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Yes, it’s the Sony Ericsson W900i UMTS Music Phone

Luis Camino — Mon, 17 Oct 2005 07:27:25 +0000

-109 x 49 x 24 mm and 148 grams (versus the 107.5 x 49 x 24.5 mm and 137 grams of the S700)
- Black and White
- Swiveling keypad form factor with Automatic rotating effect (opens with “the lightest of touches”)
- Triband GSM 900/1800/1900 and UMTS
- 2.2″ 320×240 (QVGA) 262k color TFT screen
- 2megapixel camera with autofocus, flashlight and 8x digital zoom with video recording at 30fps
- Frontal VGA camera for videocalls
- Full screen video playback at 30fps
- Bluetooth, Infrared and Fast Port
- Memory Stick PRO Duo slot (with cards currently available up to 2gb, 4gb in the future)
- 470mb internal memory (for between 120 and 240 songs)
- Stereo Handsfree with remote control and 3.5mm headphone jack
- Radio FM with RDS
- Support for MP3, AAC, AAC+, MIDI, WAV and XMF
- 40-tone polyphonics
- Megabass
- Java2ME with high performance 3D gaming engine (Asphalt Urban GT 3D, PowerBall Arcade 3D and QuadraPop games included, some played horizontally)
- Macromedia Flash Lite
This toy will be commercially available in Q4 2004 (isn’t that like tomorrow?) as W900i for Europe, Asia Pacific, Middle East and Africa, and W900c for China mainland. Read the Press Release or go to the Official Product Page. Click below to see all the high resolution official pictures.
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Tons of live pics here

Live pics of the W850/W900 (to be unveiled tomorrow?)

Luis Camino — Sun, 16 Oct 2005 22:12:17 +0000

Almost confirming that the new Walkman phone is going to be officialy presented tomorrow, Planete-se.net has a bunch of photos of what we know as W850 or Sakura, but that now is said to be called W900. Apart from the S700 form factor, 2mpixel camera with autofocus, QVGA screen and MS PRO Duo support, the internal memory seems to be almost half a gigabyte, at 470mb; and it’s pretty serious about taking on the new iPod, with video playback at 30 frames per second. I better sleep for a while before all this bursts officially in some hours.
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UPDATE: And the big media keeps on spreading the rumour!
UPDATE: The W900 is official

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Sony Ericsson receives all possible awards across Europe

Luis Camino — Tue, 14 Nov 2006 12:20:32 +0000

The Spanish Television and Press Graphic Reporters Association (accronym banned) has awarded the K800 the distinction of the Best Cameraphone of 2006, as an outstanding product that helps the professional photographer optimize his job.

In the United Kingdom, Sony Ericsson has also been awarded by consumers with the Best Manufacturer Of The Year award, the Best Mobile Phone Of The Year award to the K800 â€”which also was voted the “Readers’ Dream Phone“â€”, and the Best Music Phone award to the W810.

Finally, the German edition of the Connect magazine granted, with readers’s votes, the awards of Best Cameraphone to the K800 (45,2% of the votes, and the apparently-not-so-old K750 being in third place), Best Music Phone to the W810 (with 59,9% of the votes), Best 3G Phone to the W900, and Best PDA Phone to the P990 (hmm…).

To summarize, Sony Ericsson nowadays seems to be losing the “best phone with wheels and facial hair” category only, or whatever. Unstoppable!

[Via Spanish Press Release]

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Official Windows Live Messenger for all Sony Ericssons from Microsoft/MSN

Luis Camino — Tue, 07 Nov 2006 11:30:17 +0000

Sorry, third-parties, all JAVA-enabled Sony Ericssons now have official support from Microsoft to run their new Windows Live Messenger Mobile application. MSN/Windows Messenger site Mess.be found this goodie in a chineese MSN website. Well, actually, functionality may be a little below some other JAVA clients, but if you’re like me and only need your contact list and being able to chat with some few emoticons, you’ll take this Windows Live themed instant messenger over anything else. Apparently these download links (be careful to chose the version for your model) are completely legal and free to download, but after a couple of months they will stop working unless you pay a small unknown monthly fee. Hmm, let’s just enjoy it in the meantime and we’ll talk again in January. Check some screenshots of it running on K800 inside this entry. [Via Mess.be].

For Sony Ericsson J300, K300, K310, K500, K510, Z520 and Z530, Download Windows Live Messenger Mobile 380

For Sony Ericsson K610, K700, K750, W550, W600, W700, W710, W800, W810, W850, Z550 and Z710, Download Windows Live Messenger Mobile 382

For Sony Ericsson K790, K800, S700, W850 and W900 (it should also work for Symbian smartphones), Download Windows Live Messenger Mobile 384

If your exact model number isn’t listed here, make sure your phone supports JAVA and then download the version of models using the same screen pixel size.

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UPDATE: Download links working again

Hands on with Noreve’s leather cases for Sony Ericsson

Eric Resendiz — Mon, 30 Oct 2006 07:10:32 +0000

Straight out from the French Riviera, Noreve offers a series of high quality leather cases for almost all current mid-high Sony Ericssons, for those who don’t mind losing some portability in favor of protecting the precious device inside while adding a touch of style and personalization with the many leather colors available. I say losing portability because after trying these with my P990, it just won’t fit any comfortably in trousers any tighter than 50 Cent’s. It shouldn’t be a big problem for smaller models’ users though â€”the P990 itself isn’t very pocket-friendly anywayâ€”, but it’s fair to say that these cases add considerable bulk to your phone, not to mention if you even attach the huge belt clip. This belt clip led McCoy, reviewer of the black M600/W950 and red P990 cases, to find a funny problem with the back screw, which you can check in the video (in all Superhandz style) after the jump, along with photos of those and my black and white P990 cases.

Go to Noreve’s Sony Ericsson leather cases product page

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As you’ll see in the photos below, the quality of the leather and manufacturing is pretty high, I especially like the seams, and I’d actually like to see the thread in different colors. Black leather and orange thread could be a nice Walkman combination. Blue leather and white thread would be perfect for a white M600.

They also include a small slot for carrying a spare Memory Stick Duo, or two for a couple of Memory Stick Micros for the phones that use these, a handy detail for some. I actually like scratches on my phones, they give them some charm and attachement, but if you really need to protect your toy with a good looking quality product you shouldn’t mind paying the average price of 35â‚¬ for one of these.

Go to Noreve’s Sony Ericsson leather cases product page

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Enhanced Windows Media Player template for Bluetooth Remote Control

Luis Camino — Sun, 07 May 2006 22:42:21 +0000

Tired of my K750′s remote control template for Media Player lacking a couple of functions, I have customized it a bit and thought I should share it with you. As you can see in the background image, it’s the same template but adding the Shuffle, Repeat, Full Screen and Mute functions of Windows Media Player. If your phone has a smaller screen resolution than 176×220 you can resample the image and edit the template with the Sony Ericsson Bluetooth Remote Control application.

Download SuperMediaPlayer.hid

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Neat USB 2.0 Memory Stick DUO card reader

Luis Camino — Thu, 16 Mar 2006 12:02:29 +0000

I waited until I got it shipped because I wanted to see if it lived up to its promises, and it certainly does! If you need a 1 or 2gb USB pendrive, but already have that amount of storage in your Sony Ericsson, this is for you: it just turns your memory card into a USB 2.0 plug and play mass storage device! And the best way to load MP3′s, of course. Okay, maybe not a technology wonder, but it’s as small as it can get, sleek, really fast and it’s price is a joke. How else can you get a gigabyte flash drive for less than 3 dollars?

NOTE: I’m not the seller nor do I get commission or anything, I just LOVE it

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New portable and desktop speakers, MPS-60 and MDS-60

Luis Camino — Wed, 04 Jan 2006 15:57:48 +0000

Still no press releases or photos available in Sony Ericsson’s websites, but along with the W810 announcement they emailed to UCSE, they presented these couple of cool speaker sets, one more portable-ish, one more desktop-ish, to go with the known MDS-70 (which, numbering-wise, should sound better?). The MPS-60 is really really small and pocketable, at 30x55x42 mm, while the MDS-60 measures 54x120x200 mm. They will be available in the first quarter of 2006 at unknown price and in colors Silver, White and Orange.

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Two W900 reviews and four W600 reviews

Luis Camino — Wed, 23 Nov 2005 14:45:51 +0000

Ready for a busy day of swiveling Walkman love?

Threegmobile’s W900 review is more of a preview after just a couple of hours of testing, but there is a video of the automatic opening mechanism and two sample photos featuring the girl on the right. They also have a W600 p/review.

Mobile-review’s W900 review, besides the usual funny translation bits, is the first one to include comprehensive comparison with the S700, especially of the screen, which is indeed a bit smaller (just by a milimeter or two) but a lot brighter; actually too much according to their opinion. Sample photos of the W900 and K750 show that they may be using the same hardware, but the firmware differences don’t make the photos turn out exactly the same. An good benchmark comparing these two phones shows the W900 (enabled with an nVidia GoForce 4800 chip) being a lot faster in 3D operations but slower in everything else. The speed of the menus is extremely slow, probably (and hopefuly) due to the unit being an unfinished-firmware prototype. Lots of videos at the end.

NOTE: Both W900 reviews mention something about the absence of RDS in the Radio FM, but it’s not clear if they’re referring to the phone or just the handsfree’s remote screen.

Mobiledia’s W600 “review”, not even having live photos or impressions at first-hand, is not really a review but an extended explanation of all the features and uses. Typical perfect read for anyone impatiently waiting to buy one/have it shipped.

Sefanatics’ W600 vs S700 review is a very recommended read, just what a good review should be: brief and straight to the point.

Infosyncworld’s W600 review is also short but has a couple of interesting facts like the battery life being great even playing MP3′s: 15 hours they say, but was it with the phone off or on?

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Synchronizing Sony Ericssons with iTunes

Luis Camino — Thu, 27 Oct 2005 09:58:47 +0000

Not one, not even two, but THREE pieces of software have I found that will let you synchronize your MP3s with iTunes, if you just sold your iPod to buy a W800 After the great success of that phone and the unveiling of the ROKR-killer W900i, this is the last boost to the fast comeback of the Walkman brand. But remember! If your SE isn’t Walkman branded, that doesn’t mean you can’t enjoy the same features: all these iTunes add-ons will work with any mass-storage compliant phone (that’s every Sony Ericsson with Fast Port and Memory Stick slot). [Via Engadget, Pocket-lint and Tea Vui Huang]

iWalkman by The Office Maven
iTuneMyWalkman by Ilari Scheinin
Mass Storage Synchronizer by Tea Vui Huang

Which one is better overall or better for your needs? Do you know of any other software? Discuss this in the forum