Covering the latest from Sony Ericsson mobile phones and technology. We dig up all the rumours, announcements and releases as soon as they become available.
During the quarter of Sony Ericson, it already shipped 10.4 million units which makes it fewer than the 11 million that it shipped in the previous quarter. The latest ship makes a twenty-six percent decrease year-over-year from the 14.1 million units it shipped during the same quarter in the year of 2009.
The famous Sony Ericsson said on friday that it was able to turn a modest third-quarter profit, but could not deny a shortage of parts for its premium Android devices affected sales of their high-end smartphones. And these give enough evidence to fall short of market expectations. But the company is still on the run.
The Market research company Nielsen has just recently analyzed data from more than 60,000 US mobile phone service subscribers in April to June and found out that teens send and receive 3,339 text messages every month. This makes up eight percent from the previous years recorded in their data gathered.
Sony is pleased to announce that it is launching a new video streaming service that will definitely work on internet-connected Bravia television, PlayStation 3’s, Blu-ray disc players. The company is in its attempt to challenge the Apple’s dominance over the digital entertainment area. Their service is a lot more different than that of Apple which sells music by track or album. With its newest music streaming service, the company is able to deliver digital content such as games and e-books. Sony truly prepared this breakthrough since it teamed up with Google and Intel to bring internet-connected “smart televisions” to the living room.
Sony Ericson is pleased to announce its newest pride, the two new colors for Xperia™ X10 mini – the Azure Blue and Pink. The X10 mini features Google™ Android 1.6 which makes it possible to be upgraded to Android 2.1 in the long run. The X10 mini supports covers 240×320 pixels(QVGA), 16,777,216 color touch screen display, 600MHz processor Micro USB connector and a lot more. The Xperia™X10 mini also has smaller weight and size compared to other phones available in the market, making it a lot more portable and comfortable to use.
Sony Ericson fans were greatly dismayed when the Xperia X10 hit the states but was sporting only the Android 1.6. A controversial leaked roadmap for the Xperia line has shown an Android 2.1 and nothing more. The mention in the roadmap of Android 2.2 was never heard. Because of the frustrating incident, a lot of people are thinking that Sony Ericson has no fighting chance in the new smartphone market. Most of the people are thinking that Apple and BlackBerry ate the popularity of the company, not unless it got some superphones in hand.
Sony Ericsson launched new software for Vivaz™ pro which includes some new features like a New Facebook™ and RoadSync™ panels on the standby screen, better phone start up time, better performance and functionality for YouTube™, Facebook™, RoadSync™ and Barcode Reader, better operations in the areas of W-LAN, MMS and Internet and improved Video quality especially in MPEG4 format.
Aspen™. SE-Fist.com by Sony Ericsson has launched its new device with an aggressive marketing with a nice unboxing video of Sony Ericsson Aspen™. Based on Windows Mobile OS and features 2.4″ QVGA TFT touchscreen display, QWERTY-keyboard, a 3.2 megapixel camera, Bluetooth™, aGPS, Wi-Fi™ and 3.5 mm audio jack. The phone sizes 117 x 60 x 12.45 mm and weights 130 grams. Sony Ericsson Aspen™ will be available in two colors: Iconic Black and White Silver.
AT&T’s latest Android smartphone, the Sony Ericsson Xperia X10, is powered by a 1GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon processor, and is priced at $150 and with a 4-inch 854 x 480 pixel touchscreen display. The built quality of the Xperia X10 is solid, but despite a nice hardware build, its software was a bit of a letdown. It also features two white LED notification lights next to the phone’s hardware buttons just below the display.
Finally after the dust has settled on the Android phone melee it is a great relief to see a Symbian Device being released? Sony Ericsson Product manager talks about the introduction of Vivaz Pink to the Vivaz family on its Blog channel. He talks about the features and the looks of the new product. The company has received a very good feedback about its designs and choice of colors. Especially the color pink has been received well and the add. Which shows different models shedding their clothes of the same color have also clicked and appeals to the viewer.