October 16, 2009 is the date SE will release the Q3 2009 financial results.
Tuesday, September 29, 2009
Q3 2009 results coming October 16, 2009,
October 16, 2009 is the date SE will release the Q3 2009 financial results.
Friday, September 25, 2009
Thursday, September 24, 2009
Wednesday, September 23, 2009
Sony Ericsson Equinox T707 coming soon to T-Mobile USA
The T707 is coming to T-Mobile USA as the SE Equinox. This is an upgrade to the TM506/Z780 with a bigger inner screen (2.2" vs 2.0") and a bump in camera from 2.0 to 3.2MP. You lose aGPS but gain gesture controls.
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Tuesday, September 22, 2009
Monday, September 21, 2009
MH907 Gandalf Headset announced
SE's new headset was announced today. The MH907 is the first Motion Activate headset that interacts with ones ears. To start playing music simply insert both buds into your ears. To pause take one out. To stop music take both out. To answer a call simply put one in your ear. It will be available in Q4 in time for the holidays for around $55 USD/39€.
Sony Ericsson introduces a world first – the Motion Activated Headphones MH907
21 September 2009Escape the ordinary - listen to your favourite music and receive calls without touching a button with the Motion Activated Headphones MH907.
London, September 21st, 2009 – Sony Ericsson today unveils the world’s first ever motion activated headphones that sense the user. The clever MH907 headphones mean users simply plug in two earphones to start listening to music and pause by removing one earbud. To start listening again simply plug it back in. Do exactly the same to answer and end calls – simple as 1,2,3!
Sony Ericsson’s SensMe™ Control technology responds without a single press of a button, and with a Clear Audio experience users encounter superior sound on the move and enjoy their favourite music as it’s meant to be heard.
Sony Ericsson has created a humorous quirky film to demonstrate the product’s unique technology. Partnering with internationally renowned animator Kristofer Ström, the short film debuting today shows a cartoon character riding the bus and switching effortlessly between phone calls and listening to his favourite music. To see the film visit: www.sonyericsson.com/putyourearsincontrol
“With the MH907 consumers can pocket their phone but still stay connected all day, every day by simply plugging in or removing their earbuds – there is no need for a remote control or any buttons.” said Jacob Sten, Senior Vice President, SEMC Accessories. “At Sony Ericsson we think it is very important to listen to what our customer needs and introducing the world’s first ever motion activated headphones highlights our commitment to offer our customers a complete Communications Entertainment experience. The MH907 supports our realigned brand strategy, which aims to build a fun, playful and inclusive interaction with consumers.”
For further information visit: http://www.sonyericsson.com/putyourearsincontrol
The Sony Ericsson Motion Activated Headphones MH907 at a glance
| Design | Colours: Yellow/White and Titan Chrome |
| Compatibility | Most Sony Ericsson phones with a fast port connector |
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Sunday, September 20, 2009
More Pics of Racheal XPERIA X3
Le0n_Pro over at SE-NSE forums posted the following pics of Rachael XPERIA X3. Must be close to announcement.
Elder Murtazin Open Letter to Sony Ericsson
Elder Murtazin of Mobile Review has sent a letter to Bert Nordberg, the new leader of Sony Ericsson. He pretty much nails it on how SE used to be a leader and innovator and has now fell behind many other manufacturers. SE should do much better in 2010 though.
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Dear Bert,
I was prompted to write this letter by the fact that you used to be the man in charge of communications at Ericsson and your colleagues speak highly of you, as a professional, who understands the reasons behind the events unfolding within the company. That isn't meant as flattery because otherwise this letter wouldn't have been written.
Over at Sony Ericsson you work in a different field, with new people and face new challenges. As someone who has been supporting Sony Ericsson ever since the day it was founded I would like to tell you a story, a story about how Sony Ericsson's employees have managed to make me disdain their products within the space of just two years. One could allude to a disdain for the brand displayed by regular consumers and my colleagues through unfavorable reviews in press, poor sales, and dismal financial results. However, I'm not going to take this route, as you already know about the gloomy state of affairs at Sony Ericsson more than anyone else, indeed they have led you to Sony Ericsson. At the same time I feel it's inappropriate for me to speak for everyone else so instead, using the outline of my own attitude towards Sony Ericsson as an example, I'll try to show you the problems raging within Sony Ericsson and invisible to outside observers, or intentionally concealed, as those who are responsible don't want to lose their jobs or bonuses. However, this letter isn't going to turn into a diatribe against a group of careless employees - rather it's the system that is collapsing at Sony Ericsson. This is an attempt by a former loyal consumer to help you take a look at your company from a different angle. Maybe my point of view will help you pinpoint weak spots and deal with them in a more efficient fashion. Maybe you'll give this letter little to no weight and ignore it, just like Sony Ericsson has been ignoring all the feedback concerning its operations from both users and journalists over the last few years. Denying there is a problem will never solve it, but it seems that this is exactly what the people over at Sony Ericsson are intent on doing. I hope that with your help Sony Ericsson's employees will get enough courage to face the truth and admit that there are problems within the company and the only way to fix the situation is to start working on those problems.
First allow me introduce myself, as we haven't met yet. I am the Editor-in-Chief of Mobile-Review.com, whose major focus is the telecommunications market. Over the years we have managed to earn the respect of all the players in this field and reach the watermark of 150,000-200,000 unique visitors a day. These people come from all around the world to read trustworthy information on mobile phones, accessories and have a chance to share their thoughts with like minded people. We have been focusing on Sony Ericsson's products since 2002; back then we saw great potential in the newcomer that Sony Ericsson was, and we weren't wrong. The rapid growth in the resources we had available and the up-to-the-minute information we provided our readers about them had much to do with Sony Ericsson's success.
In 2005 I was invited to Lund where I participated in a discussion on information security and that was also the place where we reached a gentlemen's agreement, according to which we were to forego all opportunities to publish any kind of information that could hurt the company. Several directives regarding security in Sony Ericsson saw implementation as a result of that meeting and our dialogue with Sony Ericsson was never confrontational or anything along these lines. As an online magazine we outline both the pros and cons of all products, without any exceptions, as it is our job to do and we never asked Sony Ericsson for any special privileges or friendship. We treat all players in the telecommunications market in the same way. Writing reviews for Mobile-Review.com I never deceived our readers - everything I wrote was nothing by my own impressions of products, companies, their actions and strategies. The marvelous group of phones, that the T610, P800, P910 and K750 definitely were, earned my honest support, as well as places in the pockets of my family, as I always try to get the best for my family. So, what has changed so much over the last couple of years? Why has my attitude gone from favorable to negative in such a dramatic fashion, and my reviews of Sony Ericsson products become so much "worse"?
Đ¡Sony Ericsson employees have found a lot of reasons for that, but none of them even implied the deteriorating quality of their products or dishonesty in communications with the market and consumers. Out of kindness, for the entirety of 2007, I was trying to show many people inside the company that a crisis was coming and they had to move swiftly to prevent it, but I eventually gave up as all my efforts proved fruitless, and I failed to break through the idea that "the company was going through temporary difficulties, which should not be treat as something serious". It has been two years since then, and now temporary difficulties have grown into something much bigger.
The reason behind my negative attitude towards Sony Ericsson stems from the dishonesty in their relationships with consumers, and, let's be straight, things aren't much different within the company either. Let me give you a very telling example: when you predecessor, Dick Komiyama, visited Russia, he toured around several stores selling Sony Ericsson's phones, but prior to his arrival all these stores were adorned with special racks for the company's products, placed in the best spots, which then disappeared overnight. "Don't be, just appear" seems to be the motto of the company that you are managing today. This approach has grown beyond sporadic instances and is now used across the company on all levels. Research data and the results of focus groups get intentionally modified, which leads to catastrophic consequences when some models collect dust on the shelves of retail stores for years, the most recent example being the Sony Ericsson W980 and Sony Ericsson X1. This dishonesty within Sony Ericsson doesn't concern me as a consumer - after all this are the company's own private concern. Nor am I worried about machinations with regard to market share in some regions that don't match the official sales results in real terms. If that's the way Sony Ericsson wants to do business - so be it. If your employees don't want to be strong efficient professionals who can sell their products, and instead are much happier with the role of fakers, who can only show their competence on paper - then that's what the company has chosen to be.
As a consumer, though, I am worried about different problems. Such as the impossibility to have my phone repaired in time; or getting an inherently defective part replaced without having to go to extremes instead of being able to have all my phone's flaws fixed for free in no time. Undoubtedly, each of these cases may be called "a sporadic occurrence that is well within the calculated percentage of defective parts" by your employees. Maybe. However, as a consumer I see now that these problems have been ignored for several years.
Furthermore, whenever journalists attempt to inform our audiences about these flaws we start getting letters in which it's explicitly stated that we shouldn't write about that as such issues are non-existent. However, this policy goes very well with some of Sony Ericsson's employees' statements that "journalists can't make conclusions - they should leave this to their audience", showing how clueless they are about the way mass media works, who journalists are, and how to work with them. It's public communications 101. In Russia, a permanent member on the list of the key markets, there is no such position as PR Manager for Sony Ericsson. The same holds true for several other markets, leading to a situation where Sony Ericsson can't communicate with magazines and other resources as the company simply lacks the required tool to make it possible. Sometimes the functions of PR specialists are assumed by other employees, which frequently results in ugly situations due to their lack of knowledge in this field, further alienating the company, making any kind of dialogue impossible.
Dishonesty is where the root of all evil in Sony Ericsson lies. Inspired by their previous success the company's employees got carried away by the race for higher positions and bigger bonuses, forgetting about their job along the way. They have lost the spirit of innovation, which the company was so famous for. Real innovations have been substituted by dreams. As a consumer I'm offered rapidly aging and overpriced phones that have no future on the market under the guise of 'state-of-the-art solutions'. Another manifestation of the company's dishonesty was when Sony Ericsson tried to persuade me via weak PR and advertising that these were marvelous products. In order not to appear to be making baseless accusations I shall give you another example of this dishonesty, this time towards the company's partners. A while ago Sony Ericsson established 'Retail Portal' for their distributors, where the latter can get advice, learn more about the models and upload extras. For several years now this portal has been updated on a very irregular basis, while in several countries, including Russia, some sections don't work at all these days, while others lead to nowhere, but that's not the worst part. Sony Ericsson's sales guides compare certain solutions not with state-of-the-art models, but rather with those that are about to get withdrawn from the market, or with solutions that are in no way direct rivals to them. As a result Sony Ericsson's marketing department manages to convey the main point to your partners and retailers - dishonesty. Obviously, in real life these sales guides are next to useless, so essentially the company is throwing the money spent on them away.
This situation is not your fault. Nor it is the fault of your predecessor alone - it is the grand total of efforts by different people who form the company. At some point dishonesty became a part of the equation and now it has slipped into every single aspect of Sony Ericsson's operations. Some see it, some can't spot it, but instead feel it, and this leads to very negative feedback. At present the brand value is deteriorating at an alarming pace and this trend is much more dangerous that plummeting sales, which you can get back to their previous level by churning out decent products. However, winning back the love of consumers, organizing communications with the press and making way for future projects are tasks of a totally different order. The recent shake-up of the top management shows that the problem has been recognized and this gives me, as a former user of Sony Ericsson's products, at least some hope. Please, don't ruin it - you now have a chance that very few get. A chance to resurrect a once-famous phone maker from the situation it is in today, but achieving this goal is impossible without a grain of honesty in your relationships with consumers, partners and press. It may seem like a trivial task, but in reality this is probably the greatest challenge facing you. You have an enormous reputation and people are willing to wait a year longer just to see something positive or see that at least some things are changing for the better. For now, though, all we see is dishonesty and deterioration, announcements of lackluster solutions that are touted as state-of-the-art phones.
Sony Ericsson has gone so far down this path that their dishonesty is running the company every day, which is why I've decided to make this letter public - it'll help your employees think things over and try to find a way to make things better for the sake of the company. After all, this is the only way to make sure you'll read this letter. I'm not expecting you to reply, as it would be unnecessary. Let your reply take a form of some initiative, a system of communications with consumers and/or press that you will get in gear by the end of this year; or a list of steps you will take to turn things around for Sony Ericsson. If you will feel the need to start a dialogue we will be more than happy to have one - we can serve as a platform, from which you'll have a chance to address your former and future consumers, those who know and love Sony Ericsson, but making you go public isn't the main goal of this letter. Just try to turn things around and clean these Augean stables. I honestly hope that you will succeed.
Best regards,
Editor-in-Chief, Mobile-Review.com
Eldar Murtazin
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Saturday, September 19, 2009
Sony Ericsson Space Hopper version! new TVC!! Aino Satio
Here are two new commercial for Aino and Satio
Satio
Aino
Satio
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Thursday, September 17, 2009
Wednesday, September 16, 2009
Opera Mini 5 Beta out
Opera Mini 5 Beta is out. Some new features include
Popular features Innovative and Easy-to-use
Living up to our vision of providing the best Internet experience on any device, Opera Mini 5 boasts a powerful new user interface. Merging the best from our desktop browser together with new innovations for mobile phones, Opera Mini is advanced, yet highly intuitive to use.
Tabs
With tabbed browsing you no longer need to interrupt one session to start another. Use your web-mail in one window, Facebook in another, Twitter in a third and all that while checking the latest sports results. With Opera Mini you can easily identify the different tabs and jump between them.
Password manager
No more hassle with those hard to enter user names and passwords. Opera Mini 5 will remember your credentials and you can log on to your favorite Web sites with just a single click. The passwords are stored on your phone for your convenience.
Full Web in your palm
When visiting a Web page, Opera Mini displays the overview of the page and suggests where to begin your reading before you zoom in. Opera Mini also detects when on a Web page designed for a mobile phone and displays it optimally.
Touch & Keypad
The user interface has been designed for both touchscreen and keypad style mobile phones. With a touchscreen you can enjoy even easier navigation with our new zooming and kinetic scrolling.
Speed Dial
Get your favorite Web page with just one click. Speed Dial is a set of visual bookmarks you see when you open a new tab, like a dashboard for your on-line life. To add a new page, simply click on an empty Speed Dial slot, and Opera will make suggestions based on your browsing history and bookmarks.
Built for speed
Time is precious. Opera Mini compresses pages by up to 90% before being sent to your phone meaning faster page load times than in other mobile Web browsers.
Find things faster
The new Opera Mini lets you search for text within a Web page so you can get to the information you need even quicker than before.
Power scrolling
Scroll at warp speed using your phone keypad or by dragging the page on a phone with a touch screen.
Just go to m.opera.com/next on your mobile web browser to get it.
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Popular features Innovative and Easy-to-use
Living up to our vision of providing the best Internet experience on any device, Opera Mini 5 boasts a powerful new user interface. Merging the best from our desktop browser together with new innovations for mobile phones, Opera Mini is advanced, yet highly intuitive to use.
Tabs
With tabbed browsing you no longer need to interrupt one session to start another. Use your web-mail in one window, Facebook in another, Twitter in a third and all that while checking the latest sports results. With Opera Mini you can easily identify the different tabs and jump between them.
Password manager
No more hassle with those hard to enter user names and passwords. Opera Mini 5 will remember your credentials and you can log on to your favorite Web sites with just a single click. The passwords are stored on your phone for your convenience.
Full Web in your palm
When visiting a Web page, Opera Mini displays the overview of the page and suggests where to begin your reading before you zoom in. Opera Mini also detects when on a Web page designed for a mobile phone and displays it optimally.
Touch & Keypad
The user interface has been designed for both touchscreen and keypad style mobile phones. With a touchscreen you can enjoy even easier navigation with our new zooming and kinetic scrolling.
Speed Dial
Get your favorite Web page with just one click. Speed Dial is a set of visual bookmarks you see when you open a new tab, like a dashboard for your on-line life. To add a new page, simply click on an empty Speed Dial slot, and Opera will make suggestions based on your browsing history and bookmarks.
Built for speed
Time is precious. Opera Mini compresses pages by up to 90% before being sent to your phone meaning faster page load times than in other mobile Web browsers.
Find things faster
The new Opera Mini lets you search for text within a Web page so you can get to the information you need even quicker than before.
Power scrolling
Scroll at warp speed using your phone keypad or by dragging the page on a phone with a touch screen.
Just go to m.opera.com/next on your mobile web browser to get it.
Opera Mini 5 beta tour from IntoMobile on Vimeo.
Opera CEO Jon von Tetzchner talks Opera Mini from IntoMobile on Vimeo.
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Tuesday, September 15, 2009
Opera Mini 5 coming soon...
While not directly related SE, I though I would put this out. Opera Mini 5 is coming soon. Opera has launched a teaser website. This is among my favorite apps on my K850i. It brings the real web to any JAVA phone and on my 3G phone it is very speedy. Can't wait till they release 5.0.
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Next Announcement: September 21
Sony Ericsson's next announcement will be September 21 (which is also my Birthday, Woohoo). They promise something never before seen in music on a mobile phone. The world will wonder what it is until it is announced. The announcement is 11AM GMT+1 time which is UK time. Follow the link
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Monday, September 14, 2009
Thursday, September 10, 2009
Monday, September 7, 2009
Aino and Satio coming October 7?
According to Pocket Link, Aino and Satio will both launch around the 7 of October. SE has issued a "save the date" press invite with "To celebrate the retail launch of Sony Ericsson’s hotly anticipated Satio and Aino handsets" in the memo.
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Saturday, September 5, 2009
Thursday, September 3, 2009
New SE logo colors
A while ago SE was believe to be working on many different colors of the classic SE logo. Well this month we have seen two videos that have the different colors. In the XPERIA X2 Commericial Video we see the blue logo and in the Satio Open GL video we see the red logo. These look really good and appear to be part of the campaign make.believe that SE is doing now.
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