Sony Ericsson says, “Idou”

Today at MWC (well, technically a day before), Sony Ericsson announced their eventual plans to someday release a potentially great phone.
Sorry for the pessimism, but it’s just sort of odd that they’d showcase a phone they know won’t become available until the second half of this year—probably September-November, if I had to guess.
What’s odder is [...]

Hikaru is W995

Sony Ericsson also just announced—yes, announced, not showcased—the W995, previously known only as Hikaru.
It has a very traditional SE design, which isn’t a bad thing, though it’s not exactly eye-catching.  The W995 features an 8MP camera, LED flash, face detection, WLAN, GPS, Walkman Player 4.0, and a QVGA 2.6-inch screen.
The camera is the most impressive [...]

My predictions for MWC 2009

On a personal note, I wish it was still referred to as 3GSM.  Sounds a lot cooler than MWC.  Especially when you learn what “MWC” stands for–”Mobile World Congress.”  Sounds like white people in suits.  Sounds like no fun.
Anyway, last year’s “MWC’ was pretty good.  Not great, but good.  It saw the intro of Sony [...]

The times, they are a-changin’?

I was at Best Buy and I had to take the holy pilgrimage to the cell phone department, just because, well, I have to.  Don’t argue with the digital deities.
Anyway, they reorganized the entire section and so I had to look for the AT&T section.  I spotted a Sony Ericsson W580i—a phone available with AT&T—out [...]

Phones galore in Vegas

My original plan in Vegas, at some point, was to find the Nokia Experience Center at the Fashion Show Mall.  It has since left, but I was pleasantly surprised by some of the other things available.
The first encounter was at the Caesar’s Palace Forum Shops.

Right under my nose this whole time

Remember how I was making a big deal out of the prospect of DLNA on the SE C905?
Turns out my Nokia N95 has had it this entire time and I didn’t know it.  I’m still trying to figure out how to use it, but the potential is amazing.
Score one for Nokia.

A turning point?

I just read a report that kind of pains me yet has me excited at the same time.  Apparently, Sony Ericsson isn’t doing too well.  According to a very reliable online source (a guy who gets basically every prototype unit from every company several months before release), all of SEs phones from now to at [...]

Pure advertising genius

Since I’m a Public Relations/Advertising major, I have a certain interest in company logos.  Without going in to too much detail, I LOVE Sony Ericsson’s logo the best because it is simply a stroke of genius.
The cool thing about their logo is the fact that while it looks cool by itself, the letters “S” and [...]

More C905 pr0n

I am totally head-over-heels in love with this phone.  I love everything about it.  The shutter mechanism is genius (it’s flat when closed, but the bottom retracts and the top slides over it when it’s opened), the screen auto-rotates thanks to the accelerometer, and it has a mineral glass scratch-resistent screen.  Love it.
It has WiFi, [...]

The black one is mine

All mine.

Learn something new each day

I just discovered that my SE can voice dial phone numbers.  This is awesome.  I was playing around with my Bluetooth headset yesterday, but the bad part was to dial a number, I still had to use the phone.  Now I can just say someone’s name and they’re automatically connected.  I love this thing.
I also [...]

More Shiho/C905 pr0n

Live shots this time.
I’m probably the only one who’s enjoying this, but I don’t care.
It’s surprisingly small considering the raw power this thing has.  I think the black one looks a lot better.

SEs ROCK!

I’ve been using my Nokia for a while now, but switched to my K790 while I’m at camp.  I forgot how awesome that phone is.  The user interface is the best I’ve used on a non-smartphone, since it has the power and feeling of a smartphone interface.
The Sony Ericsson PC Suite is great too.  Nokia’s [...]

More SE phone stuff

SE’s “Paris” was to be announced in one week, but got pulled for more hardware updates.  This is a good thing.  It’s still on track for a September release, supposedly, but won’t be demoed until maybe next month.  Like I said, this is a good thing, since the hype was completely deflated last month when [...]

Phone news

Well, the Sony Ericsson “Paris” isn’t going to pan out. The whitepaper (specsheet) lists all the wrong stuff and while it would be a great phone for 2007, not so much for a late 2008 model. Triband GSM is likely plus it’s all running atop a three-year-old 208 Mhz processor. Yummy. [...]