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Sony Ericsson Unveils T715

admin — Sat, 25 Jul 2009 09:23:26 +0000

With a stylish credit card-sized body, the T715 the latest addition to the Sony Ericsson family, promises to give users value for their money with its function packed features. First on the list is its screen which is 2.2-inch big with QVGA resolution and, Sony Ericsson claim, good legibility under sunlight.
Measuring 92 x 48 x 15mm, the T715 is what Sony Ericsson call a “credit card sized” phone. On the back is a 3.2 megapixel camera with a photo light. The camera can also geo-tag photographs with their location, using the nearest mobile base station.
It is a quad-band GSM phone with support for 2100MHz UMTS in Europe and most other countries, there will also be a T715a variant with tri-band UMTS support for North America. The T715 supports high-speed HSPA uploads and downloads, although Sony Ericsson have not quoted any data transfer speeds for this.
It also comes with the NetFront web browser, supports standard internet email plus Microsoft Exchange ActiveSync, it has a multimedia player and FM radio plus a YouTube viewer.
In addition, it offers tried music functionality with TrackID, PlayNow and Bluetooth 2.0 with A2DP, as well as FM radio with RDS. Talktime on 3G is about 4 hours with about 14 days standby time. On GSM the T715 has 10 hours talktime and 16 days standby time.

The Sony Ericsson XPERIA X2 Leaks Online

admin — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 06:34:28 +0000

The Sony Ericsson Xperia X2 has allegedly been leaked on the internet with details of the mobile’s official specifications. The Sony Ericsson XPERIA X2 is the unannounced successor to the Sony Ericsson Xperia X1 which is yet to be officially announced by the company but rumors about its specs are already spreading like forest fire around the web.
According to the news, this successor phone would feature the same angled slide-out QWERTY keyboard, along with a larger 3.5-inch WVGA (480 x 800 pixel) touchscreen OLED display. The XPERIA X2 is believed to have an 8.1-megapixel auto focus camera capable of 30fps video recording, A-GPS and of course that slide-out hardware keyboard.
It has also been rumored that it will run on Windows Mobile 6.5 and will sport 3G with HSDPA support. Also based on the previous leak it will come with an 8 megapixel auto focus shooter and a LED flash. Also, the leak shows that the Sony Ericsson XPERIA X2 will come with 256 MB of RAM and a Qualcomm MSM7200 chipset with a 528 MHz processor just like the XPERIA X1.

Sony Ericsson Unveils New Aino Touchscreen

admin — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 23:50:11 +0000

Sony Ericsson has announced its latest touchsrceen device at the recent event in London. The handset offers a 3-inch touchscreen display as well as a an 8 megapixel camera with autofocus lens.
The Aino measures in at 104mm x 50mm x 15.5mm (4.1in x 2in x .6in) and weighs 134g (4.7oz). It comes with an extra microSD card slot, not the conventional Memory Stick Micro format.
It can automatically be connected to a PlayStation 3 gaming system and is loaded with quad-band GSM (850/900/1800/1900MHz) support and tri-band UMTS (850/1900/2100MHz) with HSPA for high-speed data. The Sony Ericsson also carries WiFi for high-speed internet connections.
Sony Ericsson Aino’s camera offers 16x digital zoom, geo-tagging function, face detection, touch focus, image and video stabilizer and red-eye reduction. It supports microSD cards for expansion. The phone comes with also Media Home and Media Go that allows you to take media content with you. It is set to be for sale by the fourth quarter of 2009.

Sony Ericsson Unveils the S312

admin — Wed, 22 Apr 2009 20:23:59 +0000

The Sony Ericsson S312 is a multimedia phone that offers many
functionality with its resourceful features. You can do so many things
with this device, from spotting a celebrity on the street, to your
friend’s dancing in a club, the S312 allows you to capture these
moments in two quick and easy steps.
The S312 offers a 2.0-inch screen and 2.0-megapixel camera can be
turned horizontally for a more realistic camera-quality feel. It has
illuminated shortcuts on the keypad for more convenient usage, photo
fix functions to get the best picture quality and picture blogging to
upload images to the Web. Size wise, the Sony Ericsson S312 measures
100×46×12.5 mm and weighs only 80 grams.
Want the perfect accessory to match the Sony-Ericsson S312? Try the
new Sony Ericsson Clip-on Bluetooth Handsfree VH300 – an easy to use
headset with rich sound. The stylish handsfree features one-touch call
handling, handy volume control and an ultra discreet reversible
clip-on which will match any outfit. Just clip it onto your clothing
and wear its wired ear piece around your neck – and off you go. You’ll
never notice this innovative Bluetooth handsfree – until you take or
make a call.
Additional features include a built-in music player with equalizer,
stereo widening and TrackID music recognition software, FM radio, 3D
gaming and supports for GSM/GPRS/EDGE/900/1800. The comany said that
it will be available by the beginning of third quarter of this year.

Sony Ericsson Announced its Latest Phone, the W508

admin — Mon, 12 Jan 2009 13:14:53 +0000

Sony Ericsson announced its new phone, the W508, which is obviously a Walkman. It comes in a clamshell form factor and it somewhat resembles the W980. It is a 3.5G clamshell phone with a 2.2″ QVGA display, 3.2 megapixel camera, and it comes with comprehensive multimedia support invcluding
a YouTube application.

Possibly the most interesting thing with the W508 is the collection of “Style-Up” covers that take the standard grey or white phone and adds a number of interesting colour options such as Architectural Purple, Forest Green, Mysterious Graffiti, Sunny Orange and Midnight Summer. While commenting on the product, Alexandre Cardon, Global Product Marketing Manager of Sony Ericsson said “For those who like to express their style and individuality through their mobile phone we’ve brought our creative design team in to design stylish changeable covers so that W508 offers a truly interactive and individual experience.”

There will be two versions of the new Walkman phone: Sony Ericsson W508 (with quad band GMS and HSDPA 2100 connectivity) and Sony Ericsson W508a (with quad band GMS and HSDPA 850/1900/2100
connectivity). The handset should be commercially available starting the second quarter of 2009, for a price that will be announced later on.

Sony Introduce the C510

admin — Mon, 12 Jan 2009 13:06:31 +0000

Sony Ericsson today introduces the beautifully simple C510 Cyber-shot, its most affordable Cyber-shot phone to date. It comes with a 3.2 megapixel autofocus camera, LED flash, a dedicated shutter key, 160MB of internal memory, and other photo-centric features that you can find on a Cybershot cell phone.

The 2.2-inch QVGA display looks just enough and the accelerometer for auto-screen rotation sure makes the C510 a bit more endearing. Accompanying these are extra features like upload/download of videos to YouTube, face detection, and smile shutter.

The Sony Ericsson C510 is expected to be released in February 2009 at an undisclosed price.