Sony Ericsson W890

If you remember, a while ago I wrote an article about the leaked photos of the new phone in Walkman line. I said that possibly, it is a successor of Sony Ericsson W880. So, for now this information is confirmed and with that, we got some additional information and new photos.

The name of the device is Sony Ericsson W890. Thickness of the prototype is 9,6mm, which is just a little bit thicker then its predecessor. It's equipped with a 2inch QVGA display and a 3,2mp digital camera, Bluetooth with A2DP and supports new Walkman 3.0 media player software and the remaining applications are: VideoDJ, PhotoDJ MusicDJ, RSS-reader, Push e-mail, Remote Control.

The device also has a built-in FM radio with RDS and what is the most unusual - a TV Tuner.

That's all what I know for now, but the information will be updated with the latest details. So, stay tuned and don't forget to subscribe to our RSS feed.

New Pics:

(Photos from se-center.pl)

Sony Ericsson W200i in SIX colors

It looks like that Sony Ericsson has decided to give more choice for low-end Walkman users and from now on Sony Ericsson W200i will be available in four new color options. Along with Rhythm Black and White Pulse, Sony Ericsson W200i is now available in: Grey, Sweet Pink, Aquatic White and Mono Blue. It means that low-end W200i will be available in six colors, what is very rare for a manufacturer.

In my opinion, the device is pretty cool. Like other phones from the Walkman line, W200i offers great quality stereo music. Internal storage of the device is only 27MB, but with extended storage - Memory Stick Micro™ (M2™), you can increase it up to 2GB. W200 supports HTML browsing, a 0.3MP VGA camera with 4x digital zoom and 3D gaming. It’s equipped with RDS FM stereo radio and supports Adobe® Flash Lite™ 1.1 and in addition from now on it’s available in 6 colors…

I Think it’s a great choice for budget limited users.

New Colors:

New NOKIA N82

Maybe it was surprise for you to see an article with a subject like this on a blog dedicated to Sony Ericsson, but please give me a moment and I will explain everything.

A Couple days ago, I wrote a post about clones of the Sony Ericsson's devices. Article was about CECT - a well-known Chinese device cloning company. Oh, did I say company? I mean a bureau. As we know it is a little bureau with rich cloning experience, but what about other and bigger companies? Did I say bigger? What about a GIANT company, which owns the largest market share and is a direct competitor of Sony Ericsson??? Yep, I mean NOKIA...

A while ago information about NOKIA's new device Nokia N82 appeared in the Internet. Leaked pictures of the phone have followed quickly. The features of the device are really impressive: 5 MP camera with Carl Zeiss lens, auto-focus, up to 20 x digital zoom, Xenon flash, quad band GSM, UMTS and HSDPA connectivity, Symbian based, e.t.c.

But what about the design of the device? Can't you catch a similarity? When I’m looking at the pictures of the device, what first comes to my mind is Sony Ericsson K550i. Don't you agree? They have cloned the housing of the device from K550. I can’t even understand CECT when they are cloning devices, but NOKIA? Shame on NOKIA, shame on …

But that’s not all! Of course meantime CECT didn't stay behind and has cloned the design of Nokia N82, which isn't even released yet. So, CECT has cloned a phone, which Nokia has cloned from Sony Ericsson K550i :D

Sony Ericsson W960 approved by the FCC

Long awaited Sony Ericsson W960 is one step close to release. The matter is that, it was approved by the FCC.

What we can say about this phone. For me it's the one of the most awaited phones and at last it have been approved. It's Smart, it's beautiful and it's a Walkman. W960 will be a huge addition to the Walkman line.

Sony Ericsson W960 impresses with its 8GB memory and touch display. You can have all the music you want - literally at your fingertips. It's equipped with 240x320 262K color touchsceen display, WIFI, bluetooth with A2DP, 3.2mp camera 3x digital zoom and auto focus, media player can be navigated with the new Walkman Touch player. The OS is based on Symbian UIQ, which means that the phone is "Smart".

Housing of the device is executed in a “Monoblock” form-factor and intended to work in GSM 900/1800/1900MHz, UMTS 2100MHz networks. All these features are housed in a phone only 16mm thick (109 x 55 x 16 mm) and weighing just 119g.

FCC:

Sony Ericsson PC Suite 3 - New Suite for New Phones

With the advent of the new phones such as K850 or W910, Sony Ericsson updated PC Suite too. As of writing this, version 3.101.00 is available at SonyErisson.com for download.

Of course, I quickly downloaded it and installed, but unfortunately I can't get my k750 to work with it! It's a pity but I hope it's just a temporary problem.

Anyway, I still can show you some screenshots, which I made during the installation and first application launch, from which you can see how much changes were made and what a great difference is between new and old PC Suites (As I remember the last version was 2.10.46) ...

Official Information:

System requirements:

• 600 MB free space on the hard drive
• Windows XP SP1/SP2 (Home, Professional and Media Center Edition), Vista (Business, Enterprise, Home basic, Home premium, Ultimate)
• Windows XP: 128 MB RAM
• Windows Vista: 512 MB RAM

  How to use
  The first time the Sony Ericsson PC Suite is started, a connection wizard is displayed to help you to connect your phone to your PC.
  

  • You can connect your phone through USB cable, Infrared or Bluetooth connection.
  • Follow the connection wizard to connect your phone.
  • To get more information about the phone models, click the Overview button.
  • To get additional help, select Help menu or click F1

  Notes
  Sony Ericsson PC Suite 3.101.00 is available in the following lanuguages:
  

  American English, Arabic, Canadian French, Chinese Simplified, Chinese Traditional, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Hebrew, Hungarian, Italian, Japanese, Latin American Spanish, Norweigan, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish, Swedish, Thai, Turkish,

Screenshots:

Sony Ericsson PXi

Not long ago, a picture of Sony Ericsson’s new device has hit the Internet. On the picture, we can see that device is named PXi... What is that? Is this a new prototype of the new device? Or is it just a concept, really nice work made by another amateur designer? Or maybe it’s another concept or even a prototype of the long awaited Sony Ericsson P3??? I dare to ask that because as we know, same thing was with the latest SE smartphone Sony Ericsson P1, in early appearance, the device was wearing another name – Sony Ericsson P700…

I don’t know what is that, but the fact is that I really like it, really nice design with huge screen…

So what we can say about it, it’s equipped with huge display, maybe 3.3 inch and it’s obvious a touch screen. I can also see a little front camera and that means that device supports 3G. I also can see red jogdial button on the right side of the device and housing reminding Sony Ericsson P1i. According to the serial name P, the device is smartphone and that means that the OS is based on UIQ… That’s all I can say for now. To be honest I don’t believe pictures like this and I think that it’s just another fake and I don't know why, but I really like it.

Make your SE Phone smarter - Part IV

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Why do most of people like Smartphones? Probably because smartphones provide a lot of fun or maybe for deliver some important functionality, like Messengers, internet browsing, RSS, Password managers, e.t.c. But wait, we, I mean ordinary users of Sony Ericsson's non smarts, we all can use the same things, we can have messengers and RSS readers and browsers, and lot of other things that smartphones support. How? Glad you asked. Little Java applications gonna help us with that :)

Here are some of my favorite free Java applications that I use practically every day :)

Cellity tweeter:

With the cellity tweeter client you can use all of the following Twitter features directly from your mobile phone:
my timeline: show last 20 messages in my timeline
public timeline: show 20 current public messages from random users
timeline of a friend: show timeline of a selected friend (20)
list of friends: show list of "friends"
list of followers: show list of "followers"
featured list: show list of featured users
my messages: show received direct messages
send direct message: send private message to a friend
sms tell a friend: send SMS with download link to new user
mail tell a friend: send email with download link to new user

Download


EQO:

EQO (pronounced “echo”) is a FREE, easy to use application for your existing mobile phone that lets you place cheap international calls, text messages and instant messages to anywhere in the world. International calling rates start as low as 2.3¢ per minute, international text messages for 10¢, and access to mobile IM services like MSN, AIM, Yahoo!, Google Talk, ICQ, and Jabber is FREE! EQO is remarkably simple to use and does not require a new contract, computer or calling card. It works just like your mobile’s phonebook - simply scroll through your contacts and click to call or send a message. EQO works with your existing phone plan (local minutes and a bit of data) to complete cheap calls and messages at some of the lowest rates in the world. Even better, we don’t charge anything for calls and texts between two EQO users – so you can “call global, pay local”!

Download


RadioBee:

RadioBee is a small program for cell phones. If you install it on your cell phone, you can listen to any mp3 internet radio through the cell phone speaker. Cool idea, isn’t it? Just imagine, you are in France on the street and would like to check what's going on at Windy City! Just open your cell phone, power up RadioBee, choose the Chicago internet radio station and you are good to go! The best part - you can use it for free!

Download


IM+ for Skype:

Call Skype users to their PCs
With IM+ for Skype Software you can talk with other Skype users all over the world.
See who is online and chat with Skype users
With IM+ for Skype Software it is possible to have chat conversations with other users who are logged in with their Skype accounts on PC. Text messaging is cost effective way to say something to your contacts instead of sending an SMS. By looking who is online, and sending a text message you can also check whether the contact is ready for a call.
Make cost-effective calls to any destination
IM+ for Skype Software is based on SkypeOut service that allows users to make and receive calls for a low fee.
Network Independence
IM+ for Skype Software works worldwide in any 3G⁄GSM⁄CDMA network and doesn’t require WiFi.
Fully mobile solution
IM+ for Skype Software is fully mobile software. It does not require the PC with Skype running. IM+ for Skype Software enables users to call regardless of where they are.
Intuitive interface, easy to use
User friendly intuitive interface and built-in help make the software really easy to use for everyone.
One Time Fee, all updates included
One time fee for the application, no monthly subscription. By purchasing IM+ users are entitled to all software updates and upgrades.
Free technical support

Download


goText:

goText is a program for mobile phones that allows you to send text messages over GPRS/EDGE/UMTS. It was made in Java (J2ME) MIDP 1.0 CLDC 1.0 and so avaible for all java mobile devices.
It is an opensource and multilanguage project and it would be a free world wide sms gateway. It is released under the GNU GPL v.2 license
goText allows to save on the shipment of messages via GSM because, through the single cost of logon, he uses free services of shipment messages via web. The GPRS is a communcation protocol that allows packet data transfering so you pay for traffic data and not for how much time you stay connected.

Download


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To be continued...