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Apple 'niche player' in touchscreen phones

News Sony Ericsson takes third place with 24 per cent share. While Apple's iPhone may be the first device most people call to mind when they think of a touch-interface mobile, the 3G device is still lagging behind in the touchscreen sales stakes.

Tags: research, cent, sales, samsung

11 September 2008, 9:00

Sony Ericsson cuts 2,000 jobs as profits dive

News Sony Ericsson is going to shed 2,000 jobs as a result, although this figure includes contractors and consultants. Sony Ericsson has moved into the lower segment of the market, but timing was not on their side.

Tags: ericsson, sales, ultra, sony ericsson

21 July 2008, 8:56

Symbian Foundation phones due in 2010

News Mats Lindoff, chief technology officer of Sony Ericsson -- the main owner of Symbian-based UIQ and a member of the SF -- said the formation of the SF had been "discussed in the Symbian board for some time", but refused to give a date for the...

Tags: press, symbian, ericsson, motorola

25 June 2008, 9:26

Nokia to form open-source Android killer

News Sony Ericsson and Motorola will contribute the UIQ platform, and NTT DoCoMo will contribute its MOAP platform. Excepted from this crossover list is AT&T; Nokia and Sony Ericsson are not technically in LiMo, but Ericsson (one of Sony Ericsson's...

Tags: community, linux, ericsson, lg

25 June 2008, 9:13

News.blog: Universal, Bebo start video blog series

News The show will also be fueled by product placement, with handset manufacturer Sony Ericsson signing on as the inaugural brand sponsor. Record label Universal Music Group's Universal Music UK announced on Monday that it's partnered with social...

Tags: label, part, universal, aol

11 June 2008, 9:05

Google feels need for speed in mobile Web

News Apple, LG, Motorola, Nokia, Samsung and Sony Ericsson -- as well as network operators across the globe. Google is aiming to make an impact in the mobile sector by focusing on Web-based applications, super-fast search and location-based services.

Tags: platform, location, engineering, mobile devices

14 May 2008, 9:04

Motorola to split into two businesses

News Ericsson with a joint venture with Sony). Subject to "further financial, tax and legal analysis", the American communications giant will next year spin off its mobile-devices business as an independent, publicly traded company, which will take with...

Tags: businesses, split, broadband, motorola

27 March 2008, 8:46

News.blog: ARM demos Google Android handset

News And so does Symbian, which is used by Nokia and Sony Ericsson. Google's Android software debuted at the GSMA's Mobile World Congress here on Monday, and I got a sneak peek at a demonstration. Google launched Android, an open development platform in...

Tags: mobile phone, handset, linux, platform

12 February 2008, 9:24

News.blog: Panasonic to debut 150-inch plasma

News Komiyama is now president of Sony Ericsson. And, as usual, Sony will be there with a host of products and execs. Five or six years ago it was a peaceful marketplace, now people from the outside are coming in like hunting tribes," Hideki 'Dick...

Tags: speech, inch, panasonic, electronics

4 January 2008, 8:36

Mobile phone charger to be standardised

News Sony Ericsson and LG -- announced that its members had agreed on micro-USB as the future common connector. The spaghetti-like nightmare that forms many users' collection of phone chargers, headset connectors and data cables could be set to end...

Tags: connectivity, mini, industry, nokia

21 September 2007, 9:34

Mozilla to expand Thunderbird

News Sony Ericsson and others have done. Mozilla wants to reproduce the Firefox Web browser's success with Thunderbird, its open-source email software. In 2005, the Mozilla Foundation set up a corporation to run elements of the Firefox Web browser...

18 September 2007, 9:44

Sony files patent, but won't release gaming phone yet

News Sony Ericsson has filed a US patent application for a mobile device with videogame features, but said on Monday that it is not poised to launch a phone based on its PlayStation Portable videogame brand.

12 June 2007, 8:43

One billion mobile phones sold in 2006

News Nokia ended 2006 as market leader for mobile handset shipments, followed by Motorola, Samsung, Sony Ericsson and LG Electronics, according to the IDC statistics. One billion mobile phones were sold worldwide for the first time ever last year...

29 January 2007, 9:24

Scented mobile phone hits Japan

News The DoCoMo mobile 'smelly phone' is the SO703i from Sony Ericsson, which uses scented sheets that produce an aroma when the device is opened. Apple is not the only kit maker causing waves with its latest device.

18 January 2007, 9:20

The iPhone: more questions than answers

News Also, five hours of talk time seems a trifle short when compared with the humble Sony Ericsson W810i, another phone that, in the US, uses Cingular's EDGE network and claims "up to nine hours" of talk time and "up to 30 hours of music playing".

11 January 2007, 11:21