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Over the last couple of weeks, we’ve been keeping tabs on Sony Ericsson’s Kurara, which has promised to be a reasonably impressive Symbian device with an 8 megapixel camera and 3.2” WVGA touchscreen. Little had been said about an official launch before today, but a press release has been issued and quickly retracted, possibly a slip-up in preparation for the Mobile World Congress next month. Clearly, Sony Ericsson isn’t abandoning Symbian in favour of their ostensibly sexier Android pursuits, especially if the Vivaz is taken into account with their developer strategy for both mobile operating systems. Apparently, Vivaz will be coming to “select markets” (read: Asia and Europe) sometime this quarter at a rumoured price point of $670 – $750. I wonder what’s going on with that slider variant and if we’ll see it around MWC next month as well… I guess we’ll find out soon enough, eh?
[via PhoneArena]
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Simon Sage’s education largely surrounded writing, technology and online community, leading him to begin his blogging career at www.BlackBerryCool.com and to quickly discover a vibrant and active community surrounding BlackBerry and mobile technology. In exploring RIM’s platform, he has learned what enterprises are looking for in mobility as well as what makes the innocuous BlackBerry so appealing to them. Recently Simon’s been covering RIM’s gradual move into an already-crowded consumer market, and the impact of burgeoning challengers, such as the iPhone, as well as long-time leaders, like Nokia, on BlackBerry’s advancement. With plenty of content under his belt, Simon will be branching off a bit to see what other smartphone manufacturers are working on while still using BlackBerry as a barometer. At IntoMobile, you can count on his posts being even-handed, well-informed and thought-out.
