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2 Hot New Music Phones for music buffs
Music buffs across the world have two hot new models to grab, as Sony Ericsson and LG announced their latest models.
We bring you the inside information on both models as the expected Indian launch for both handsets is slated to be early 2008.
Sony Ericsson W890 Walkman Phone
Sony Ericsson launched its walkman model W880 a few months ago. It has now launched W890, its successor, with additional features. This handset is designed for entertainment and boasts features such as music, video, 3D games and high-speed web access.
We covered the handset a few weeks ago. For more pictures click here.
Specifications:
• W890i UMTS/HSDPA 2100, GSM/GPRS 850/900/1800/1900
• 240×320 pixels
• 262K TFT, QVGA
• 28MB user free memory
• External memory- Up to 4GB with Memory Stick Micro (M2)
• Java™ Platform 8 (JP-8) Continue reading “2 Hot New Music Phones for music buffs”
Sony Ericsson P5i Mobile Handset
Sony’s upcoming Sony Ericsson P5i has been spied open recently. According to a Esato forum member who claims to be a beta tester, the p5i features a 2.8 inch (640 x 480) VGA LCD Screen,
Sony Ericsson revamps Web presence.
Sony Ericsson is revamping its web presence. The company has a new Press Center webpage, which you can see here. Browsing press material is pretty easy now with this new interface.
Sony Ericsson’s UK homepage has also been through some major design changes, which you can see here.
Sony Ericsson has realized that apart from good imaging (K Series) & music experience (W Series), web presence also matters.
Sony Ericsson W960i Live Pictures
Dailymobile.se just posted some live pictures of the Sony Ericsson W960i which might come any time to India. The phone is a Nokia N95 and Apple Iphone competitor with touchscreen , wifi and the likes.
The phone has 8GB of memory and a TV quality screen and a 3.2 Megapixel Camera
Sony Ericsson P1i with BlackBerry Connect v4.0 in India soon
Sony Ericsson P1i, a 3G Touch screen phone will now come pre-loaded with the BlackBerry Connect software v4.0. This announcement was made on 22 November 2007.
The handset will be available in select countries in the Asia Pacific region, including Australia, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, Taiwan and Thailand.
Continue reading “Sony Ericsson P1i with BlackBerry Connect v4.0 in India soon”
Sony Ericsson W380i walkman phone
Sony Ericsson added one more low end phone to its walkman phone range – Sony Ericsson W380i Walkman phone
Sony Ericsson TrackID functionality
You can store upto 271 songs on the 512 MB card or tune in to the nearest FM Radio Station.
Hear a song on the radio you don’t recognise but really like? Use the W380’s TrackID feature to tag a clip from the phone’s radio (or any external source) and find out instantly who sings it, what it’s called and which album it’s from.The TrackID functionality, available on the W380, the W890 and a host of other Walkman phones – is one of the phones most popular features. Latest figures show that every second, someone, somewhere, is using TrackID™ to identify a song they love.
Sony Ericsson Gesture Control Feature
This W830 phone comes with the new gesture control feature which lets you mute calls or silence the alarm with a wave of your hand.The W380’s Gesture Control feature allows true ‘handsfree’ handling of your calls for the first time – show it off to your friends!
Sony Ericsson W830i Price and Availability
This clamsheel phone will be available for purchase in early 2008 in 2 colors Electric Purple and Magnetic Grey.
Theres also a 512 MB memory card in the package
Now word on the pricing yet
For Specs and Price check out our Sony Ericsson W380i phone page
Sony Ericsson W890i
Sony Ericsson W890i is the successor to the popular W880i
The W890i sporst a 3.2 Mega Pixel Camera and is hardly 9.9mm thick
Im sure SE fans will drool at the pics below
Theres also a 2GB MemoryStick Micro M2 card which ships along with the device
This phone might be available by early 2008
Sony Ericsson K770 Cybershot
The K770 is the latest addition to the Sony Ericsson cybershot series of phones. It was announced in London today.
Its just 14.5 mm thick and features a 3.2 Megapixel Camera and Memory Stick Micro (M2) expansion. Its a triband GSM / GPRS / 3G phone. No EDGE though. There stereo Bluetooth 2.0 with A2DP, FM Radio and Music / Video Playback
Its expected to be available from Q4 2007 in select markets. Pricing will be announced shortly.
Sony Ericsson announces 8 new phones for India
Some great news for Sony Ericsson fans in India. Thanks to a market demands in India – product launch divides between rest of the world and India is getting shorter. Until a year back, new mobile handsets would atleast 2-3 months or even more to surface in India.
Last week Sony Ericsson announced 8 new phones for the Indian market
P1i – the business smartphone
Walkman phones
W580i
W910i
W960i
Cybershot phones
K810i
k850i
and under the general category
S500i and the T650i
All the phones are expected to be available with all mobile retailers across the country immediately.
Sony Ericsson P1
Sony Ericsson P1 is a revolutionary phone which tries to redefine the definition of a Business Class phone.
The P1 is a notworthy competitor for the Nokia E90 Communicator and Nokia N95
Also the P1 will replace the P990 in the production line we suspect
Highlights
- 25% reduction in size compared to P990i
- Support for most mobile email protocols
- 3G, Wi-fi, bluetooth(stereo) ,Infrared
- 3.2 Megapixel Camera and a additional Video calling Camera
- Dual function keyboard,Stylus,Touchscreen
- Rich Media support
- Memory Stick Micro Expansion upto 4gb with 512 in package
Price and Availability
Expected to be available in Q3 2007 which is the current quarter in selected markets.
The phone might hit Indian market soon.
Get more info about the specifications here Sony Ericsson P1
Hello Moto becomes Hello Samsung as Motorola looses global market share
Samsung has raced past Motorola for the the 2nd spot in the global market share for mobile phones by shipping about 37 Million mobile phones this quarter.The growing list of handsets the Korean company has in its offering might be the reason.
Things are not so good for Motorola and have not managed something as spectacular since the RAZR about a couple of years back. Motorola’s top management might under go a change .It managed only about 35 Million shipments in the quarter and is seeing huge losses.
Sony Ericsson is till behind with about 25 million shipments.
Samsung’s success can been attributed to hits Ultra Line of handsets and also a lot of Entry level handsets for the emerging markets.(Both Moto and SE are trying to find an answer for this one )
Nokia is the market leader and is expected to announce its results for the quarter in a months time.
Sony Ericsson W960
The Sony Ericsson W960 is the successor to the W950i
Its the latest addition to the Walkman phones range .
Its Sony’s competitor for the Apple Iphone for sure
Specifications
- 8 GB Memory for all you iPod fans
- Wireless Wlan for business users and also Stereo Bluetooh
- 3.2 Megapixel Camera
- 2.6 Inch Touch sensitive display
- TV out
- Radio
- SymbianOS
Price and Availability
Expected to be available before end of 2007
Pricing : no official word on the price . Expected to cost 750- 800 USD which in the Indian context means that the phone will set you back by
Rs.33000 approximately
Sony Ericsson to set R&D unit for mobile phones in Chennai
After Nokia its Sony Ericsson which is going to be making handsets in this city of Chennai. The Indian mobile market is currently on a upward trend and there are so many handset brands available.
The Chennai research and development unit will be headed by Anders Grynge, who was previously based at the Sony Ericsson R&D centre in Sweden. The new facility will become part of Sony Ericsson’s global network of R&D units which currently comprises sites in China, Japan, Sweden, the Netherlands, the US and the UK.
via [Business Standard]
Press Release
New Delhi, India, 19 June 2007 – Sony Ericsson today announced that it is establishing a research and development unit for mobile phones in Chennai, India. The move follows closely on the company’s January announcement of sourcing local manufacture of phones in Chennai with EMS partners Flextronics and Foxconn; with a production target of 10 million units by 2009. Today’s announcement is part of Sony Ericsson’s global strategy to strengthen its capabilities within the world’s fastest growing telecommunications market and generate the growth required to reach a top three position in the global handset market.
Sony Ericsson K810 Cyber-shot Cameraphone launched
The K810 is an upgraded version of the K790,K800 . Its a true cyber-shot phone with a 3.2 Megapixel image stabilized Camera, Auto-focus,Xenon Flash. It also sports a secondary video-call camera in the front.Network is Tri-band with 3G.
Interestingly there’s no EDGE but there’s Bluetooth and USB .
No pricing information is out yet. But the phone must be available for purchase in by Q2 this year.
Memory Expansion is the form of Memory Stick Micro – it comes with a 128MB card in addition to the 64MB onboard.
Highlights
- Cam
- Slim Form Factor
- Looks
- Lack of EDGE support
- Pricing ( This phone might be expensive)