November 8th, 2008 by Paul Smith
UIQ’s entire 270 staff have been put on notice of dismissal. With both Sony Ericsson and Motorola no longer using UIQ in their products the company’s future is dubious. Sony Ericsson has agreed to fund the company on a monthly basis to allow UIQ to explore its options, in other words until someone buys the company or the staff can be found other jobs. The staff themselves are a valuable asset given their experience.
All About Symbian reports that both Sony Ericsson and Motorola has dropped a number of UIQ handsets planned for launch.
Source: All About Symbian
Posted in uiq | 20 Comments »
November 6th, 2008 by Michell
… and here are the official pictures of the W705. Read more about the W705 in this or this post, or at the official website.
And here are some pictures of the MBS-900 Bluetooth speakers. You can also read about the MBS-900 in the blog posts linked to earlier on.
Tags: announcement, bluetooth, mbs-900, music, w705, walkman
Posted in accessories, announcement, w-series, walkman | 22 Comments »
November 5th, 2008 by Michell
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.
Posted in accessories, announcement, music, w-series, walkman | 14 Comments »
November 4th, 2008 by NightBlade
You heard me right. Sony Ericsson are going to make their last announcement for the year 2008 on 6th November. Sad, I know.
What’s going to be announced then, you say? Well, nothing much, actually. Many of you have probably heard of Rika (aka. W705), pictured above. It’s going to feature the same Clear Audio Experience found on the W902 and W980 models. It’s got WiFi and YouTube support, much like the G705, a 3.2MP non-AF camera with a LED flash and will ship with a 4GB M2 card. Pretty much everything else is just like on your average A2 Walkman phone. Gotta admit, though – that aluminum casing looks very stylish. The phone will ship in 2 colours – Passionate Red and Luxury Silver.
An Orange-branded version will be announced as well.
Be sure to check out more of the official pics over at Cell Phone Sail!
Thursday will also herald the announcemet of the MBS-900 Bluetooth-equipped 2.1 Home Audio System. It’s got fancy touch controls and an OLED display. Design’s not bad, either. Did I mention the built-in FM radio receiver?
More details to come…
Posted in accessories, announcement, bluetooth, new-phone, w-series, walkman | 18 Comments »
November 3rd, 2008 by karun
The W980 is a fancy dual-screened clamshell phone which boasts of features like 8GB of integrated memory, FM transmitter, Walkman Player 3 with touch-sensitive Walkman control buttons and much more. The device is available in three color variants, Piano Black, Opera Brown and Violin Red. You can check out some pictures of the Sony Ericsson W980 in Violin red HERE
Via: eprice.com
Posted in w-series, walkman | 2 Comments »
November 2nd, 2008 by NightBlade
Surely you didn’t think Sony Ericsson would settle for a measly commercial to fully advertise its new imaging flagship? Well, I’ve got some news for you. Word has it that they’ve signed a five-figure deal with FHM (For Him Magazine), an international monthly Men’s Lifestyle magazine, to promote the C905 cameraphone in the December issue, just in time for the holiday season. They’re really pushing on the image quality and have a photo to prove it. NSFW image after the break! Read the rest of this entry »
Tags: babes, c905, campaign
Posted in c-series, campaign, cyber-shot, news | 16 Comments »
November 2nd, 2008 by NightBlade
Michell was kind enough to take these pictures of the white W595 version for our enjoyment. I think it will appeal largely to the females out there. 
Just scroll down to see the new additions.
Posted in gallery, w-series, walkman | 16 Comments »
November 1st, 2008 by Michell
Spent a bit of my afternoon cooking this 3-minute comparison video of the Sony Ericsson X1 and various other Sony Ericsson phones, including the K850, M600 and W910, for reference. Without further ado, here’s the video!
Posted in videos, x-series, xperia | 20 Comments »
October 31st, 2008 by Michell
Despite Sony Ericsson’s rather obvious market difficulties, it has managed to keep its market share for the third quarter of 2008 at a consistent 8.2 percent, making Sony Ericsson the third largest mobile phone manufacturer by a margin.
The reason why Sony Ericsson has now joined the Top 3 doesn’t really have that much to do with Sony Ericsson itself but rather bad financial results from LG and Motorola that were both previously ahead of Sony Ericsson in terms of market share. Motorola’s Q3 market share is at 8.1 percent, while LG’s is at 7.4 percent.
Source: ABI Research
Posted in market, market-share, news | 10 Comments »
October 30th, 2008 by karun
Some new pictures of the W707, codenamed Alicia have surfaced on the net. This device was among the slew of cancellations that Sony Ericsson had made a few months back.
Check out more pics of this neat device here.
Via: DailyMobile
Posted in w-series, walkman | 10 Comments »
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