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Following on from yesterday disappointing news that Satio, Sony Ericsson’s flagship entertainment device, would be delayed we have some more details to provide. The major piece of news is that the delay was caused by the need for a software update to be performed. This is both good and bad new. Bad because it doesn’t bode well for the reliability of the handset that the software has had to be tinkered with the day before it was due to go on sale. On the other hand it shows that Sony Ericsson are at least on the ball and trying to nip a potential problem in the bud.

Then there’s the question of just exactly when Satio will see the light of day. What I’m hearing is that the handset should (note the use of the word should) go on sale sometime next week. If that’s true then fair enough, not ideal, but it’s not too much of a delay and shouldn’t seriously impact Satio’s sales. However, I am hearing from orange that they won’t be selling Satio until the end of October! No actual date was given, but ‘end of’ doesn’t sound good. Of course this might just be Orange and other retailers may sell Satio sooner, but even if that is the case it’s still a blow to Satio.

All in all it looks like a half-baked launch that’s descended into the typical Sony Ericsson circus that we’ve come to expect from their high-end product launches. I just hope that we see Satio hit the shelves sooner rather than later.

Filed under: Entertainment Unlimited, Problems, Release

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Bad news for those patiently (or not) awaiting the arrival of Satio in the UK tomorrow … it’s been delayed. Carphone Warehouse, the UK’s largest independent mobile retailer, was due to launch the 12.1 MP handset tomorrow, but that has been put on hold with no date given as to when it will go on sale. One imagines (and hopes) that it’s soon given that sales material and expectations had all been geared towards a launch date of tomorrow. The delay was only announced today so it is presumably something outside Carphone’s control.

Whether or not this delay will affect Orange and Vodafone’s launches isn’t clear yet. It may be that it’s just Carphone that’s affected and the other two will go ahead with a launch tomorrow as scheduled. Carpone would be selling generic unbranded, unlocked handsets whereas both Orange and Vodafone stores would sell branded locked handsets, hence the stock assignments for each of the three companies would be different and thus it may be just Carphone that’s experiencing a delay. We’ll know soon enough …

Filed under: Entertainment Unlimited, Problems, Release, Symbian

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Having read some of the comments about my rather cool (and totally copyrighted!) way of handling the F305, T700 and W302 in the unboxing videos (read: tossing them around a bit), I’ve decided to go all in with a large durability test, and - naturally - caught it all on tape, err, memory card! The durability test included no less than thirty Sony Ericsson phones that all received some TLC before being airborne. To my great surprise, none of the phones received any scratches from this test - great job, Sony Ericsson!

All right… My time is up, and I’ll leave you with the video and a question just below it…

So, have I got too much time on my hands or too many phones to be in my hands? That’s the question!

The phones in the video are:

C902, C905, G900, K530, K660, K700, K750, 2x K770, K800, K850, M600, P990, S500, T68i, T230, T610, W550, 2x W595, 2x W760, W800, 2x W890, W900, W950, W960, X1, and Z320.

Filed under: C series, Entertainment, Exclusive, Fun, G series, Hands on, K series, M series, P series, Problems, S series, T series, Tips & tricks, USEB, Videos, W series, X series, Z series
Tags: durability test, great fun, video

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After some “fun” time in EMMA and an accidental phone lock reset on my K850, it stopped accepting SIM cards, so now it’s not working
I’m posting about this because I promised you guys an in-depth going review of K850’s camera, which I won’t be able to do now. At least not until I find a way to unlock it for free.

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[UPDATED] This have really been a problem, that has been bugging me for a long time. UIQ 3 download speeds are absolutely ridiculous - here’s an example. I’ve got a 2 Mbps Internet connection at home and download speeds are about 210 KB/s. However when downloading with my P990, the download speed is only about 3 KB/s - that’s 70 times lower than normal speed! I’ve been trying to ask a few people, who knows a lot about UIQ, but nobody has been able to give me an answer. Maybe I’ll try to contact UIQ and see what they have to say. I have now contacted UIQ.

In the mean time, I’d like to ask you guys if you’ve experienced this, too, and what phone you are using and connection type (WLAN, 3G, etc.). Thanks in advance - I’d like to get to the bottom of this!

Update! I have now gotten a reply from UIQ. It appears that the fault is not located with UIQ, but rather Sony Ericsson’s hardware. Maybe I’ll try to have a chat with Sony Ericsson about this, as this is by far not acceptable.

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