Unrequited Love: Sony Ericcson P1i
Added on 2007-08-03 12:32:00
by Randall Bennett
 The P1i knows how to turn some heads, and with specs like a 3.2 megapixel camera, and a sure-type keyboard, who wouldn't want the phone? Unfortunately for residents of the US, Sony Ericcson unleashed the P1i sans GSM 850 support, which essentially dooms it from the inside out. We picked it as our first Unrequited Love, so here's hoping Sony Ericcson will throw US residents a bone, and actually give us a phone we like.
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Four new Sony Ericsson phones on June 14th?
Added on 2007-06-08 10:47:00
by Randall Bennett
 A crafty forum poster has some info on some new handsets Sony Ericsson will be announcing on June 14th. The Sofia, which would be their new flagship Cybershot handset, features a 5MP camera, xenon flash (goodbye LEDs!) and HSDPA (including the US 850MHz band.)
The Shinobu could be Walkman's cream of the crop, a slider again with HSDPA, but interestingly features some motion control. Tilt the phone forward, the music skips forward. Tilt it back, the music skips back. Shake the handset, and the phone skips to a random track. It's not a new feature though, since the W580 also has the feature.
The forum poster also claims to have info on two other handsets, albeit less info. The tipster says the Anastasia will rock a 1.3 MP camera, probably for the budget crowd. The Mool, however, could be a little more interesting walkman phone, potentially featuring 8GB of flash memory and the tipster says the unit includes a stereo Bluetooth headset in the box.
We'll be waiting till June 14th to see what's really announced but hopefully the forum poster is dead on. Cybershots have the reputation of being toward the high end of the cameraphone spectrum, so a five megapixel shooter will be one we definitely want to get our hands on, especially since Samsung and LG already have their own five megapixel shooters.
UPDATE: On some additional searching, we found the spy shots that have been floating around for a few months of both the Shinobu and the Sofia (aka'd as the K850i, which looks to have one of the worst keypads we've ever seen.) Oh, and to be clear, the Xenon flash is nothing new, but we're always excited when "proper" cameraphones have "proper" flashes.
[Via HF]
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| Tags: Sony Ericcson, k850i, HSDPA, GSM, sofia, anastasia, mool, shinobu, music phones, cameraphone, 5 megapixel |
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Rivals Turn up the Heat on the iPhone
Added on 2007-04-14 20:57:00
by Rusty Weiss
 With so much anticipation surrounding the iPhone launch later this year, one has to wonder if the device can ever live up to the hype.
As the following article sees things, it simply has to.
While Steve Jobs refers to the iPhone as ‘Apple’s best-ever iPod,’ sporting beautiful design and an iconic brand name, and has been the focus of the companies near-future (see Leopard), there are still forces in the industry that could present problems.
Cell phones, despite their mp3 capabilities, have long been limited by storage capacity, or the lack thereof. The landscape it is a-changin’.
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