Sony Ericsson is about to beef-up its marketing activities with one of the areas “affected” to be its so called Ambassador Programme. In an interview to the British Mobile magazine, the company’s marketing director Dave Hilton said there will be 1,000 ambassadors by the end of May, which is up from current total of around…
Sony Ericsson confirms it will be affected by the Japan earthquake
Sony Ericsson confirms its business will be affected by the earthquake and tsunami that has ravaged Northern Japan. The handset manufacturer operates out of Tokyo and all 1100 employees and its two offices were safe following the natural disaster. Though it emerged relatively unscathed from the earthquake, Sony Ericsson’s component suppliers in Northern Japan have…
Sony Ericsson keeping it creepy with new Xperia Play ad
When Sony Ericsson released its first Xperia Play TV spot last month, the ad was nothing short of the word “creepy.” What was initially thought to be an ad just to grab some attention now looks to be just the beginning, as Sony Ericsson’s new ad continues the story of the opposable thumb-toting Android guy…
Sony Ericsson Xperia Arc, Xperia Neo to come with pre-installed Canal+ app in France
Sony Ericsson will be pre-installing Canal+ mobile application to its Xperia Arc and Xperia Neo Android smartphones sold in France. As a result, users who grab one of the two phones will see a Canal+ icon on their phones’ homescreens from where they will be able to get free mobile TV. Of course even if…
Sony Ericsson Xperia Neo caught at Amazon.de with a price tag of 345 EUR
In case you wondered how much the Sony Ericsson Xperia Neo will cost once released, we have an answer for you. The “news” comes from Amazon.de, Amazon.com’s German subsidiary, which currently accepts pre-orders for the device. The red version is the cheapest, having a price tag of 345 EUR. The more expensive ones are blue…
Leaked Sony Ericsson Windows Phone 7 handset is a cancelled prototype
After a morning of rumors, it appears as if that Sony Ericsson Windows Phone 7 handset is not arriving anytime in the near (or distant) future. Earlier today, Mr. Blurrycam made an appearance with a series of photos that supposedly showcased an unreleased Windows phone from SE. The mobile phone was a landscape slider with…
Leak: Sony Ericsson Windows Phone 7 handset with slide out QWERTY keyboard
Several blurry cameraphone pictures of a yet to be announced Sony Ericsson smartphone have made their way onto the internets. What we’re looking at here is a device that runs Windows Phone 7, has a slide out QWERTY keyboard, and that’s pretty much all we know. When will this handset be announced, how much will…
Sony Ericsson Walkman smartphones returning to the market?
File this under “rumors” but also under “it makes perfect sense.” As you can see from a poster image above, Sony Ericsson is (or that’s “may be”) working on a new Walkman smartphone. Last time we’ve seen the Swedish-Japanese company in the “Walkman smartphone action,” they released the Symbian UIQ3-powered W960i. Even before that, they’ve…
Virgin Mobile first to bring Sony Ericsson Xperia Play to France
As we all know the Sony Ericsson Xperia Play is set to hit be released later this month. Verizon is Sony Ericsson’s launch partner in the U.S., Rogers in Canada and there will be multiple partners for the UK launch. What about the rest of the world? We’re hearing that Virgin Mobile may get to…
Hands-on: Sony Ericsson Xperia Play Android smartphone at GDC 2011
We were hanging out at the GDC 2011 conference yesterday and got some more time with the Sony Ericsson Xperia Play and we got a bigger look at its gaming powers. The Xperia Play is the first PlayStation-certified smartphone and it will pack a slide-out dpad for gaming. The cool thing about it is that…