Archive for the ‘preview’ Category

We’ve tried Sony Ericsson’s sharp-shooting C905

Wednesday, November 19th, 2008

Today we received the new Sony Ericsson C905. It comes in a pretty standard piano black box with “8.1 megapixel” printed on it. It’s pretty obvious that Sony Ericsson wants to compete against its competitors with what is technically speaking a false statement, but let’s not go into details about that now.

When you get the C905 in your hand for the very first time, you get a feel of quality. The rubberized backside feels exquisite, and the sliding mechanism really is top notch. Fortunately, some might add, as it would have been an utter disaster had it not been. (more…)

Video preview: Sony Ericsson XPERIA X1

Sunday, October 19th, 2008

Here’s our 12-minute video preview of the drool-worthy XPERIA X1. In the video, we’re covering the design and feel of the phone, boot-up, the XPERIA panels, camera and briefly the two web browsers, Opera Mobile and Mobile Internet Explorer. We hope you enjoy the video, as it was straight-up painful to upload (almost 300 megabytes) – this one is not going on YouTube, that’s for sure! At least not today. Keep in mind this is a prototype, although it seems in a stage awfully near retail.

Preview: Sony Ericsson W902

Sunday, October 19th, 2008

Our Sony Ericsson W902 preview has just been published, and brings along a few changes in our upcoming reviews and previews. First and foremost – larger images! We’ve now taken the step to publish 700 pixel wide images within reviews and previews. Hopefully this will mean that you’ll be able to see all the details. Secondly, we’ll be starting to use real phone screenshots, whether it’s a feature phone or a smart phone. In some rare cases, though, you’ll still have to cope with high quality images of the phone’s display. I’m sure you’ve also noticed some of our high-definition videos here at USEB. Well, we’ll start implementing more and more of these into reviews and previews in the future.

Check out the large preview of the W902 here!

Preview: Sony Ericsson W595

Thursday, October 16th, 2008

I’ve just finished writing a large-scaled preview of the new Sony Ericsson W595. I think it’s an excellent (music) phone at a very attractive price, but its camera is not exactly the most impressive I’ve seen.

I hope I can post a preview of the Sony Ericsson W902 as well tomorrow. Some of you might be thinking why only a preview and not a full review? Well, I’m hoping that I’ve got a wee surprise coming tomorrow that’ll take most of the already decreasing amount of spare time I’ve got. Trust me, it’s worth it.

Anywhoo, I hope you’ll enjoy the preview!

Video: Sony Ericsson W595 preview

Sunday, October 12th, 2008

Here’s a 3-minute video preview of the new Sony Ericsson W595, briefly showcasing its design, menus, camera, Walkman player and the special music quiz game. Enjoy!

New X1 Hands-On Video

Tuesday, October 7th, 2008

Sam over at Xperiancers has posted a new video of the X1 in action after receiving a C&J model. Until the retail model hits the shops next week this is the closest version of the handset to the end customer model that we can see.

Via: Xperiancers

Sony Ericsson video Q&A and X1 video demo

Tuesday, September 30th, 2008

A very interesting video Q&A with Sony Ericsson’s President, Hideki Komiyama, and Rikko Sakaguchi, Senior Vice President and Head of Portfolio & Proposition at Sony Ericsson, was posted at Trace and Matt’s Blog. Komiyama tells that they’re definitely working on innovative products and that they’re aware of their problems. It’ll take three to four months (and yeah, we agree!). Also, Rikko Sakaguchi tells that they know that they cannot keep on segmenting products, and he even comments on the JavaOne video on YouTube. That made me giggle a bit :-)

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Also, a comprehensive video demo of the X1 was posted. Check it out!

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By the way, if you’re wondering what’s happening with the various embedded Sony Ericsson applications on USEB, that’s simply a part of SE’s blogger and community outreach. They’re also going to set up a number of competitions for both readers and blog authors, so keep an eye out on this place. If you’ve got dreams of starting your own SE blog, now would be a good time to do it, too :-) They’re really doing a great job keeping up with the web communities nowadays, latest with the launch of Xperiancers.com.

Via: Tracy and Matt’s Blog

Xperia Preview Video

Tuesday, September 30th, 2008

A rather nice overview of the handset, which I thought you might be interested in.

Via: Xperiancers

BeiBei in France

Friday, September 5th, 2008

We’ve collected a set of photo samples by the Sony Ericsson G702, codenamed BeiBei, which was unfortunately cancelled. I liked this phone quite a bit. Anyway, here’s BeiBei in France. Press the thumbnails below for the camera samples.

W302, W595 & W902 previews at PhoneArena

Friday, August 1st, 2008

It looks like PhoneArena has been busy previewing the latest Sony Ericsson Walkman phones. Yesterday the PhoneArena team published three previews – one of each of the newly announced phones.
You can find the previews in the links below;

Sony Ericsson W302
Sony Ericsson W595
Sony Ericsson W902

I’m sure some of you had seen the initial prototype W760 screenshots displaying a revamped equalizer menu, but it was removed in the retail product. If you’re a bit attentive with the W902 preview, you’ll notice why it was removed from the W760.