When I saw these renders I knew I had to devote to them the first entry in CSE in a long time. If they are real it could be one of those products that mark a turning point which Sony Ericsson used to have us accustomed for years.
This is an ultra moderne design, with mysterious navigation keys in the front and sides, a beautiful color combination on what we assume is the cover of the keypad, and most strikingly a glass screen that makes the phone entirely see through in that area — useful for not bumping into anything walking down the street. The technology to display information on this screen may be similar to that used by “teleprompters”, as you can see in the picture below.
An industry source some hours ago told none other than Reuters that Sony Ericsson is working on a super slim high end Walkman model with camera (or Cybershot with MP3, if you will), whose codename is taken from Japaneese tennis player Ai Sugiyama (the original story says the phone itself is inspired by her, but we just don’t get that). Everybody seems to be calling it the Motorola RAZR-killer, but the more featured Sony Ericsson M600 already went that slim, at 15mm versus the RAZR’s 14, and the RAZR was a clamshell anyway. It is supposed to be unveiled in Q1 2007, and will be available in black and silver. Check inside this post for some suspiciously cardboard-looking spyshots. Anybody want to bet for any Swedish tennis player for the next rumour? [Via Reuters and Se-nse, thanks Bee87 for the pics]
Several phtoos have been leaked in a now-locked Secentral.net forum thread of what seems to be a candybar mid-range (ok, downgraded) K800 with the same QVGA screen and Memory Stick Micro slot but with the 2.0 autofocus and two-led flashlight camera of the K750. Interesting where the FastPort connector appears to be located: at one of the sides. While the materials used seem to be on the cheaper side (it might be just the quality of the photos) and the back loses any resemblance to any Cybershot product, at least it looks like it’s pretty slim, maybe thinner than the M600 (which is 15mm) [Via Engadget and Newmobile.nl]
To give some competition for the Adriana, Binsz, a member of our forum, has 3D modelled a couple of sleek futuristic concepts dubbed Zeus and Siren, whose looks are reminiscent of the Sony Ericsson Black Diamond (also made by a fan) that finally made it to production inependently without the Sony Ericsson branding. Both are slim and compact at 100×50mm and 100-120grams, and feature all-covering 95×45mm touchscreens in the same fashion of some Nokia and BenQ concepts seen lately, which pretty much tells us what some devices will actually look in some years.The Zeus (or P1000i) is a one-way slider with an integrated Qwerty keypad, while the Siren (or W1000i) has two sliding halves with speakers at the back and more touchscreen area on the front. Just look at the pictures, it would be perfect for a professional version of the Music DJ! Binsz is working on another waterproof iteration called Sparta/R1000i.
Celebrating the 5th birthday of the joint-venture, and all the achievements that made it possible to become the 4th mobile phone manufacturer in the world (and one of the most appealing), SE has started a new campaign featuring the “liquid entity” logo replacing the heart in many “I ♥…” phrases; in what could represent the first tangible result of Sony Ericsson’s recent adoption of Saatchi & Saatchi as their new Global Advertising Agency. It’s not confirmed that the skyscraper-high and suburb ads will make their way from Photoshop phase to reality, but the rest of them will appear on magazines and probably on the walls of the new Sony Ericsson exclusive store in Kensington High Street, London.
Sony Ericsson will do a public live webcast on October 12th to announce Q3 financial results. The host will be Miles Flint, the president itself, so it’s not crazy to think they could announce something else too (certainly NOT the Adriana ).
It’s been a long and painful hiatus here at clubsonyericsson, but we’re officially back to reporting all Sony Ericsson news, starting with something that’s not so news, but pretty hot.
What you see on the photo could be Sony Ericsson’s first Digital Video Broadcast-Handheld enabled device, a feature they say will be on every model in the future. It could play videos and digital TV streamed wirelessly and even record them in its internal 10gb memory. That would allow for some live time-shifting too. It could be the first to be operated in landscape mode (except during calls, obviously) and to introduce an iPod-esque clickwheel for scrolling and fast-forwarding AS WELL as the traditional 5 or 9-way joystick it surrounds. It could have two additional softkeys to the right of the 3.5″ 800×600px screen that would replace the “back” and “C” buttons and make the interface even more flexible and powerful. It could also sport a Memory Stick Micro slot to support those 32gb cards that Sony claims will be available some day not soon.
The image above shows a W850 in the Norwegian Dutch Sony Ericsson site, but it’s probably fake. The image on the right shows a whitened K790 that looks really nice, but it’s most probably fake. Other couple of photos inside this article show a K800 with slightly redesigned speaker and it’s box, but they are totally 100% fake. All these pics may be fake, but that doesn’t mean that the rumour of a Walkman branded model based on the K790 can be true. After all, the K790 has all the Walkman capabilities and it would be an inexpensive way for Sony Ericsson of selling the phone in music related stores in which otherwise wouldn’t make sense to display a Cybershot device. Call it the Nokia way, but you can’t deny it’s effective: if the K750/W800 platform would have been one only model, it wouldn’t have sold as much as the K750 and the W800 altogether. [Via Mobile-review and Mobil.cz, thanks F3nix for the info]
As we just said, an internal SE source has confirmed that there will be two product presentations on days 11 and 18 of next month, the second one being “the sh**”. Now these spyshots of a 1.3 megapixel clamshell (-version of the K510?) with “SE123″ labels all over the place have appeared, and make total sense to go official on the 11th while the 18th could bring a… Sony Ericsson Handycam? Hey, spreading rumours dreaming is free. [Via somewhere in PConline.com.cn. Thanks Giancito for the tip!]
May is going to be unexpectedly exciting with two Sony Ericsson product presentations on the 11th and 18th of that month, the second one being “the sh**”, an internal source confirmed (the Handycam?). In the meantime, you can print out this couple of PDF’s and make it your bathroom reading matter for some weeks [Thanks Djraven for the links]:
K800 Whitepaper (includes complete comparison table with K750):
Bluetooth PAN to connect the phone to Internet using Bluetooth.
Image formats
VGA (640×480 pixels)
1 MP (1280×960 pixels)
2 MP (1632×1224 pixels)
3 MP (2048×1536 pixels) or
3 MP (2000×1500 pixels) with image stabilizer on.
- Photo key (upper/right): Camera mode: Camera scenes or Video Night mode / Standby mode: Camera album.
- Photo key (lower/left): Camera mode Camera or Video shoot mode / Standby mode: The most recent taken picture showed in full view.
Support [amont known others] for WMA music files and WMV and RealVideo video files.
[Transition effects] A menu that slides on to the screen, instead of simply appearing on the screen, is an example of a transition effect; an icon that gradually blends in to the background and then disappears is another example. (…) UIQ also supports semi-transparent windows, which enables UI elements, like menus and dialogs, for example, to have rounded corners or to let the screen area behind the window shine through. (…)
The Memory Manager handles low memory internally. It asks background applications to gracefully close down in order to free up memory. No data or settings are lost since all applications save data before closing. (…)
UIQ supports both bitmap fonts and Unicode True Type fonts. (…)
Categories to organize contacts; a contact can belong to one or several categories. (…) Backup and restore functions for all the entries [contacts] to and from external memory cards. (…) If the end user has installed an Instant Messaging (IM) application that use the Instant Messaging Integration API (…) the end user can see status and presence information in the Contacts application and use a direct navigation link to the IM application.
Singapore-based industrial designer Jaren Goh has presented this rendering of an ultra stylish high-end Sony Ericsson, dubbed Black Diamond, from which the actual company could get some inspiration (dreaming is for free). Apart from a 4 megapixel camera without flash (Jaren, what were you thinking?) and no navigation buttons at all, the OLED screen is located behind a polycarbonate layer with “mirror cladding” so you see your face when you want to check mail, much like what is seen in Sony’s A3000/A1000 Mp3 players. [Via Sefanatics and Esato, thanks Teemu for the tip]
Celebrating the 5th birthday of the joint-venture, and all the achievements that made it possible to become the 4th mobile phone manufacturer in the world (and one of the most appealing), SE has started a new campaign featuring the “liquid entity” logo replacing the heart in many “I ♥…” phrases; in what could represent the first tangible result of Sony Ericsson’s recent adoption of 
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May is going to be unexpectedly exciting with two Sony Ericsson product presentations on the 11th and 18th of that month, the second one being “the sh**”, an internal source confirmed (the Handycam?). In the meantime, you can print out this couple of PDF’s and make it your bathroom reading matter for some weeks [Thanks Djraven for the links]:
