Sony Ericsson might end its partnership with DoCoMo

Recently there has been some discussion about Sony Ericsson's and DoCoMo's partnership. According to Nikkei business daily, Sony Ericsson said on Monday that they will stop mobile phone development and production for DoCoMo, and that it would instead procure handsets from other mobile phone makers and supply them to DoCoMo under the Sony Ericsson brand.

Although, Sony Ericsson spokesman Toshiyuki Kawamura rushed to deny this rumor. He sai that the firm had no plans to terminate product development for DoCoMo phones and that it had no intention to buy phones from other Japanese cellphone makers on an original equipment manufacturing (OEM) basis for shipments to DoCoMo.

Continue reading Comments (0) 11.03.2008. 09:42

UK Retail - Top 10 handsets, week commencing 29/2/08

The Mobile Choice website provides the "weekly bestsellers" list, which shows the best selling phones in the UK. There are two list. The first one shows best selling contract phones and the second one best selling prepay phones.

In both top 10 lists Nokia and Sony Ericsson are having a strong position.

Keep reading to see the lists.

Continue reading Comments (0) 10.03.2008. 15:52

Sony Ericsson W980 live photos

Here are some very nice W980 live pics. The phone looks awesome!

Continue reading Comments (0) 09.03.2008. 17:07

Video - Opera Mobile 9.5 running on P1i

Here's a nice video of the new Opera Mobile 9.5 browser. The guy is showing some of the new features the browser has, such as the overview mode.

Comments (0) 09.03.2008. 10:44

Sony Ericsson Join The Song campaign

Sony Ericsson recently launched a new campaign, called Join The Song. The campaign has been built around the W890i slim Walkman handset and with this campaign Sony Ericsson is trying to create the longest song in the world and of course they need your help. To be part of the campaign you just need to record a line of the smash hit "Enjoy the Silence."

Check out the campaign site: JoinTheSong.com

Comments (0) 08.03.2008. 19:55

Sony Ericsson T650i Precious Gold for sale on eBay!

Wanna get something special? Then keep reading, you might have a chance to get a stylish handsets that is a real eye catcher. You might remember that a while ago Sony Ericsson released the T650i in Precious Gold. It has been very hard to find this model in stores, but now it's for sale on eBay. just_someone is selling the T650i in Precious Gold on eBay. Before you decide to buy, check out the price. It's high! While I was writing this the price was 1,445.26 $ (~940 €).

I think, I will pass the offer! Anyways, looks like people are ready to pay quite a lot to get this model. I wonder, if Is this a limited edition or are we going to see the T650i Precious Gold widely in stores?

Comments (0) 07.03.2008. 16:53

Sony Ericsson files another touchscreen patent - PSP phone related?

Sony Ericsson has already filed a few touchscreen patents, such as "programmable touchscreen keypad patent" and "sliding touchscreen phone patent" Now they have filed another patent, called "Orientation based multiple mode mechanically vibrated touchscreen display"

In my opinion this patent might have something to do with the PSP phone and there's actually a mention about the PSP in the patent application:

FIG. 3 is set out to mimic the look and feel of the popular Sony.TM. Playstation Portable (PSP.TM.) gaming device. The area designated by reference number 300 is reserved for game action. It is essentially the display within the display. The dashed box referred to by reference number 305 represents the buttons that appear on the right hand side of the PSP.TM.. The dashed box referred to by reference number 310 represents the buttons that appear on the bottom of the PSP.TM.. Lastly, the dashed box referred to by reference number 315 represents the buttons that appear on the left hand side of the PSP.TM.. The buttons represented by reference numbers 305, 310, and 315 are graphical renditions on the mechanically vibrated touchscreen display 150 of the portable mobile communications device 100. The mechanically vibrated touchscreen display is configurable and re-configurable to suit the mode or application desired by the user. In this example, when the user presses an area of the mechanically vibrated touchscreen display that corresponds to one of the buttons that is associated with the PSP.TM. interface, a tactile sensation is returned to the user that indicates a button was pressed. The exact type of tactile sensation emitted by the mechanically vibrated touchscreen display and experienced by the user can vary according to parameters set out in the display configuration associated with that mode. Thus, some buttons may have different feels than other buttons.

Continue reading Comments (0) 07.03.2008. 12:28

SymbianOne interviewed Mats Barvesten - WVGA UIQ phone is on the road map

SymbianOne posted an interesting interview with Mats Barvesten, EVP Product Planning and Product Management at UIQ Technology. Before moving to UIQ Technology in June 2007, he worked at Sony Ericsson for three years planning the product portfolio, so he has a good knowledge of Sony Ericsson.

The first thing they asked from Mats Barvesten was how surprised he was to see Sony Ericsson smartphone based on Windows Mobile:

I came to UIQ Technology from Sony Ericsson in June last year. At Sony Ericsson I had been involved in planning the product portfolio for three years, so for me it was not a surprise.

Continue reading Comments (0) 06.03.2008. 18:21

XPERIA X1 shows AT&T logo at CeBIT

XPERIA X1 made its first appearance at the Mobile World Congress 2008 and of course Sony Ericsson was at CeBIT to show off their new Windows Mobile handset. They didn't reveal anything interesting about the XPERIA X1 but PHONE Magazine posted some new and shiny photos of the Sony Ericsson X1. The panel interface of the XPERIA X1 showed something quite interesting. There was a big AT&T logo, like you can see from the photo above. What could it mean? It probably just means that the XPERIA X1 will come to AT&T or Sony Ericsson is just selling some "ad space" on their new handset.

Via Engadget Mobile

Comments (0) 06.03.2008. 09:06

Sony Ericsson about the XPERIA X1 delay rumor - No comment

Few days ago we found an interesting page from the official Sony Ericsson website, which showed us the release dates of all Sony Ericsson handsets, including the XPERIA X1. The page isn't available anymore, because it's behind a password protection now. Anyways, there has been a lot of discussion about the release date of XPERIA X1. PhoneMag reports at CeBIT that Sony Ericsson refused to comment the rumor. All they said was "it’s still developing." Doesn't sound very promising.

Although, According to the USEB Aldo Liguori, the Corporate Vice President confirmed that Sony Ericsson will be launching the XPERIA X1 in 2nd half of 2008.

This is getting interesting. I just have the feeling that Sony Ericsson isn't telling us everything. Of course they are saying "It will be out in 2nd half of 2008", it's the official information given to the media and they have to stick with it.

Well, all we can do is to wait and see what happens.

Comments (0) 05.03.2008. 15:58