If the headline sounds bitter, it’s because we are. For longer than we care to remember, Sony (and its mobile phone manufacturing joint venture, Sony Ericsson) has been pushing their proprietary Memory Stick format on the world – only to find that their arm-twisting tactics did little more than frustrate and annoy the mass market.…
Sony Ericsson blitzes the unlocked market with Sony Ericsson W995a Multimedia Phone!
Sony Ericsson is continuing to expand their influence in the unlocked GSM cellphone market with the launch of their latest multimedia beast, the Sony Ericsson W995a Multimedia phone. Following its trip through the FCC’s labs, the Sony Ericsson W995a is now available for pre-order through SonySyle.com and comes unlocked and ready to roam whatever wireless…
Is this the Sony Ericsson Xperia 2?
We had heard an off-hand mention of the Sony Ericsson X2 from Skyhook, now we’re getting some leaked eye candy of what is apparently code-named “Vulcan”. The earlier mention said the next Xperia would also be running Windows Mobile, but aside from that, we don’t know much about this sucker. It definitely looks like a…
Sony Ericsson announcing “eco” phones June 4th
Early June is really shaping up to be an exciting week in the mobile world. Just a couple days before the Palm Pre is scheduled to go live across the US, Sony Ericsson will be announcing their latest “eco” phones. Come June 4th, our favorite Japanese-Swedish phone maker will unveil the latest set of mobile…
Sony Ericsson XPERIA X1 firmware update goes live with better signal reception
If your pricey Sony Ericsson XPERIA X1 has left you wanting a little more in the way of cell-signal reception, you’ll be happy to hear that the Sony Ericsson XPERIA X1 firmware update that we’d been expecting is now live and ready to boost the signal strength on your high-end WinMo smartphone. The XPERIA X1…
Video: New Sony Ericsson device commercials
Just a day after Sony Ericsson announced new “Entertainment Unlimited” devices, we caught the promo videos on YouTube. As you’re about to see, the Swedish-Japanese handset maker has high hopes for the unveiled trio: Yari, Aino and Satio. Without further ado, here they are: Sony Ericsson Yari
Sony Ericsson launches PlayNow arena with movies
It’s not just the three phones Sony Ericsson has announced today. The Swedish-Japanese company also unveiled PlayNow arena with movies, a bundled movie service which will come included out-of-the-box for selected handsets. In that sense, when bundled with the device purchase, you can think of it as a version of Nokia’s Comes With Music scheme,…
Sony Ericsson announces three new phones: Yari, Aino and Satio!
At today’s press conference, Sony Ericsson has announced three very interesting devices as part of their Entertainment Unlimited series. Let’s briefly go through each one of them, shall we. But before we do that, let me add that all three phones are 3G-enabled (HSPA), and all come with a built-in GPS receiver (A-GPS), accelerometer (for…
Rogers Welcomes the 8.1 Megapixel Sony Ericsson C905 Cyber-Shot
It’s been a long time coming, but finally, the Sony Ericsson C905 Cyber-shot has arrived in Canada via Rogers Wireless! The 8.1MP C905 Cyber-shot is sure to please those with a bit of a ‘shutter bug’ in the system. The device comes with a Xenon flash, 16x digital zoom, smile and face detection, image stabilizer,…
First Sony Ericsson Android Phone to Run OS 2.0
We had heard that Sony Ericsson was going to get on the Android bandwagon, but at a recent event,VP of Marketing, Peter Ang, said that the their Android handset would be coming out soon with version 2 of Android, along with their own personal tweaks. Cupcake was considered version 1.5 of Google’s mobile operating system,…