China Wins World View with Sony Ericsson 2007

London, UK - 18 December 2007 - Upcoming photographic talent, Wang Feng, 36, Beijing, from China has beaten over 74,000 entrants from across the globe to be crowned the overall winner of World View with Sony Ericsson 2007.

World View with Sony Ericsson is a global imaging campaign which aims to capture the best camera phone shots from around the world. The competition was first launched in 2006 with 15 countries taking part and a total 30,837 entries were received in its debut year.

Now in its second year, the 2007 competition saw World View almost double in size, with 24 countries taking part world wide and 74,355 entries received.

Continue reading 19.12.2007. 13:50

Sony Ericsson K850i cake

I really don't know where people get these ideas... but this isn't the first time we see something like this, although for me this is the first Sony Ericsson cake. Before this, I have seen some Apple iPhone cakes. This K850i cake is made by Michelle Sugar Art and you can find this and more from his portfolio page.

Anyways, I think this looks delicious! I wonder if the taste is as good as the looks?

02.12.2007. 13:59

Greenpeace's greener electronic buying guide

Sony Ericsson ranks well on the latest Greenpeace "Guide To Greener Electronic" list. Sony Ericsson along with Samsung scores 7.7 and gets a lof of credit for PVC free products. Sony Ericsson is also ahead of many companies in already setting timelines to eliminate substances that others have only identified for future action. The company is to eliminate phthalates, beryllium and some uses of antimony compounds by 1st January 2008.

Sony Ericsson's toughest competitor Nokia loses its top position, falling down to 9th position. This is due to the penalty point for corporate misbehaviour on its takeback and recycling practice.

Motorola's situation is even worst. The company is in free fall, down from 9th place to 14th position. This is due to the penalty point for corporate misbehaviour regarding its takeback and recycling practice. Testing of Motorola’s takeback programme by Greenpeace revealed that Motorola staff are poorly informed about this service in the Philippines, Thailand, and India.

Continue reading 27.11.2007. 19:13

Krusell - TOP-10 selling phones in October 2007

Krusell´s top 10 for October shows Apple iphone further will strengthen its position on the market. In United Kingdom and Germany it is already official that iPhone will exclusively be launched with the operator O2, and T-mobile. With the debut in Europe we will most likely see a boost in sales just in time for Christmas. Thus we have made an extra effort to launch model specific cases within this segment, and we will see an exiting coming months of cases in line with Apples assortment from Krusell, says Ulf Sandberg, Managing Director at Krusell.

1. (2) Nokia 6300
2. (1) Sony Ericsson K810i
3. (3) Nokia N95
4. (5) Nokia N73
5. (7) Apple iphone
6. (8) Nokia 3109/3110
7. (4) Sony Ericsson P1i
8. (-) Sony Ericsson K850i
9. (6) Sony Ericsson W880i
10. (-) Sony Ericsson K530i
() = Last month’s position.

09.11.2007. 13:45

Photographers of Tomorrow Revealed

Wallpaper, the leading international design magazine, has announced its Top Ten entries in World View with Sony Ericsson 2007, identifying creative photographic talent.

Wallpaper is the official global media partner of World View with Sony Ericsson 2007, which was launched last year to celebrate the photo journalism revolution spearheaded by the cameraphone. The winner of Wallpaper‟s competition will receive automatic entry into the international arm of the competition where they will go head to head with winning photographers from 24 countries worldwide – competing for the overall winning prize worth £10k.

Entries to the overall competition have been streaming in on email and MMS from around the world, from Europe to Central America to Asia Pacific, in a bid to be crowned winner of World View with Sony Ericsson 2007.

Continue reading 29.10.2007. 12:30

t-phone concept - Just put it on

I just found this great concept handset and I want to show it here even that it's not releated on Sony Ericsson. T-phone is designed for older people, who are having hard time to learn how to use regular phone. "My grandmother can’t be bothered with typing in a 9 digit number to call me. In fact she usually asks someone else to dial the number if it’s not already on speed dial. Unfortunately even speed dial isn’t enough for grammy. She wants it easier."

T-Phone tries to make thigs a little bit easier with its RFID badge dialing system. "You get a bunch of RFID tagged badges to program someone’s number and even insert their picture. When grammy wants to call someone, all she has to do is place the badge on the call button and press it. The phone reads the RFID information in the badge and dials the number."

Continue reading 19.10.2007. 14:00

Motorola to join Sony Ericsson in ownership of UIQ

Sony Ericsson and Motorola, Inc. (NYSE:MOT) today announced a definitive agreement under which Motorola will acquire a 50% interest in UI Holdings BV, the parent company of UIQ Technology AB, which is currently wholly owned by Sony Ericsson. Under the agreement, Motorola and Sony Ericsson will work together and jointly invest in the development of the UIQ open user interface platform. Terms of the agreement were not disclosed. As previously announced, Sony Ericsson acquired UIQ Technology from Symbian Ltd in February 2007.

UIQ Technology licenses the UIQ open user interface and development platform to mobile phone vendors around the world. Motorola and Sony Ericsson are committed to further advancing UIQ as a strong, independent cross-vendor user interface for smartphones and media-centric phones. Today’s announcement should be seen as an invitation to other mobile device vendors to participate in the UIQ community, either as shareholders or licensees.

Continue reading 15.10.2007. 17:42

UIQ Technology announces nine new partners

UIQ Technology, provider of the open user interface software platform, UIQ, to world leading mobile phone manufacturers, today announced nine (9) new partners that are all joining the UIQ Partner Program; UIQ Alliance.

"This announcement not only demonstrates our continued commitment to provide accessible partner applications and services for our customers, but also the rapid growth and market acceptance of our partner program and our product, UIQ" says Elisabet Melin, VP Marketing. "We are very pleased to welcome our new partners into the UIQ Alliance and look forward to a good cooperation."

The purpose of UIQ Alliance is to shorten time-to-market when creating UIQ phones. UIQ Alliance is a business case driven partner program giving early access to UIQ releases, roadmap updates, joint marketing, technical support and other.

Continue reading 15.10.2007. 12:55

K850i and W910i will reach the shops within October

Sony Ericsson also confirmed today that two new flagship phones, the K850 Cyber-shot phone and W910 Walkman phone (both announced in June), will reach the shops within October. Just in time for the Xmas rush, you can get even more from these two phones with either the Portable Bluetooth Speaker MBS-100 or the Bluetooth Car Handsfree HCB-105.

Continue reading 11.10.2007. 11:27

Sony Ericsson Q3 2007 results - Continuing strong

Q3 Highlights:
- Year-on-year volume growth of 31%
- Continued volume growth driven by profitable lower priced phones
- Good market reaction to new slider form-factor of W580 Walkman® phone
- Successful launch of Sony Ericsson P1 smartphone

Units shipped in the quarter reached approximately 26 million, a 31% increase compared to the same period last year. Sales for the quarter were Euro 3,108 million, representing a year-on-year increase of 7%. Income before taxes for the quarter was Euro 384 million, representing a year-on-year decrease of 11%, which reflects the exceptional third quarter the company experienced in 2006. Net income for the quarter was Euro 267 million. In line with Sony Ericsson expectations, the increase in low- and mid-tier priced phones in the product portfolio in the third quarter resulted in a decline in Average Selling Price (ASP) to Euro 120.

Continue reading 11.10.2007. 09:36