Supplementing its men’s line of MBW-150 Bluetooth watches, Sony Ericsson intoduced a women’s line called the MBW-200. Made in conjunction with watchmaker Fossil, the timepieces use Bluetooth to connect with compatible handsets and display caller ID and vibrate when the phone is ringing or a text message is received. Users can then mute or reject the call via the watch. Either of the three distinctly styled timepieces will also act as a remote control for the music playing from the handset.
The MBW-200 watches will also vibrate to let users know when they get out of Bluetooth range with their phones, which is about 30 feet.
The three designs are called Sparkling Allure (shown), Contemporary Elegance and Evening Classic. Each includes a monochrome OLED display set into a traditional analog watch face, both under a mineral crystal glass with an anti-glare coating. Each watch is water resistant up to 100 feet and comes with a rechargeable battery.
[electronista]
Thursday, September 25, 2008
Bluetooth Watches for Women: Sony Ericsson MBW-200 Watches
Tuesday, September 9, 2008
GPS, Wi-Fi, and YouTube Uploadability: Sony Ericsson G705
The new Sony Ericsson G705, said to be announced within two weeks, is a slider that features Wi-Fi, a built-in GPS receiver, a 3 megapixel camera with geo-tagging, a LED flash, the ability to capture video with upload directly to YouTube under a new partnership with Google. It has 128MB of internal memory and a M2 expansion memory card slot.
[newlaunches]
Sunday, June 15, 2008
Leaked: Sony Ericsson F305 Motion Gaming Phone
The Sony Ericsson F305 features a 2-inch 176 x 220 display, EDGE speeds, a Memory Stick Micro slot, and music playback features. What sets it apart is a built-in accelerometer for motion controlled games and the game-oriented face buttons. The device is due out in Q3.
[Engadget]
Thursday, June 12, 2008
Leaked: Sony Ericsson C905 Cameraphone
Shiho is the codename of the upcoming Cybershot flagship model from Sony Ericsson, and we’ve got everything about it! Its final name will be C905, and it’ll be announced along with some phones on the 17th of this month. In this post we’ll announce it for Sony Ericsson, and save them the trouble, plus give the competitors a little something to wee their pants about.
The C905 is the latest camera offering from Sony Ericsson featuring a fully spec’d 8.1 mega pixel camera with auto focus, face recognition, a new feature called Smart Contrast, image stabilization, BestPic, red-eye reduction, xenon flash as well as photoflash for both photos and videos. It’s got a video stabilizer feature as well. You can geo-tag your photos with the built-in GPS with further support for A-GPS, and the large camera resolution makes it possible to do prints in up to A3 sizes! Your photos will automatically flip to landscape mode, when you tilt your phone, as it’s got a built-in accelerometer. You’ll be able to watch your photos on a beautiful 2.4 inch QVGA-resolution scratch-resistant mineral glass TFT display. Feel like sharing your photos on a TV-set? That’s possible as well with the TV-Out Cable ITC-60, also to be announced on the 17th.
That’s not all, though… C905 will be the first feature phone by Sony Ericsson to sport built-in WiFi with DLNA-support, so all media in your home can be shared. It’s also got the latest in Bluetooth connections, supports USB 2.0 data transfers, and can be synchronized with Exchange ActiveSync.
The Sony Ericsson C905 measures 104 x 49 x 18 (19.5) millimetres, and weighs a massive 136 grams. It’ll be available in Copper Gold, Ice Silver & Night Black in early Q4, with a bundled 2 GB Memory Stick Micro M2. It comes in three variants, two with full support for UMTS and HSDPA in the certain regions (even America). The battery is good for 380 hours of standby or 9 hours of talk on GSM networks, or 360 hours of standby or 4 hours of talk on 3G networks.
Check out the demo tour video:
[SE-NSE via Electronista]
Monday, March 3, 2008
True or False? Sony Ericsson W990i
The SE-NSE forums have a picture of a Sony Ericsson W990i featuring an all tactile interface running Windows Mobile. Is this for real or not? Only time will tell.
[le Journal du Geek]
Tuesday, February 12, 2008
Redefining Premiumness: Sony Ericsson XPERIA X1
The Sony Ericsson XPERIA X1 mobile phone is the perfect blend of communication and entertainment. The X1 features a 3-inch 800 x 480 pixel display, measures 4.3 x 0.7 x 2.1 inches, includes 400MB phone memory and supports micro SD cards. It runs Windows Mobile 6 and has polymorphic ring tones, a speaker phone, vibrating alert and video calling. Interaction with the X1 is via touch, full QWERTY keyboard, 4-way key and optical joystick.
Connectivity-wise, the X1 supports Bluetooth, aGPS, modem, PC synchronization, and Wi-Fi.
Network-wise, the X1 supports GSM 850/900/1800/1900, EDGE, HSDPA, HSUPA, and UMTS 850/900/1700/1900/2100.
Communication-wise, the X1 has email, exchange ActiveSync, picture messaging (MMS), text messaging (SMS), and Internet Explorer Mobile.
Music-wise, the X1 has a media player, supports PlayNow, music ring tones and includes Windows Media Player Mobile.
Organization-wise, the X1 includes an alarm clock, calculator, calendar, document reader/editors, handwriting recognition, notes and tasks.
If that's not enough, the X1 also includes a 3.2MP camera with 3x optical zoom, video recorder, 3D games, Java, FM radio, and video streaming and viewing.
[Sony Ericsson]
Check out the video:
Monday, February 11, 2008
Walkman On Top: Sony Ericsson W980
The Sony Ericsson W980 doesn't look like a cellphone but that's intentional. The controls and display of the Walkman are placed on top of the mobile phone, so the user doesn't have to open the handset to control the media player. SE has dubbed this design "Walkman on Top"(*).
The W980 comes with 8GB of internal memory, built-in stereo speakers, and an FM-transmitter that allows users to share tunes through an FM radio. And the W980 comes with a Stereo Portable Handsfree HPM-77 headset for clear quality sound and hands-free call-answering. Nice!
[PMP Today]
(*)Because iPod theft has become pretty common, iPod owners have adopted their own Walkman-on-top method to hide their highly sought-after iPods - store them in the shell of an unused 1980s Sony Walkman. Pretty ironic, don't you think?
[Ubergizmo]
Monday, January 7, 2008
More Affordable, Less Gadgety: Sony Ericsson Walkman W350
In my previous post I ran through the multitude of features of the Sony Ericsson Walkman W760 Phone. For completeness, this is the Sony Ericsson Walkman W350 phone. It is more affordable but also lacks many of the features of the W760. The W350 flip handset comes with a Memory Stick Micro media card slot and Bluetooth connectivity. There is no 3G just tri-band EDGE. With Walkman on Top, key MP3 functions including play, pause and scroll are outside the phone’s flip cover so it can used just like a standalone MP3 player. Like the W760, it features Media Manager software and TrackID. A 1.3 megapixel camera and an integrated FM radio rounds off the list of features.
[Source: CES 2008]
A first look at the W350:
More Than a Phone: Sony Ericsson W760 Walkman Phone
The Sony Ericsson W760 further blurs the line between gadgets. The Sony Ericsson W760 Walkman is a UMTS/HSDPA 850/19002100 and GSM/GPRS/EDGE 850/900/1800/1900 phone. It’s the first truly global Walkman phone with tri-band HSDPA, enabling broadband speed downloads of the latest music and content wherever in the world it is used. It features built-in GPS with Wayfinder Navigator and a GPS-supported fitness application called Tracker that can tell you how fast, for how long and how far you ran or walked.
It also features powerful built-in stereo speakers. When outdoors, use the phone with the Active Speaker MAS-100 case that protects your Walkman phone at the same time as being a built-in speaker and FM radio antenna for enjoying music with friends.
The W760 Walkman Phone has SensMe & TrackID. Use SensMe to quickly select music and tracks or navigate through a playlist with Shake Control - shuffle and skip through tracks, or adjust the volume, with just a shake of the phone.
The Media User Interface rotates depending on how you’re holding the phone, so you can see everything you need at a glance. Auto rotate works for images, videos and games too.
The phone allows you to play games in landscape mode, with sound from stereo speakers and use dedicated gaming buttons like a gaming console. It is preloaded with the latest games, including Need for Speed ProStreet. The Sony Ericsson W760 features a 2.2” screen for great game play and Motion Sensor Gaming that allows you to play top games on your phone in 3D quality, using the motion of the phone to control the game.
A quality 3.2 megapixel camera is built in to the phone. Just slide open the phone, press the camera button and capture the moment! Pictures can be stored on a 1GB Memory Stick or transferred to a PC using Media Manager.
The Sony Ericsson phone will be available in select markets starting Q2 2008.
[Source: CES 2008]
