September 19th, 2008 / No Comments » / by serious
Sony Ericsson today announced the call for submissions for its second annual Sony Ericsson Content Awards. Designed to honour outstanding achievements in mobile content development, the 2008 Awards are open to all mobile developers who have created content, applications or services for Sony Ericsson mobile phones. In 2007, developers from around the world were recognized with RealNetworks, BitCycle, Opera, Gracenote, Metronize/Clavitones and Vringo winning awards.
Beginning today through November 30, 2008, developers may enter their submissions via the Sony Ericsson Content Awards website (www.sonyericsson.com/contentawards ). This year Sony Ericsson has broadened the award categories to inspire greater innovation from developers around the world. Finalists will be selected in December and the 2008 winners will be announced in an official online ceremony on February 5, 2009.
“Sony Ericsson is very proud to unveil its 2008 Content Awards and celebrate bringing the best and most innovative content from mind to market,” said Björn Ahlberg, Head of Sony Ericsson Content & Services. “We highly value our relationships with content creators and developers, and as equal partners within the mobile ecosystem, together we can create unique propositions and experiences for consumers.”
Sony Ericsson’s annual Content Awards underscores its highly regarded global developer support program and web portal Sony Ericsson Developer World (www.sonyericsson.com/developer) which enables developers to achieve business success by providing the documentation, tools, training, technical and go-to-market support during the entire development process.
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September 19th, 2008 / No Comments » / by serious
Unveiled today, the Bluetooth™ Car Speakerphone HCB-108 has a sleek Nordic design and lets you talk conveniently when you are on the move – attach easily to a car visor with no wires, no fuss and no hassle. The speakerphone offers market-leading talk time and can be easily switched between vehicles, if you’re used to jumping between a company and family car, or simply use it in the office as a conference speakerphone. Just unclip the speakerphone, swap it over and off you go.
“The new Bluetooth™ Car Speakerphone HCB-108 is ideal for those who need to keep in touch on the move, and we are thrilled to be able to offer consumers a product with such unrivalled talk time.” said Jacob Sten, Head of the accessories division at Sony Ericsson. “The new Bluetooth™ Speakerphone HCB-108 is our most affordable car speakerphone in the range, but without compromising on the premium feel and stylish design that you can expect from Sony Ericsson.”
With the impressive 25 hours talk time and a standby time of up to one month, the Bluetooth™ Car Speakerphone HCB-108 lets you enjoy crystal clear conversations and superior true duplex audio quality with echo reduction, noise cancellation and Digital Signal Processing (DSP) for longer than ever.
The Bluetooth™ Car Speakerphone HCB-108 will be available in selected markets from early Q4 in the colours Black and Silver. It will be showcased at the Paris Car Show, in conjunction with Saab, from October 4, 2008.
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September 19th, 2008 / No Comments » / by serious
London, UK – 10 September 2008 – Sony Ericsson today announces 30 September 2008 as the official launch date for the highly anticipated Xperia™ X1 – initially available to consumers in the UK, Germany and Sweden. The handset will be available in other markets across Europe, Asia and Latin America throughout Q4 2008.
APAC
* Indonesia, Singapore, Bangladesh, Cambodia, India, Malaysia, Philippines, Taiwan, Thailand and Vietnam
Western Europe
* Spain, France, Italy, Switzerland, Netherlands, Austria, Norway, Denmark, Belgium, Portugal
Central Europe
* Poland, Hungary, Czech Republic
Middle East
* UAE, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait
Africa
* South Africa
Latin America
* Argentina, Chile, Uruguay, Paraguay and Bolivia
Availability dates for North America, China, Australia and Russia along with other countries not mentioned above will be announced by local markets in the coming months.
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September 18th, 2008 / No Comments » / by serious
Sony Ericsson announces its inaugural wake into the digital photo frame wrold with the IDP-100.For too long mobile phone images have been confined to the phone - hidden away and viewed only occasionally and only on a small screen. Now it’s time to unleash these photos and display them with pride with the help of the superb Sony Ericsson IDP-100 Digital Photo Frame, the ideal accessory to your Sony Ericsson Cyber-Shot™ phone.
Thanks to the easy transfer of photos from not only your Cyber-Shot™ but also regular cameras, budding photographers can display their best shots in all their glory. Transfer your favourite images in a variety of ways, via Bluetooth™, USB flash memory, M2 card, micro SD, SD or MS Duo, to ensure that nothing is left unseen. With a sleek dark grey finish, which adds style to any surrounding, this stylish 7” photo frame will let you display photos in either landscape or portrait format and can be mounted on a wall or sat on a bedside table or office desk.
“Memories are priceless and irreplaceable” said Jacob Sten, Head of the accessories division at Sony Ericsson. “The IDP-100 Digital Photo Frame is the perfect companion to your Cyber-shot™ phone and lets you display your favourite moments easily and in high quality for all to see. However, it’s not just mobile phone users that can benefit from the IDP-100. We are proud that the frame receives, stores and displays up to 500 still images through a variety of options. Once uploaded they are automatically rotated, enhanced and re-sized to fit the frame - so that you can enjoy your memories instantly.”
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September 18th, 2008 / No Comments » / by serious
Sony Ericsson today published its Software Developer Kit (SDK) for Xperia™ X1 and invited developers and content creators to capitalize on the opportunities offered by developing mobile content for the phone. Whether it is music, photography, email or instant messaging, gaming, social networking or video applications, developers can now create a host of unique multi-media entertainment and content for the Xperia™ X1 for consumers to enjoy.
Xperia™ X1 brings a totally new experience to mobile phone users by introducing nine easy-to-use, interactive panels which sit on the touch screen interface of the phone.
Developers can use the Windows Mobile SDK, free of charge, to produce a wide variety of panels to meet the consumer’s demand for a rich, individualised multimedia experience on their phone. Users of the Xperia™ X1 will be spoilt for choice as they personalize their handset with panel applications to suit their mood and lifestyle. Whether it is a search engine, advanced calendar or social networking application, music or film catalogue, sports or news related content, the panels enable you to access any information – quickly and directly – with a simple tap on the 3” super high resolution touch screen.
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September 18th, 2008 / No Comments » / by serious
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.”
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August 22nd, 2008 / No Comments » / by serious
On Monday Sony Ericsson opens their music and game venture PlayNow Arena. Then one million tunes will be available for download and copy with no technical restrictions.
With start of Monday, Sony Ericsson users in the nordic countries will get access to Sony Ericsson’s music store. Then over one million tunes will be available for download and the whole range will be DRM free. In other words one will be able to copy the tunes to and from the computer, the mobile phone and other media players. Sony Ericsson is aiming to offer over five million tunes shortly but will not give an exact time frame for this.
After a tune has been bought it can be downloaded both to the mobile and the computer. The mobile version of the tunes are in the AAC+ format with a bit rate of 48 kbps and a size of between 1 and 1.5 mega bytes. When downloading to the computer one gets an MP3 file instead with a bit rate of 320 kbps. If downloading directly to the mobil one pays 1.26 EUR per tune in the form of a premium SMS. If downloading to the computer one can choose to pay either same sum with premium SMS or 0.94 EUR per tune with a credit card.
Sony Ericsson does not offer any streaming service so all music one wants to listen to must be downloaded, however there is a possibility to test play 30 seconds of the tunes. The data cost to download to the mobile entirely depends on the type of operator subscription one have.
Sony Ericsson has intensively worked on their collaboration partners within the music industry to get a deal allowing sales without DRM protection.
- All big music companies with the exception of Universal are with us, says Martin Blomkvist, content manager at Sony Ericsson, to Mobil.
Apart from music, PlayNow Arena also contains wall papers, ring signals and themes, but the other big part in Sony Ericsson’s venture consists of games.
At launch 250 games will be available for 25 of Sony Ericsson’s mobile phones. Some games will be for free, but remaining will cost 4.19 EUR and upwards. PlayNow Arena is adapted for all Sony Ericsson’s Walkman phones and all that have a built-in MP3 player from K800 and forward.
When it comes to the music range there is nothing that prohibits anyone to buy music and play it on one’s mobile phone, irrespective of manufacture
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August 19th, 2008 / 1 Comment » / by serious
Sony Ericsson, one of the world’s largest mobile phone manufacturers, has appointed public relations and social media specialist Wolfstar to advise it on its global social media communications strategy.
The global campaign will initially include online monitoring and evaluation of Sony Ericsson’s online brand reputation, as well as establishing relationships with online customers and influencers. Wolfstar will also be counselling Sony Ericsson on developing social media outreach programmes to support the brand and products.
The account will be lead by Wolfstar managing director Stuart Bruce, who said: “This is a global programme that is looking to develop a social media communications strategy that can be implemented across all of Sony Ericsson’s international market units to help them develop consumer thought leadership online.”
Wolfstar reports to Global Communications and Public Relations at Sony Ericsson. Merran Wrigley, VP, Head of External Communications, Global Communications and PR said: “Wolfstar not only demonstrated a great understanding of social media, but this was under pinned by a good grounding in traditional corporate communications and a passion for our brand.”
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August 15th, 2008 / 1 Comment » / by serious
he Sony Ericsson W980 has just been awarded with the EISA award for Best European Music Phone. EISA is an assiocation of 50 special interest magazines from a total of 19 countries - each year they select an array of EISA award winners in lots of different categories, and this year, the Sony Ericsson W980 won as the best music phone. Here’s the official EISA comment:
Who could resist this piano-black Walkman-series phone? It’s a quad-band handset loaded with 8 GB of internal memory, a 3.2 Megapixel camera, an FM tuner, Bluetooth stereo, and a music player that operates even with the phone flip-lid closed. Opened out, the handset reveals its 2.2-inch QVGA display with 262k colors and stunning picture quality. One incredibly valuable innovation is the built-in FM radio transmitter. This broadcasts phone-based music playback to a standard car radio, even transferring artist and track details via RDS. The music player handles a wide variety of audio file formats, and automatically sorts tracks according to a range of criteria.
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August 11th, 2008 / 6 Comments » / by serious
State run telecom giants, BSNL are planning to introduce 3g in India by June 2009.Swedish based Ericsson are supposedly providing the equipment. 3g services which have been elduding indian phones for more than 3 years after 3g hit the market. The government are trying their best to rub off the fiasco and provide quality support to the Indians as soon as possible. A spectrum auction is in for grabs soon involving the top players from around the world.
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