Americans will have a new low-end cellphone as Sony Ericsson announced the availability of the K205a handset in the states. Based on the pictures posted at the FCC, the phone will be called the K205a. This confirms the rumors milling about that ony Ericsson is really trying to leave a dent in the US market with budget models such as this. So far, consumers will need to wait for the official announcement from Sony Ericsson.

The K205a is an entry-level bar phone with dual-band GSM 850/1900 radios. It offers a pared-down feature set, such as SMS, MMS, and browsing. It has an internal antenna and digital camera. Pictures and other files can be shared via Infrared. It uses the standard Sony Ericsson charge/accessory port for things such as headsets. It supports bands found in the Americas and is compatible with several U.S networks, but no carrier has announced plans to sell this device.

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Sony Ericsson is on the move towards creating a mobile phone created and developed specifically for games. As I read this story, I can’t help but think of the Nokia N-Gage. Of course, I don’t know the story about that but when mobile phone and games come together in a sentence, the n-Gage almost always comes to mind. Sony Ericsson President Miles Flint said on his statement that this path could be “an area of possible future activity.”

These reports have been strengthened when Mobile Entertainment reported that Sony Ericsson would launch a new games device in February. Insider talk says the phone will not boast the PlayStation brand, but Flint’s comments suggest the matter over branding is still to be decided.

The company, 50 per cent owned by Sony itself, already produces Bravia-branded handsets for Japan, taking the name from its parent firm’s line of high-end TVs, and already uses the Walkman and Cybershot logo on other phones, a move that has reportedly help the company double margins in the last three years.

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The FCC bestowed its approval on the new Sony Ericsson W910i walkman phone that we saw a couple of months ago on the Whack. We should be seeing this soon in stores and elsewhere. The W910i is a HSDPA phone providing high-speed internet access, as well as 3D games.

The phone will be bundled with a 1GB Memory Stick Micro. It’s on target for a Q4 2007 release. Measuring just 99mm x 50mm x 12.5mm, it weighs in at 86 grams. Packaging includes a battery, charger, USB cable, stereo portable handsfree, and PC sync application.

Source: FCC

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Vodafone UK has just announced its Christmas 2007 collection. The most prominent, not to mention the coolest, among these are the 8GB Nokia N95, the Samsung SGH-F700V (Croix), the Blackberry Curve 8319 and the Sony Ericsson Walkman Phone W910i.

As an addition, Vodafone also announced MusicStation, the new exclusive music service from Omnifone to allow its subscribers the unlimited music downloads direct to the mobile from all the major record labels, as well as leading independents.

The Group selection of handsets offers customers further choice of stylish, easy to use mobile phones which deliver best in class internet services as well as the best in music and entertainment at prices to suit everyone’s needs. Handsets are also smaller and lighter with longer battery life. By closely working with handset suppliers, platform and application providers, Vodafone is on track to deliver fast and easy access to the internet this Christmas.

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The Sony Ericsson T658c mobile phone just got the approval from the Federal Communications Commission. Intended for the China market (hence the ‘c’ in the name), the T658c features a 3.2 megapixel camera for some neat photos on your phone, as well as themes, illumination and materials inspired by nature. It is a GSM 900/1800/1900MHz tri-band phone and supports Java J2ME for apps and games. As with most other phones, it supports a flight mode where all communication related features are turned off but you can still use the T658c as a camera or music player.

The Sony Ericsson T658c offers USB connectivity for data sync and copying over your music. It supports PlayNow, and some of the common SE applications like VideoDJ, PhotoDJ and MusicDJ are available on the phone. The phone takes in Memory Stick Micro (the M2). Obviously, the phone supports Chinese input as well. The included music player supports MP3, MP4, M4A, 3GP, AAC, AAC+, AMR, MIDI, WAV and other formats, as well as streaming music and video.

There’s also a full-fledged email client that supports POP3/IMAP4 email. The camera lets you record videos. If your service provider supports it, you can also get information on traffic and other useful info depending on your area/cell info.

No word on the pricing or exact availability.

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The Sony Ericsson K770 Cyber-Shot Phone was officially launched today, August 14 in London. It is a digital camera, a photo album and an elegant phone all rolled into one. At 14.5mm, the phone allows you to send and share your photos as soon as you’ve taken them.

The K770 can take pictures as good as a standalone digital camera and then pictures can be printed up to A4 size. The camera can also be used for video and comes with a powerful photo light for indoor photo-taking and filming.

Capturing the perfect picture is easy with the K770 Cyber-shot phone. If you take a spontaneous snapshot and the light conditions are poor, simply select Photo fix for PC-free photo editing on your phone. But that’s not all, you can easily upload these pictures directly to any web page or to your blog.

The K770 is so much more than just a phone, and even so, its more than just camera features. The K770 comes with a 256 MB memory card that lets you store up to 200 photos of the best quality. The K770 Cyber-shot phone is all about understated style. It’s a discreet, grown-up looking phone that slips neatly into your pocket or bag. Yet when you need it there is a digital camera on-board that can give results as good as you expect from a digital camera.

The K770 is a GSM/GPRS 900/1800/1900 and UMTS 2100 phone that will be available in Truffle Brown in selected markets from autumn 2007.

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Check out the Sony Ericsson P1i, the thinner version of the P990i. Now, the P1i has all the goodies you would want on a smartphone, including HSDPA support and 802.11g WiFi. If you look at it, it could be a great little competitor to the Nokia N95 except for the lack of GPS functionality.

At 17mm thin, the P1i is a smaller brick compared to the 25mm P990i. Also, the P1i supports MemoryStick Micro (M2) - a 1GB card is bundled with the device. The P1i supports QVGA resolution, offering 262k colors. There’s also a 3.2 megapixel camera (with 3x digital zoom) on board the P1i. Compatible with GSM 900/1800/1900MHz networks, the phone weighs in at 124 grams. Entertainment options on the P1i are plenty, including 3D games, video streaming and radio. It supports the Bluetooth A2DP (advanced audio distribution profile) for wireless stereo music.

Being based on the Symbian operating system, consumers can take advantage of tons of third party applications available in the market. Bundled apps include McAfee Firewall Mobile and McAfee VirusScan. SE claims up to 10 hours of talk time and 440 hours of standby on this device.

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Ever wondered how many units Nokia has sold? Well, today, Nokia confirmed that it has sold over 100 million cellphones this spring, solidifying its dominance of the global cellphone business. The results for this year is significantly higher than the result of last year by 29 percent. This growth was attributed to its dominance in smartphone sales. Over 9 million N-series and 2 million E-series were sold. Their front line phone is the Nokia N95 smartphone.

This result placed Nokia ahead of Samsung, Motorola, Sony-Ericsson and LG. Apple on the other hand, with its iPhone, needs to catch up with this mobile phone giants. Apple chief Steve Jobs projected that the company will sell about 10 million iPhones by the end of 2008, or about 1 percent of the market as it was in 2006.

But experts predict that Apple will play a major role in the market with their iPhone. “The iPhone is likely to have a disproportionately large impact on the industry,” IDC mobile director Shiv Bakhshi said. “It could forever alter the structural relationship between device vendors and mobile operators who have traditionally controlled the mobile environment, especially in the US.”

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Sony Ericsson’s HBH-DS980 Bluetooth Stereo Headset just got the FCC’s seal of approval. The headset allows you to enjoy audio wirelessly from a compatible cell phone or your computer. If using with a phone, the music automatically stops playing when a call is received and will resume once the call is disconnected.

The HBH-DS980 supports a plethora of Bluetooth profiles, including:

• Handsfree
• Headset
• Advanced Audio Distribution
• Audio/Video Remote Control
• PhoneBook Access

The arrangement of keys on this headset are a bit different: the music key is on the top, while next/previous track and volume control keys are on opposite sides. So watch out if you are trying to increase volume and keep switching to the next track instead.

It’s on target for a Q3 2007 release.

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SpyCatcher is a popular UK online store that sells spying devices, and one of them is the Sony Ericsson K700i Spy Phone. As the name suggests, this is a device that even James Bond would like to have, but I don’t think he ever used something similar.

Anyway, the working mode of the K700i is simple:

- place the cellphone near whoever you want to spy, like a room for example
- dial the hidden number, obviously you are the only one who knows it
- listen to whatever people are talking, thanks to the built-in microphone on the fake K700i

Imagine all the spying possibilities that you can create for only ?140 (close to $280). On the other hand, pay attention and check if someone is spying you.

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Sony Ericsson unveiled the new Sony Ericsson SO703i cell phone for NTT DoCoMo in Japan. Measuring 105mm x 47mm x 18.7mm, the phone weighs in at 104 grams. The main display is 2.7″ with a 240×432 pixel resolution and capable of displaying 262k colors, while a secondary OLED monochrome display (1.1″) is available on the front.

The SO703i phone is equipped with a microSD memory card for expansion, as well as a 2 megapixel CMOS camera. A secondary camera (VGA resolution) is also available for video conferencing.

The phone supports changing panels, as you can see from the photos yourself. Pretty spiffy-looking, I’m sure.

No word on the pricing yet.

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Sony Ericsson K810i, this sleek and 3.2 mega pixel camera phone, commonly known as Cyber-shot phone, is capturing market rapidly for its capacity to shoot moving objects in quick succession. This phone has the capacity to select BestPic within a second out of its snap nine photos option. This innovative phone includes auto focus, Xenon flash, easy videorecording facility etc. Its illuminated camera mode option provides the consumers with the facility to avail the camera menu at the touch of a button.

By having the facility of adjusting light balance, contrast and brightness in one go, this phone has substituted the need of digital camera to any finicky photo shooters. Not only with the facility to shooting pictures, but also with the use of picture blogging by choosing photo, adding textual matter and publishing it for the sake of you family and friends, Cyber-shot phone has made its demand more for its fun loving consumer. It also includes the instant e-mail facility via Push email, which acts exactly as a home computer. Other features included here are wireless blue tooth option, music recognition, 3-music click download option, easy broadband accessibility, RSS feeds etc.

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Look at what the FCC approved today: the Sony Ericsson K530 3G cell phone which was announced recently by SE has bagged the approval from the FCC, paving its way into the world markets.

This makes the phone on target for the Q3 2007 release. The phone, lightweight at 92 grams, is 14mm thin and features a 2″ 262k color TFT. On-board, the memory is pretty much limited to 16MB, with expansion in the form of Memory Stick Micro (M2).

Stylish phone, brilliant screen (at least from the photos on their website). No pricing information yet, check back soon for that.

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Look at what the FCC approved today: the Sony Ericsson K530 3G cell phone which was announced recently by SE has bagged the approval from the FCC, paving its way into the world markets.

This makes the phone on target for the Q3 2007 release. The phone, lightweight at 92 grams, is 14mm thin and features a 2″ 262k color TFT. On-board, the memory is pretty much limited to 16MB, with expansion in the form of Memory Stick Micro (M2).

Stylish phone, brilliant screen (at least from the photos on their website). No pricing information yet, check back soon for that.

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Photos of the latest Sony Ericsson clamshell mobile phones are finally out. The newest editions to Sony Ericsson’s arsenal of phones - the Z320i, Z250i, and Z750i - all sport small, sleek clamshell form factors and updated features.

The Z320i and Z250i are the smaller two phones of the trio, slightly shorter, but also thicker than the Z750i. Of the bunch, my favorite is the Z750i available in either shiny metallic silver, blue, or purple.

More photos here.

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Sony Ericsson’s new HGE-100 looks just like your regular hands-free acessory. It actually doubles as a GPS add-on accessory which enables satellite navigation and sport monitoring on compatible Sony Ericsson phones. Just simply plug the small, compact device into the phone’s connector and you should be ready to get out and explore. The software will provide navigation voice and text commands to help you find your way. Another nifty features is it’s ability to use the GPS Enabler as a “personal trainer”. Using the ‘Tracker’ GPS application the phone can monitor speed, distance, and calorie burn, then record and analyze data. The HGE-100 GPS Enabler will be available in the Q3 of 2007 near a retail price of ?70.

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This is not a true converged device, but it’s close. The new Sony Ericsson K530 cell phone and its companion the HGE-100 GPS Enabler combine to form a useful navigation system.

The idea behind the separate phone attachment seems to do more with battery life than anything else: just plug in the HGE-100 when you need, and your battery lasts a bit longer. But the HGE-100 goes beyond that: it also acts as the phone’s stereo headset.

The K530 phone itself is available in a slim 14mm package. A 3G phone, you can conveniently browse the web on it. The 2″ screen leaves a little to be desired, as does the 2 megapixel camera with 2.5x digital zoom.

The phone supports Java games. You can also buy music with the PlayNow service. For additional entertainment, there’s an FM radio on-board. Both the K530 and HGE-100 are expected in Q3 2007.

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Sony Ericsson unveiled its latest Walkman phone, the Sony Ericsson W910 Walkman, that apparently redefines music on the mobile. With HSDPA support, this phone offers you high speed internet access and all the goodies of a Walkman phone - superior quality audio playback, 3D games and the lot.

The W910 comes with an updated Media Manager to transfer videos/photos/music from and to your phone. You can shuffle your playlist by shaking the cell phone, which I guess is liked by a lot of people.

The phone also features the latest version of PlayNow (version 4.0) mobile download service - allowing you access to tons of music from Sony BMG. You can purchase tracks right on your phone after sampling the tracks.

Sony Ericsson also offers a 1GB Memory Stick Micro with the phone. Available in Hearty Red (in picture) and Noble Black, expect it to hit the markets in Q4 2007.

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Sony Ericsson unleashed two new camera phones targeted at serious photographers. The Sony Ericsson K850 is a 5-megapixel Cyber-shot camera in disguise, packed in a slim exterior. With auto-focus and Xenon flash, it’s ready to take over your point-and-shoot digital camera’s place.

The second phone is the Sony Ericsson Z320, a compact, 1.3 megapixel camera phone ideal for quick captures that you can share later. Available in a clamshell design, it features a retro-look icon display. You can store up to 100 images on the phone.

The K850 on the other hand is more mature, with its integrated media browser and intelligent search for accessing photos. The 2.2″ crystal display has an auto-rotate feature so you see the photo as it was meant to be - portrait or landscape. This baby is a tri-band HSDPA and quad-band GSM/EDGE cell phone.

More details in the extended entry.

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