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Users Reporting Cracks Appearing On Certain XPERIA X1 Hardware(2)

December 28, 2008

A forum topic on xda-developers.com has exploded with responses in regards to cracks showing up on certain Silver XPERIA X1 cell phones. The affected range of phones, with most made in Europe, seem to be somewhere around 08W44-08W46 production week (found on your phone’s information sticker), with consumers reporting cracks near the stylus compartment and [...]

Users Reporting Cracks Appearing On Certain XPERIA X1 Hardware

Rumor: Sony Ericsson To Drop HTC For Taiwanese Mobinnova

Sony Ericsson plans to outsource its second Windows Mobile-based smartphone to Taiwan-based Mobinnova, a handset maker under Foxconn Electronics (Hon Hai Precision Industry), instead of cooperating with its current production partner High Tech Computer (HTC), according to a Chinese-language Commercial Times report. Sony Ericsson is still going to be expanding its lineup of Windows Mobile [...]

Sony Updates ACIDPlanet.com And Introduces Free Xpress7

ACIDplanet.com is the Internet’s premier site for music, video and unique artists. It’s home to a growing online community of exciting, individual digital musicians and videographers. It has been a popular venture for Sony, and with the advice of its community and in-house designers, have updated the website with a new look and new features.
At [...]

Sony Ericsson to Adopt Android OS

As we reported earlier SE has been entertaining the idea of using Google’s OS in their phones and indeed we learned that Sony joined the Open Handset Alliance and will show off some phones next spring. We will see in resale cheaper SE phones running Android as early as in summer of 2009.
So it [...]

Sony Ericsson and Playfon Launch PlayNowTM in Ukraine

Sony Ericsson introduced PlayNow™ in February 2004 as the easiest way to pre-listen and then purchase polyphonic ringtones directly to cell phone. The service has proved a hit with consumers and is now available in 32 countries around the world, with annual free and premium downloads through both PlayNow and Fun & Downloads having reached [...]

slotMusic Spotted At Best Buy

I was randomly in Best Buy the other day looking for an iPhone car charger when I happened to spot a slotMusic display we wrote about previously. The packaging for the slotMusic is attractive, easily noticeable and near the front of the store. I would say that most people who have MicroSD slots know they [...]

It Won’t Be Too Long Till We Have 12 Megapixel Cameraphones

Sony Corporation today announced the commercialization of “IMX060PQ”, a new type 1/2.5 CMOS image sensor “Exmor™” for use in camera enabled mobile phones that leverages Sony’s proprietary formation technology to realize the industry’s smallest unit cell size (1.4µm), and the industry’s highest pixel count*1 (12.25 effective megapixel resolution). “IMX060PQ” is designed to meet the increasing [...]

Engadget Mobile Reviews Sony XPERIA X1

One of our favorite blogs, Engadget Mobile, has acquired the Sony Ericsson XPERIA X1 and reviewed it accordingly. Overall, their impressions are fairly positive, perhaps the best we’ve seen for a Windows Mobile device. However, there are certainly some issues in the user interface that are make this video from the Senior Designer questionable. Engadget [...]

Sony XPERIA X1 Finally Hits US

SE has kept its word about its on time release of Xperia X1 phone in the US. SonyStyle.com will be accepting pre-orders soon, so if your 800 Benjamin crisp bills have been sitting under the mattress waiting to be handed over, check out the press release from its North Carolina headquarters and see if this [...]

Sony Ericsson C905 Photographic Competition

Love photography? Love your mobile? Love the glamour of the red-carpet? Now your passion can earn you a role as an official Sony Ericsson photographer. Just grab your camera and start sharing the results on Flickr. And you could also win a C905 Cyber-shot(TM) cameraphone with 8.1 megapixel camera along the way, too.
Sony Ericsson C905 [...]

Sony Ericsson XPERIA X1a Coming to Best Buy In Early December

A tipster has informed the website BoyGeniusReport (a personal favorite of mine) about the release date of the highly-anticipated Windows Mobile phone by Sony - the XPERIA X1. Known officially in the USA as the XPERIA X1a, it will go on sale (fully unlocked) around December 7th for a whopping $799. Fortunately, most consumers who [...]

Manufacturing Delays Slow Down Xperia Outing

According to IDG News Service, Xperia is experiencing some delays in manufactoring and therefore might not get into your hands as soon as you wanted it to (talking about EU market here).
The company said the manufacturing delays were caused by a lack of certain materials.
“We don’t want to go into detail regarding which materials are [...]

Sony Ericsson C905 Advertisement Uses Phone For Shoot

An upcoming advertisement for the Sony Ericsson C905 8.1 megapixel camera phone in FHM (December ‘08), Sony issued a unique proposition to the photographer of the shoot. Instead of using a traditional camera, the photographer was instructed to shoot with the C905 phone. The results are rather impressive. Bauer Media developed the creative idea to [...]

Rumored Sony Ericsson Lineup For 2009 Revealed

The 2009 hardware lineup for Sony Ericsson has been revealed by the rather reputable rumor source cellphonesail.net. There are several interesting changes and additions, such as GPS, Wi-fi and more intuitive Walkman software. These rumored features don’t seem very far-fetched but we don’t have any way to authenticate them at this time. However, it wouldn’t [...]

Never Get Lost Again: Wayfinder + Sony Ericsson

Wayfinder announced today that it has extended its agreement with Sony Ericsson which will enable Wayfinder to preload a richer, longer term navigation offering on a range of current and future Sony Ericsson mobile phones. The Wayfinder Navigator(TM) application brings affordable, mobile phone-based navigation to the mass market. It allows consumers to download Tele Atlas-based maps [...]

Sony Ericsson’s W350i ‘Sex And The City’ Edition

Sony Ericsson has announced the W350i - Sex and the City edition. The limited edition ivory white W350i comes with a memory stick preloaded with the movie’s OST, three wallpapers, and the video song, “Labels or Love” by Fergie. The Sony Ericsson W350i is a mid-level ranged mobile phone that adds to the Walkman series portfolio. [...]

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