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Friday, January 22, 2010

Sony Ericsson's fourth quarter and full year report

Sony Ericsson has now released their fourth quarter and full year report. It still looks bad for Sony Ericsson but they are looking better compared to the previous quarter. Number of units shipped is at 14.6 million compared to 14.1 million last quarter, a half million increase. Operating income is at -181 compared to -193, net income is at -167 compared to -164. Average selling price is at 120 compared to 114, which means more high end phones are being sold. It hasn't been a stellar year for Sony Ericsson but it does look like they're about to come out of the hole. The X10 should be their saving grace IF everything turns out right.

Read the whole press release here Sony Ericsson

Blackberry Magnum ousted, meet the Blackberry Dakota?

The Blackberry Magnum has been in the prototype stage for a while now. But now rumors have emerged again and now it says that the magnum has been dumped for a better phone, the Blackberry Dakota. Blackberry hasn't been really into the upgrades "thing", when a phone gets a successor there's not much difference between them. BUT, the rumored Dakota brings something new into the table. It offers the same Blackberry-esque design but it sports a touchscreen and removes the trackball/optical pad. Sweet, huh? Now, the only thing we need to do is make the screen a little bit bigger and please, please, don't use your SurePress technology anymore RIM, ok?

Thursday, January 21, 2010

and it's official, meet the Sony Ericsson Vivaz!

Sony Ericsson OFFICIALLY announced today their HD video recording capable Vivaz. Though the leaks got to us earlier than the announcement still its nice to post the OFFICIAL announcement. Leakers, shame on you! though I'm not saying you're doing a bad job, keep it up!...or no...you know what I mean. As official as it gets, let's review the specs of SE's new phone. As far as entertainment capabilities are concerned Vivaz' best feature would be its HD 720p video recording capabilities, along with the 8.1 still. Oh, and let's not forget the continuous auto focus it touts when it does the HD 720p video recording, a very very very very......very rare feature we see on mobile phones. Usually we see this on camcorders, so that's a big plus! Along with the 8.1 megapixel still, you get 4x digital zoom, face detection, geo tagging, smile detection, and auto focus. Connectivity is covered as well with wi-fi, bluetooth (a2dp), DLNA, HSDPA, and GPS. The 3.5mm jack is a nice add on as well. The screen is a 3.2 inch WVGA one capable of showing 16,777,216 colours. the vivaz uses a 720Mhz processor to help it out with its HD recording. Here goes the official video of Vivaz, you know Sony Ericsson's pretty good with these!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q6Tet8ZnjbE&feature=player_embedded

Windows Mobile 7 is coming! (Update!)

There are already numerous sources and leaks that indicate that Windows Mobile 7 is really coming to us in MWC (Mobile World Congress) this coming February 15-18. Microsoft's very own Robbie Bach, Head of Entertainment and Devices Division over at Microsoft, said that WinMo 7 will be showcased at MWC 2010. He also said WinMo 7 will "set the bar forward not (just) in an evolutionary way," and that Microsoft is going to be "more engaged" with OEMs in its "go to market approach". Other leaks point out that WinMo 7 is really upon us. Others have said it straight out that WinMo 7 is really near and that they are planning on WinMo7 capable phones to be released this year, specifically September, though I would like it to come earlier. I'm pretty much pumped up with WinMo 7 and I can't wait to see what it brings. I know someone who's as pumped up as I am, codename=muret! :D

Update - More rumors point to a September release for a WinMo 7 phone. Source

The new iPhone to offer multi tasking?...I'm sold!

If rumors are true then the latest gen iPhone SHOULD have multi tasking up in it's sleeves. Along with touch sensitive casing, a new revamped UI (OS 4.0), and well, adding contacts to the home screen ala android. Setting the others aside, multi tasking is what I'm looking forward to the most. You know how I discussed my frustrations with the previous gen iPhones and why I'm not jumping into the bandwagon just yet. Now that they're bringing in multitasking well now ain't that a treat! If these do become a reality then Steve, not you Ballmer, you'll be glad to hear that you'll have one more guy jumping into the bandwagon soon. Oh wait, WinMo 7 is coming. I take that back, we'll see Steve, that means you Jobs AND Ballmer!

Sony Ericsson Kurara is now the Vivaz!

The second full-touch Sony Ericsson handset running on the Symbian platform has just been officially announced. The previously rumored as Kurara handset will be known as Sony Ericsson Vivaz from now on.

Just as expected the Sony Ericsson Vivaz runs on the Symbian S60 platform and packs an 8 megapixel autofocus camera capable of recording 720p video. The 3.2" display sports a resolution of 640 x 360 pixels and is capable of showing up to 16M colors. The CPU inside the human curvature-inspired body clocks at 720 MHz.

Sony Ericsson Vivaz has an excellent set of connectivity options - USB (they used a standard microUSB jack this time), Wi-Fi, GPS, quad-band GSM/GPRS/EDGE and 3G with HSDPA. The music fans will appreciate the 3.5mm audio jack, the FM radio and the built-in microSD card slot that allows expanding the 75MB of internal memory. There will be an 8GB microSD card slot included in the retail package so you can start capturing those magnificent 720p videos right away.

Monday, December 28, 2009

Who wants some pizza?

Pizza shot taken from my D3000

Camera upgrade R3A (R27-35059) Camera

I just bumped to this camera upgrade that I found out over at XperiaX1 and it works like a treat! It adds auto-flash as well as geo-tagging. Although you must have a ROM of either R2A or R3A. Credit goes to the guys over at XperiaX1 and XDA-devs, not me. Also, don't forget to hit the thank you button, they did give you a treat! :)