Tag: SONY ERICSSON

Based on its current balance sheets, Sony Ericsson, Sony's "mobile device" brand, is struggling to stay alive in a world full of iPhones and BlackBerrys. This, among other things, is going to mean going back to the technological drawing board. And if the company can make good on its most recent patent, it may just be on to something. "Generating music playlist based on facial expression," is ...

Great news for anyone who's looking to pinch some pennies -- Skype is partnering with Nokia to get its software on the company's newest phones. The first phone to have the cheapo program will be the N97 smartphone, debuting in June. The phone, and its N-series brethren, will include Skype in its address book to show users when their contacts are online for calls and instant messaging. Using the ...

It's a beautiful autumn day, and you're out in the wooded path beyond the railroad tracks just taking it all in and killing some time. Hey, what's that? Why, it's the cutest bunny rabbit you've ever seen! Time to pull out that 8-megapixel C905 and... oh, this sucks, you actually have to press a button to zoom in and out! Screw this noise -- you're a visionary photographer, not a manual laborer. ...

When a press release is laced with words like "handbag," "sophisticated," and "vibrates," it's clearly targeting the fairer sex. Sony Ericsson's new MBW-200 watches display caller ID and rumble on the wrist when a call comes in to your Bluetooth connected cellphone. You can then reject or mute the call directly from the watch. The Fossil designed, glare- and scratch-resistant time keepers come ...

It's Bond time again and that means the inevitable glut of merchandizing tie-ins. First out of the gate is a limited edition Titanium silver Sony Ericsson C902 Cyber-shot which does the honor of promoting the release of the latest 007 exploit dubbed 'Quantum of Solace.' Besides the color, 007-themed wallpapers, screen savers, and "spy-style" game demo, the C902 slider that actor Daniel Craig ...

Like a dagger through Motorola's heart, we're sure, Sony Ericsson's collaboration with tennis superstar Maria Sharapova is starting to pay dividends with the Maria Sharapova Design Collection of custom phone accessories. Launching in the third quarter, wares include the 'Courtside Case,' Excercise Case, Travel Wallet, and 'Party Bag' -- at least three of which we weren't aware we needed -- but the ...

No surprises here, but at least Sony Ericsson's C905 Cyber-shot is now official. As a camera, we're talking Xenon flash, face detection, image stabilization and 8.1 megapixels crammed into a tiny sensor of unspecified make or dimensions. As a phone, we're looking at quad-band GSM (9-hours talk / 380 hours standby) and tri-band UMTS/HSDPA 850/1900/2100 on the C905a worldphone variant. It also ...

We couldn't make it out to the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona -- a big international cell-phone conference focused mainly on GSM-style world phones -- but our good friends over at Engadget were able to make the trek and are sending back reports from the front line of cellular and mobile computing technologies. All the usual suspects are there, Samsung, Nokia, even Motorola are showing off ...

We speculated last month whether Sony Ericsson's new "XPERIA" marque would be a one-off or an entire new line of phones. Now we have confirmation that it'll be the latter, thanks to details on the new XPERIA X1, a so-called "arc-slider" that has a curved sliding QWERTY keyboard. The device delivers a wide, 3-inch touch-sensitive display and a 3.2-megapixel camera on the back, along with ...

We can't help but think that cell phone makers are starting to get a little too cutesy for their own good when it comes to naming their phones. Seemingly gone are the days of the good 'ol model number, replaced by exciting or mysterious sounding names meant to individualize phones. Motorola has long had the four-letter "we hate vowls" thing going with their line. Palm has branched out from endless ...

With the launch of the iPhone officially out of the way, Tech Digest has gotten down to business talking about things other than the iPhone. The first order of business: taking note of the fact that other anticipated cell phones do exist. The Tech Digest guys have compiled a list of the most hotly anticipated phones, all of which are slated to be released later this year. Included on the list ...