October 28th, 2008 by Michell
I’ve been snapping like crazy with the new XPERIA X1 to get you a large set of X1 camera samples. According to my computer, we’ve got a total of 36 camera samples for you as well as two videos in VGA resolution at 30 frames per second. Note that the videos will be decreased a bit in quality, and they’ll look a lot more jaggy than they really are, but we’ve provided download links below each video for those of you wanting the untouched version.
So, let us know what you think of the samples. I was really surprised by how good the camera in X1 actually is. The quality is rather high, and I haven’t experienced either annoying or serious white balance or colour problems. Sure, there are a few ones with a purple tint, but this is a seldom sight that’s hardly of any annoyance to me. Press the thumbnails for a slightly larger picture, and if you want the full size picture, you simply press the picture again.
Download video sample 1 (3.07 MB)
Download video sample 2 (852 KB)
Posted in camera, videos, x-series, xperia | 36 Comments »
October 28th, 2008 by Michell
Sony Ericsson has just recently launched its website for the C905 campaign. The website shows a few of the camera highlights with real full-size camera samples that look, well, rather discouraging. Sony Ericsson really has to get the camera software right on this one if they want to market it on anything but an incorrect camera resolution.
The “Big Pictures” video commercial has been on TV for a short bit of time now, and I’m sure you’re eager to see it. I had a feeling that Maximys at SEMC Blog would have posted it, so I had a quick look there just now, and my feeling was right. So, without further ado here’s the video and the making-of video just below, as well as a link to the campaign website just below the videos.
Check out the campaign website here.
Video: SEMC Blog
Posted in c-series, camera, campaign, cyber-shot, videos | 14 Comments »
October 26th, 2008 by Michell
Sony Ericsson has revealed plans of an upcoming TV commercial with the C905 in the star role. Sony Ericsson has hooked up with professional photographer Matt Stuart, who will be taking pictures with the C905 to use in the campaign. These pictures will then be posted as enourmous photos in unusual locations in various cities.
- The C905 Cyber-shot is a powerful 8.1 megapixel camera phone, said Sven Totté, Head of Imaging Marketing at Sony Ericsson in a press release. We really wanted to show consumers what is possible with the camera phone and showcase the outstanding picture quality it can deliver. Therefore the images in the commercial were actually taken with a C905 Cyber-shot camera phone, he continues.
Also commenting on the campaign is photographer Matt Stuart.
- To be honest, I was a bit sceptical about the results that a camera phone could achieve, but I was amazed. The C905 Cyber-shot camera phone felt like a camera and handled like one too. I was very impressed with the quality and think this is reflected in the commercial, he says.
Please don’t be fooled by this marketing gig, though. There’s simply no way this is possible with a camera phone unless they’ve really been spending a lot of time enlarging and editing the pictures. Also please note that Sony Ericsson has stuck with dubbing the camera a “8.1 megapixel” camera, which is nothing but a lie and marketing aimed at unknowing customers. I’d bet Sven and the rest of the Imaging Marketing group thinks that megapixels is a measure of quality rather than resolution, which is of course not the case. No doubt the C905 sports one of the best mobile phone cameras on the market, but that’s not a reason for lying, is it?
I merely posted this now because I wanted it to be covered, although news has been out for a few days.
Posted in c-series, camera, campaign | 24 Comments »
October 23rd, 2008 by Michell
Brando is one of the many online PR companies Sony Ericsson makes use of, and has created a new viral campaign for the W595 making excellent of the Halloween period. The campaign involves both Facebook, Google Maps and YouTube APIs, and should eventually end up in a personalized prank video on YouTube that you can share with friends.
I must say this campaign is rather entertaining and incredibly far-reaching. I’m sure a lot of you will join in on it, right?? Don’t forget to post a link to your video in the comments once you have pranked your friends with a video, and we’ll make sure to include it in this post.
Check out the campaign site here and the videos at the YouTube page here.
Posted in campaign, entertainment, fun, w-series, walkman | 2 Comments »
October 22nd, 2008 by Michell
In an article at Financial Times, Sony Ericsson’s President, Hideki ‘Dick’ Komiyama, explains that Sony Ericsson will merge the current three Research & Development sections to just one, in order to not develope the same stuff. Dick Komiyama continues by confirming that Sony Ericsson will reduce its 2009 portfolio with about 20 percent compared to the 2008 portfolio.
One of the most interesting quotes is this: “Consumer confidence is less almost day by day”. Must say I agree.
Source: Financial Times
Posted in future, news | 36 Comments »
October 20th, 2008 by karun
Yes…you’ve read it correctly 
The wait is over! Opera mobile 9.5b (beta) is now available for Symbian UIQ3 phones.
Known Issues
- ActiveX is disabled – Flash plugins and embedded video streaming do not work.
- Custom software keyboards (IME) will be buggy at best, not working at worst.
- No multilingual build – Only English is supported. Problems with other languages (and input methods) are not unexpected.
- Installation on memory cards may cause problems.
- Text wraps in overview mode.
- Main testing has been done on English HTC devices (Touch Diamond, Touch Pro, Touch, Touch Dual, Touch Cruise, TyTN and Wizard) and Samsung i900.
- Landscape mode does not take keyboard position into consideration.
- Devices with low memory might get Out Of Memory (OOM) messages.
- Opera is always running when the Widgets Manager is running.
- On devices with hight DPI some of the pre-installed widgets look small.
- When an URL is opened from a widget, there will be an extra browser window opened in the background that’s not working properly.
You can download it from HERE
Happy Browsing!
Posted in uiq, web | 26 Comments »
October 19th, 2008 by Michell
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.
Posted in preview, prototype, videos, web, windows-mobile, x-series, xperia | 58 Comments »
October 19th, 2008 by Michell
A rather large review of the XPERIA X1 has been published at German Areamobile. In short: They’re thrilled with the X1! Now, while the review is originally written in German, thanks to Google all us non-German speaking/reading folks can have a go at it as well.
Here’s the translated review for you! Note that the review is separated into several parts.
By the way, don’t forget to check out our large gallery of the X1 right here!
Source: AreaMobile
Posted in review, x-series, xperia | 6 Comments »
October 19th, 2008 by Michell
Here’s our large gallery of the steaming hot Sony Ericsson XPERIA X1. I’m getting more and more pleased with this phone by the minute. I think it’s safe to say that you can look forward to our very large review of the X1. Enjoy!
Posted in gallery, x-series, xperia | 36 Comments »
October 19th, 2008 by Michell
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!
Posted in preview, w-series, walkman | 4 Comments »
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