• Phones those Got Introduced in the Sony Ericsson Family-

Sony Ericsson Xperia X10, SE’s flagship phone, sports a huge 4 inch capacitive AMOLED screen( 480 x 854 pixels) , an 8 MP camera with flash (3264×2448 pixels), autofocus, strong LED flash with touch focus, image stabilization, geo-tagging, face and smile detection.

Connectivity includes GPRS, EDGE,3G, Wi-Fi (802.11b) Bluetooth (v2.1 with A2DP) and v2.0 microUSB. It comes with internal memory of 1 GB storage, 384 MB RAM and extendable up to 32GB (8GB card included). It doesn’t have radio included but A-GPS is supported.

Comes in the Sensuous Black, Luster White colors.

X10 Mini Pro

Sony Ericsson Xperia X10 mini and Xperia X10 mini pro

There’s not much difference between mini and mini pro except the fact that mini pro has a Qwerty keypad for faster typing. And X10 mini pro weights 120 g whereas X10 mini weighs only 88 g.  Common features features include the following-

Both phones run on Android 1.6 and has a processor of Qualcomm MSM7227 600MHz. A 2.55 inches TFT touchscreen, 16 M colors, and

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240*320 display which is scratch resistant, has Accelerometer sensor for UI auto-rotate andTimescape UI. Both phones include a 5 MP with image capture of 2560х1920 pixels, autofocus and LED flash.

Standard Wifi, 3G, GPRS, EDGE, A-GPS v2.0 A2DP Bluetooth, v2.0 microUSB are connectivity features. None of the phones include an Infrared port. A 3.5 mm jack is added to both the phones.

Internal memory includes 128 MB with a card slot expandable upto 16 GB (2 GB included).

X10 mini pro is available in black and red. X10 mini has more shades available, namely, pearl white, black, pink, lime, red, silver.

Sony Ericsson Xperia X8 looks like Xperia X10. It runs on Android 1.6 OS with Timescape (SE promises to update it to 2.2 by the third quarter of this year); sports a 3 inch capacitive touchscreen display with 320×480 HVGA resolution; supports both 2G and 3G networks and includes a 3.2 MP camera with no flash but video recording(@30f/s), Facebook picture upload support and Geo-tagging are possible.

Other features include the 3.5 mm headphone port, 128 MB internal memory, extendable upto 16 GB, v2.0 Bluetooth, Stereo FM and WiFi. The phone is light (104g)compared to other phones in this range . It also includes A-GPS.

Sony EricssonYendo is a non 3G 2.6 inches TFT resistive touchscreen (256K colors) phone with 240 x 320 pixels and 2 MP (image capture of 1600×1200 pixels), without flash and a CPU of 156 MHz. It supports GPRS and EDGE. Wifi, GPS and Infrared Port are not included in the model. Java MIDP 2.0 is supported.

A standard walkman player with shake control, facebook and twitter apps are included.

It has a bizarre internal memory, only 5 MB and is extendable upto 16 GB. It comes in the following colors -black, blue, green, orange, pink, purple, red, silver, white and yellow.

Sony Ericsson Cedar Greenheart is a non-touchscreen phone with 2.2 inches screen (240*320 pixels) with a 2 MP camera (1600*1200 pixels). Video recording is possible at VGA 30f/s.

GPRS, EDGE and 3G are available. Data can be transferred via bluetooth (v2.0 A2DP) and microUSB (v2.0)

Other features include the addition of YouTube, Facebook, MySpace, Twitter apps and an intelligent Widget manager.

This model is available in black/silver and black/red.

Sony Ericsson Spiro has a 240 x 320 pixels, 2.2 inches display. It has a 2 MP, 1600×1200 pixels wide, a 5 MB internal memory extendable up to 16 GB. Stereo FM, GPRS, EDGE, Bluetooth, USB all are included in this model.

Its available in Contrast Black, Sunset Pink, Spring Green and  Stealth Black.

Sony Ericsson Zylo Walkman,  similar to Spiro has a TFT screen with 2 MP camera( 1600*1200 pixels) The phone measures 103 x 52 x 11.5 mm. SE Zylo weight compiles 115 g. The Sony Ericsson Zylo’s QVGA display measures 2.6 inches.

Other features include 3D gaming, Google Maps, stereo Bluetooth, Google Search, NetFront browser. The Sony Ericsson Zylo’s camera sports a 3.2 megapixels with video recording.

• Existing phone upgrades

Sony Ericsson Vivaz in Pink!

features Symbian OS S60 5th Edition, a 16.9 nHD wide 3.2″ 640×360 pixels (WVGA) 16,777,216 colour touchscreen display,an 8.1 megapixel camera with autofocus and image stabilization, face detection.

It runs on a 720MHz processor, 720p video capture and includes the standard 3.5 mm audio jack. Data connectivity includes a Micro USB connector, TV-out (VGA resolution), aGPS and Wi-Fi™.

Sony Ericsson Vivaz™ sizes 107 x 51.7 x 12.5 mm and weights only 97 grams.

• Vivaz got a new version- Vivaz Pro. This new model differs from Vivaz very slightly, having a 5 MP camera (2560х1920 pixels)  autofocus, LED flash instead of 8 MP and a Qwerty keypad.

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Sony Ericsson Entertainment Unlimited Phones Aino and Satio get firmware upgrades making them less buggy and more effiicient and user-friendly. As we know, the two phones were going headlong down all thanks to Aino’s buggy touchscreen and Satio’s irredeemable software bugs.

Sony Ericsson, in a bid to save the phones from swooshing down the alleys, has gone a step further and upgraded the firmwares. The new firmware for Aino™, version – R7AA071 is already available for updating in SEUS.

Satio too, gets an update.

The new firmware gets version R1CA037 as opposed to R1BB041, a prior version. Once again, we must remember that SEUS is the application you wanna use in order to upgrade your firmware.

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Sony Ericsson is in the middle of a global tour to explain its app store strategy to a handpicked group of tier one developers.

The 15 location roadshow has been conceived to accelerate the creation of compelling apps for Sony Ericsson devices – with generous rewards offered in return.

In this exclusive interview, ME asked Christopher David, head of developer and partner engagement at Sony Ericsson, about all things app.

What’s the scope of this developer tour?

The roadshow is going to 15 locations including Nordics, Brazil, Asia, West and East Coast US, France, Germany and more. We plan to meet between 20 and 50 developers at each, and they’ll be the premier developers in their locations.

What are you looking to achieve?

Our mantra is accessibility. We’ll keep the barrier low with no submission fee or membership cost. We want to make the platform a one stop shop as far as possible. More specifically, we want to define a hero programme for the very best partners.

The aim is to build a business together, one with genuine rewards built in. We’re not looking for dozens of Sudoko games, but for apps that enhance the Sony Ericsson mobile experience. So there will be tangible benefits for our partners to include access to tools, distribution, marketing and position.

Give me an example.

Well, we would look to offer a ‘five days to portal’ promise.

What’s the backstory for the Sony Ericsson app store? You haven’t been as vocal as Nokia or Apple, for example.

We’ve been running an app store of sorts since 2002 when we launched Fun And Downloads and subsequently PlayNow. But obviously that was run on a selective basis.

So in the summer, we opened up the app marketplace to developers, and formed a partnership with Getjar too. The store is live in 69 countries, and accessible in 240m devices.

What is the process for developers looking to join in?

If they have an idea they want to nurture, they can submit concepts to Sony Ericsson Labs for incubation and comment by the community. Alternatively, they can go through submit.sonyericsson.com. We aim for a 30 day period from submission to the channel.

And the payments?

Time to money is very very important. We work on a 70:30 rev share and when the developer share reaches 500 euros they get paid automatically every 30 days.

How many apps are live now?

We have around 150 apps live with 400 in the pipeline. So far 90 per cent of apps have been approved. There’s the technical side: Does it launch? Does it fill the screen? Does it use touch where applicable and so on. But we’re also looking at products that enhance the proposition. And we’ve been pleasantly surprised by the high standard in this respect.

150 doesn’t seem like many in the light of Apple’s 75,000.

Well, as I said, we’re going for quality over quantity – and don’t forget we have GetJar for the long tail.

In the past, Sony Ericsson has been very amenable to operator concerns about what could be perceived as competitive services. Now that you’re ramping up your app store, does that remain the case?

Any phone can run PlayNow and Arena, but in major territories we’re looking at ways to integrate operator services with our own. We’ll make sure there’s always a channel that makes the best apps for Sony Ericsson available to Sony Ericsson users.

Mmm. What does that mean in practice? An operator store with a link to a Sony Ericsson channel?

Yes, obviously that’s one option – hypothetically.

With a rev share for the operator?

Hypothetically.

Finally, what’s the endgame with all of this? Apps can never generate the kind of revenues that hardware sales do, yet there’s huge effort and investment in services. Ultimately, what’s it all for?

Are we looking at massive profits from apps? Currently, no. But what we’re working towards are solutions that knit together a group of elements to deliver great consumer experiences – the hardware, OS, middleware, user interface and so on.

We know we can’t generate the best ideas solely from within our organisation, so we’re reaching out to developers.

And we’re doing it now because there’s a new era beginning at Sony Ericsson. The portfolio is very exciting, starting with the Xperia X2, Satio and Aino. But beyond that we have some genuinely exciting new devices to come.

These new colors have been added apparently to create more hype between teenagers for this phone

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The new version has another Style-Up™ cover in the box and inside the phone you can find a rich preloaded content: pictures, themes, ringtones etc.

Expected to be out in the third quarter of this year only, the new phone  will accompany  a new album from Bob Sinclar: “Born In 69″.

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Weight

- 115.0 gr
- 4.1 oz

In case you are wondering why this phone looks so familiar, then let me tell you that SOny Ericsson Kita is a special version of Sony Ericsson Yari which got its press release a few weeks back.  The transformation from “Yari” to “Kito” is because “Yari” in the Filipino language has a really bad reputation!

And we can conclude that Kita, like Yari (which failed to attract noise) is also a gaming phone with specially dedicated gaming keys!

Kita is expected to be released in September 2009.

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Two lovely colours of Sony Ericsson C903 that stole our hearts and were spotted during a routine check at its official Israel site.

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Sony Ericsson announced the new colour for low-end W302 Walkman™. It’s the new Indigo Blue colour. Looks nice!
W302 Walkman™ was announced on 22nd of July 2008. It is low-end stick phone, which has 176×220 pixels screen and 1.3 megapixel camera without autofocus. The phone has Walkman player 2.0 and music function TrackID™.

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No specific detail about this, but rumors said Sony Ericsson will make an official announcement about this application store at the JavaOne conference in San Francisco this June.

Sony Ericsson will be the latest manufacture to launch its own application store after Nokia with Ovi store, Apple with Apple store, Android with Android Marketplace and RIM with BlackBerry App World.

Now the story line is, will it become a big hit? Stay with SE-LIFESTYLE as we discover more with Sony Ericsson.

eprice released today some really nice snaps of the newly presented Sony Ericsson C901 and has made a remarkable review of the phone.. quite categorically indeed. They have also made some sincere efforts in comparing its camera standards.

The Sony Ericsson C901, following the lineage of Cyber-shot range, has a powerful 5 MP camera can be used with GSM Quadband network, other features include a memory card slot, 2.2-inch TFT display screen, FM Radio, Bluetooth and built-in accelerometer sensor. It is available with 3 color options: Noble Black, Sincere Silver and Precious Peach.

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