You guyz must have heared about the latest C510 and its smile shutter technology? If no then here it is. This technology detects the person’s smile and takes the best pic! This feature is available in C905 and C510 which is soon arriving in market! Now for old C905 users, an update will be available soon around the beginning of upcoming march which will update your phone’s software[firmware] and get you this feature! You can update your phones with sony ericsson update service or manually through flashing.

Sony ericsson has not yet declared regarding this feature to be delivered with other cybershot phones.

This feature was originally first time delivered in sony cybershot digital cameras.

Through this we can understand the now company is trying to make no difference between a digital camera and a high tech cybershot phone!

Sony Ericsson announced its first mobile phone with Smile Shutter technology, wrapped up in its most affordable Cyber-shot phone to date; the C510 Cyber-shot. The Smile Shutter technology will also be added to the 8.1 megapixel camera phone C905 Cyber-shot, launched in November 2008. The old users can upgrade their C905

The accessible C510 Cyber-shot handset is jammed packed with the highest quality imaging technology and encased in a stylish handset design expected from Sony Ericsson.

Beautifully simple C510 Cyber-shot features include:

• Reliable 3.2 megapixel Cyber-shot camera
• Smile Shutter – clever technology that detects a person’s smile and immediately takes the photo!
• Face Detection – focusing technology of up to three faces at a time
• Auto-rotation – alter the landscape and portrait view by rotating the mobile phone
• Snapfish by HP – pre-installed application allows users to send print orders from the phone to Snapfish and have quality photo prints delivered to their homes.
• YouTube  enabled – upload your videos and images straight to the web
• Photo Fix – adjust light balance, brightness and contrast simultaneously
• SMS conversation style – see your entire SMS conversation history at a glance
• Slide in lens cover and illuminated imaging Shortcuts
• Auto focus – take the best shot

TM506 is First Sony Ericsson Handset to Support T-Mobile’s AWS Spectrum

Research Triangle Park, N.C. – August 21, 2008 – Sony Ericsson today announced the expansion of its carrier channels in the U.S. to include wireless leader T-Mobile USA, starting with the launch of the TM506 in early September. Sony Ericsson will now reach more than 31 million wireless subscribers through this partnership. The TM506, Sony Ericsson’s first handset supporting T-Mobile’s AWS spectrum (1700/2100), is a compact and stylish clamshell phone that delivers an exceptional Web experience in an eye-catching design.

“The TM506 not only signifies Sony Ericsson’s expanding U.S. portfolio of handsets, but more importantly, that we have forged a strong and promising relationship with T-Mobile,” said Najmi Jarwala, president of Sony Ericsson North America. “With the launch of the TM506 with T-Mobile, Sony Ericsson is positioned to offer more choice of mobile handsets for a broader range of U.S. consumer segments at a variety of price points.”

“T-Mobile continues its 3G network deployment across the country, and we’re pleased to leverage Sony Ericsson’s 3G handset experience to help deliver the benefits of our next-generation network to our customers,” said Cole Brodman, chief technology and innovation officer, T-Mobile USA. “The Sony Ericsson TM506 is a compelling, feature-rich phone with a vibrant display that our customers will enjoy using to connect with the important people in their lives.”

For more:

http://www.sonyericsson.com/cws/companyandpress/pressreleases/pressrelease/pressreleaseoverview/tm506-20080821?lc=en&cc=us

Sony and Sandisk has announced a giant leap in storage capacity for the Memory Stick memory card. The new card format is named Memory Stick format for Extended High Capacity

SanDisk Corporation and Sony Corporation today announced the joint development of two expanded formats that will shape the flash memory landscape for years to come. “Memory Stick format for Extended High Capacity (Tentative name)” expands the “Memory Stick PRO” format series to achieve a maximum storage capacity of 2-terabytes (TB), while the “Memory Stick HG Micro” format enables a maximum data-transfer speed of 60 megabytes per second (MB/s), making it one of the fastest-smallest memory card formats to date. Format licensing corresponding to the “Memory Stick format for Extended High Capacity” and the “Memory Stick HG Micro” is scheduled to start in 2009.