A Silver Moto Q9h, Sony Ericsson Debuts on AT&T. WSJ Reader for BlackBerry and Much More
Added on 2008-08-21 07:09:00
by Tanya Palta
 The Moto Q9h goes silver, Sony Ericsson W350 on AT&T, keep a tab on your kids via Verizon’s Chaperone and much more. Just some of the stories in our daily round up.
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CES 2008: Conclusions
Added on 2008-01-14 08:01:00
by Mark Brezinski
 So we're all back from CES, and we can definitively say it wasn't the best show for cell phones. We knew it wouldn't be CIAA, but the sheer dearth of anything interesting was a bit surprising. We made video previews for a few interesting handsets: Sony Ericcson's w760 and w350, Motorola's Z10 and ROKR E8, and Samsung's Serenata. We've written First Impression reviews on three of these: ROKR E8, Serenata, Z10. We'll be posting a First Impression review on the w760 soon as well.
Cell phones were certainly much bigger players at CES in the past. Why was there such a poor showing this year? Honestly, we think niche-oriented shows, such as CTIA or 3GSM, are the reason. With a huge show like CES that covers so many different fields of electronics, it's easy for smaller, more finesse-oriented gadgets to get lost in the shadows of the 150" plasma TVs and the giant trucks that are 65% speakers. CES seems to be more about flashy hardware than great software; it's hard for a tiny brick with a 2-3" screen to pull many eyes away from the grandeur of the rest of the show. We think the fear of being lost in the shuffle is causing cell phone manufacturers to stay away from general electronics shows, concentrating instead on niche shows like CTIA. When you only have other phones to compete against and all the press is there specifically for cell phones, your handset has a much better chance of getting noticed.
We'll be at the next CTIA, checking out all the phones that were too skittish to show up at CES.
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| Tags: CES, Motorola, Sony, Ericcson, Samsung, w760, w350, Serenata, ROKR, E8, Z10 |
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Sony Ericsson W350 Walkman Phone
Added on 2008-01-08 03:02:00
by Tanya Palta
 Sony Ericsson recently announced the Sony Ericsson W350, Walkman phone. The W350 is just around 10 mm thin and according to Sony sports a pretty “unique” design. The W350i is an EDGE 900/1800/1900 phone that will be available in selected markets from Q2 2008. The W350a is an EGDE 850/1800/1900 phone for the Americas that will also be available from Q2 2008.
Features:
* Unique style – 10mm slim Walkman® phone with a unique flip design
* Walkman® on Top – navigate your music collection from simple keys on the phone’s front
* Fun music features – name a song with TrackIDTM
* Bluetooth™ Stereo Streaming – for wirefree music listening
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