommend watching the W64S demo, even if you don’t understand Japanese.

There is a catch with this phone. Well, there are catches with all Japanese keitais. For one, one cannot use the internet browser or use anything that involves the internet, such as GPS and downloading of applications and games. This is locked only to the AU by KDDI USIM. TV is not an option either as the signals are only available in Japan. But with all AU by KDDI phones, unfortunately and at the moment, text messaging does not work at all. Nevertheless, this is a ground breaking discovery and spark more AU by KDDIs available. You never know, you might be picking up a Walkman Monster Premier3, Cybershot Flagship S001, or the endless customization RE soon.

Tags: au, keitai, sony-ericsson-japan, w64s
Posted in exclusive, i-mode, japanese, news, operating-platform, operators, technology, w-series | 23 Comments »

Premier3 Campaign

Sunday, February 15th, 2009

Just 7 hours away before the Sony Ericsson MWC Conference, I decided to post something else to help you guys pass some time away. Sony Ericsson has released the commercial campaign for the Premier3, the entertainment flagship of Japanese operator AU by KDDI.

Here’s a few screenshots of the commercial:
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You can watch it here from Sony Ericsson Japan (in Japanese):

http://www.sonyericsson.co.jp/product/au/premier3/common/cm/index.html

And the making of this commercial (in Japanese):

http://www.sonyericsson.co.jp/product/au/premier3/common/making/index.html

Don’t you wish you were surrounded by so many Premier3s? For more videos of the Premier3 campaign, visit Sony Ericsson Japan Premier3’s website: http://www.sonyericsson.co.jp/product/au/premier3/

PS: Sony Ericsson will be releasing the TV-CM of the S001 Cybershot phone soon.

Tags: campaign, commercial, japan, premier3, walkman
Posted in japanese, operators, videos, w-series, walkman | 4 Comments »

W595s now official: Orange branding included

Monday, October 6th, 2008

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There have been live pics of this device since W595’s announcement, but Sony Ericsson did not show it on their website until now: The Orange branded version of the newest Walkman slider, the so-called W595s.

The W595s is – for now – only available on the Romanian website, you can find a few pics of it here and try it here.

Thanks Max/SEMCblog for the heads up.

Posted in new-phone, operators, w-series | 24 Comments »

The United States welcome the Sony Ericsson TM506

Thursday, August 21st, 2008

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So it finally was announced: The T-Mobile branded Z780a, dubbed TM506. We blogged about it back in June, now almost all links on the official website work. All except the actual product page which is supposed to be here — maybe it’s up later.

Press Release

Posted in announcement, new-phone, operators | 22 Comments »

Sony Ericsson W380 now available in Canada

Tuesday, July 1st, 2008

According to Sofpedia the Sony Ericsson W380a is now available for Canadian music lovers via Canadian operator Fido. For reference, the European version was released in Europe several months ago.

If you’re a Canadian resident you can get yourself a W380a free of contract for $300 (Canadian dollars) or prepaid on Fido. It is also offered by Rogers for $60 on a three year contract or $160 on a two year contract.

We reviewed the W380 three months ago, and it is without doubt a rather nice phone, possibly best suited as a secondary headset. The price tag is however set a bit too high. You can read or review here, or check out our gallery of the W380 here.

Via: Softpedia

Posted in market, operators, w-series, walkman | 10 Comments »

‘Tweets!’ Says Z310 & Z610

Saturday, February 2nd, 2008

A limited special edition variant of Z310 and Z610 has been created for the Orange network by our very own favourite manufacturer. Both phones will only come in this blue colour variant with a large Tweety picture of the back of it. Furthermore, both phones will come with pre-installed Tweety content.