Sony Ericsson K330

The other basic phone that was announced by Sony Ericsson a couple of days ago is also a simple basic phone with an added camera feature for photo and video capturing - the K330. The Sony Ericsson K330 allows users to store up to 250 photos or 12 minutes of video footages which can later on be shared wirelessly through Bluetooth. And with the Bluetooth connectivity, you can easily and quickly connect the K330 to a compatible Bluetooth headsets such as the Sony Ericsson HBH-PV715, 720 and 740. The K330 also makes communication easy by allowing users to store up to 1000 contacts and as much as 450 text messages. Furthermore, its light up torch functionality is a useful feature to help users find their way around on a dark environment. Other features of this simple Sony Ericsson device include; 10MB internal memory, 0.3 megapixel camera, support for MP3 as music tones. For messaging purposes, the Sony Ericsson K330 supports SMS, MMS and predictive text inputing. The K330 also offers entertainment value such as a FM radio, Java support and video viewing. The Sony Ericsson K330 will be available in Gold on Black and Green on Black, in selected markets from Q3 2008. It supports GSM/GPRS 900/1800 network.

Sony Ericsson J132 - a no non-sense basic phone

With the slew of high-end phones with ultra-advanced features populating the mobile phone market, it’s a welcome breather to have some new releases that border on the simplistic and no-frills text and call mobile features. One of these simple and yet highly functional mobile phone is the Sony Ericsson J132. In fact, we can say that everything about the J132 is uncomplicated. From its clear and bright screen, to its one-click shortcuts and easy-to-use navigation keys, the J132 gives you a mobile phone ready to be used either to text, search for contacts number or access the FM radio, in a very straight forward way. In brief, the Sony Ericsson J132 gives out solid talk and text functionality with its dust resistant keypad, FM radio with loudspeaker, handsfree kit, radio alarm clock, torch function and up to 9 hours of talk time or 450 hours of standby time. Other features of the Sony Ericsson J132 include; a 128×128 pixel (65,000 color) LCD screen, 4MG internal phone memory, predictive text input, organizer function that includes alarm clock, calculator, calendat, phone book, stop watch, task manager and timer, support for polyphonic ringtone, speakerphone, and vibrating alert. The J132 will support GSM 900/1800 frequencies and the J132a for US markets will support GSM 850/1900. The J132 will be available in Night Black and Heaven Blue in selected markets from Q4 2008.

Sony Ericsson F305 - The Nintendo Wii of Mobile Phones

Among the new mobile phones announced by Sony Ericsson this week, the F305 is perhaps the most innovative and features something different. The F305 puts gaming it the heart of Sony’s latest phone release, so to speak with its motion gaming feature. This system lets users control games with the flick of a wrist or the swing of the arm and then let them see the results straightaway on the screen. Think of it as the Nintendo Wii of mobile phones. To complement this motion gaming feature, the F305 was also packed with stereo speakers, and a 2.0” screen and you have an ultra-cool mobile phone gaming device. For its gaming features, the F305 features a horizontal gaming mode, Cross key + dedicated gaming buttons, gaming shortcut key, 3D games, stereo speakers, JAVA MIDP 2.0 support, Play Now, media player that supports MP3/AAC/AAC+/eAAC+, TrackID, FM Radio, and Bluetooth (A2DP). In addition, the F305 is also a full-featured mobile phone with great mobile features such as a 2.0 megapixel camera, a 2.0” 176×220 TFT display, WAP 2.0 xHTML, communication and messaging such as picture messaging (MMS), predictive text input, sound recorder, text messaging. Likewise it also features USB mass storage, organizer features such as alarm, calculator and many more. The Sony Ericsson F305 comes with a 10MB internal memory, and a Memory Stick Micro Slot for storage expansion. It supports EDGE/850/1800/1900. This mobile phone will be available sometime in Q3 2008 in Polar White and Mystic Black.

The Sony Ericsson C905 Whallops an 8.1 MP Camera

You read it right folks, that’s the new Sony Ericsson camera phone whalloping a whooping 8.1 megapixel camera. It’s not a Sony Cyber-shot digital camera but a Cyber-shot camera phone. Being the first Cyber-shot slider phone, the C905 offers the most advanced camera phone yet. Like the Sony Ericsson S302, the C905 was created to make all mobile users better photographers. The C905’s camera features include; true digital camera with Xenon flash with face detection auto-focus, smart contrast and image stabilizer. It also provides an easy and quick way of transferring photos from the camera to the PC with a USB adaptor. Here’s a rundown of the C905 features and specifications. For its other camera function the C905 features; auto focus, 16x digital zoom, photofix, picture blogging, red-eye reduction, video light, video recording and video stabilizer. For its connectivity, the C905 features aGPS, Bluetooth, modem, synchronization, USB mass storage and support. Other features of the Sony Ericsson C905 include; a 2.4-inches 262, 144 color TFT display (240×320 pixels), 160MB phone memory, GSM/GPRS talk time of 9 hours, GSM/GPRS standby time of 380 hours, UMTS talk time of 4 hours and UMTS standby time of 360 hours. The C905 supports GSM/GPRS/EDGE 850/900/1800/1900 UMTS/HSDPA 2100,  GSM/GPRS/EDGE 850/900/1800/1900 UMTS/HSDPA 850/1900/2100; GSM/GPRS/EDGE 850/900/1800/1900.The C905 Cyber-shot will be available in three colours (Night Black, Ice Silver and Copper Gold) in selected markets from Q4 2008.

Sony Ericsson S302 - Mobile Phone Snapper for You

Sony Ericsson has just announced its latest offering in its mobile phone Snapshot series, the S302. Designed to make their mobile phone customers better photographers, the S302 makes it easier to take great photos without letting users miss any magic moment. Easy on the budget but heavy on features, the S302 will come in Crystal Blue and Thunder Grey in selected markets from Q4 2008. The S302 (and S302c for China markets) will support GSM/GPRS/EDGE 850/900/1800/1900. The Sony S302 sports a premium finish with its mere 11 mm thickness and high gloss finish. It lets you share photos instantly via direct posting blogs or wirelessly to other phones or to computers via Bluetooth. It even offers photo editing through Photo Fix. Other features of the Sony Ericsson S302 include; 264.144 color TFT, 20 MB internal memory plus memory stick micro (M2) slot. It also boasts of a full-function 2.0 megapixel camera with 2.5x digital zoom, photo fix, photo light, picture blogging, video light and video recording features. For connectivity, the S302 supports Bluetooth technology, can be used as a modem, and USB mass storage and USB support. The S302 also functions as a music player with its Bluetooth stereo (A2DP), media player which supports various formats, music tones, PlayNow and Track ID features. Additionally, this phone features entertainment applications and tools such as 3D games, FM radio RDS, Java application, video streaming and video viewing. The Sony Ericsson S302 will be available in Q4. Two color variants of these mobile phone will be released by then – Crystal Blue and Thunder Grey.

The Week in Mobile Phone Leaks

This week in the mobile phone scene we’ve encountered several high-profile leaks and rumors about soon-to-be released mobile phones. Either the manufacturers intentionally or unintentionally leak these photos is their prerogative and we as mobile phone consumers and bystanders could only welcome these as part of our daily lives.
Anyway, we’ve gathered some of these mobile phone leaks and what-have-yous for our weekly feature here in cellphonews.

Take a gander at some of this week’s rumoured incoming phones. Some may come out soon while some later. Incidentally for the Sony Ericsson phones that we featured here, it’s more likely to come out in the next couple of days as Sony Ericsson is up for some press announcements on the 17th.

Sony Ericsson F305
This new mobile beauty from Sony Ericsson is the cell phone maker’s first motion gaming-enabled cell phone so to speak. As a gaming mobile phone, the F305 definitely features some cool gaming features and some pre-loaded games such as bowling, bass fishing and jockey. Aside from its gaming features, the F305 is also a music player with support for various music formats. It’s got a 2-inch large TFT display with 176×220 pixel resolution (262,114). Since, the F305 is not the best of all mobile phones in terms of features and functionality, we expect this to be priced in the mid-range level.

Sony Ericsson S302
The S302 is the first of Sony Ericsson’s new Snapshot series of mobile phones. This mobile phone is said to be a dirt cheap camera enabled quad band GSM phone with support for EDGE. Being a Snapshot mobile phone, we expect that S302 to have a powerful camera. Unfortunately it could only muster a 2.0 megapixel camera with fixed focus. But it does have photo light and features PhotoFix. The S302 also features a video recording function although we don’t promise that the quality will be that great.

Sony Ericsson C905
Among the phones to be announced by Sony Ericsson on the 17th, we are most excited about the C905. Not so much because of its mobile phone features but more so because of its camera features. The C905 was said to have a whooping 5 megapixel camera. In camera phone standards, 5 megapixels is definitely big and already measures up with the entry-level point-and-shoot cameras. Hopefully, the image quality of the C905 will not suffer in favour of a higher resolution.

Sony Ericsson Alicia
Little is known about this new phone except for a video that leaked out on the internet a couple of days ago. From what we can deduce from the video, the Sony Ericsson Alicia has two screens in front. And features a widget for weather monitoring of some sort. But from the looks of it, the Sony Ericsson Alicia would seem to be a very special SE phone, being in the SE Walkman series. We certainly hope so.

Nokia E66 and E71
This new Nokia phone was not accidentally leak out. It was officially demoed in the Nokia website recently confirming that it is definitely slated for release some time this year. Unfortunately after the links were leaked out, Nokia quickly removed the demo from their site. So, we are left with second guessing the being in Nokia E-Series phones, these two mobile phones would have that much multimedia features since the E-Series is geared for mobile professionals. Expect faster data connectivity and mobile connectivity to be good at best though.

Nokia N78
The Nokia N78 is not really a “rumoured phone” since it already got the FCC approval not so long ago. But Nokia has not really any official information about this phone since then. Nonetheless what has been floating around the web is the fact that this phone will have a built-in FM transmitter. But rumors are starting to spread around that some countries may not have this function when the N78 comes out. Thanks to some law prohibiting the operation of FM transmitter without license in those areas.

Nokia N79
Like the Sony Ericsson C905, the Nokia N79 was said to have a 5 megapixel camera. But aside from this it will also be GPS capable and will come in white and brown combination color. The leaked photos don’t seem promising for the N79 though. We’re guessing that this would be a not so good follow-up to the N70 and N71.

Motorola ZN200
Our knowledge of the Motorola ZN200 came by way of an FCC approval. No official information yet coming from Motorola. But we do know that the ZN200 will feature a 2-megapixel camera with 8x digital zoom, video recording, Bluetooth, FM radio, Windows Media Player 11, supports dual-band GSM.

Sony Ericsson Touts an 8.1 Megapixel Camera Phone - C90 Shiho

You just got to love the resourcefulness of some mobile phone afficionados on the web when it comes to obtaining leak photos and specs of upcoming mobile phones from major brands. The past couple of weeks we’ve seen unofficial announcements about new phones here and there. It’s not that we’re complaining, in fact we actually like it as those leakages give us a headstart on what’s going to be hot and what’s going to be not hot. In the case of the new Sony Ericsson C905 Shiho phone, we couldn’t help but be excited about it. Who would not be excited with a mobile phone that promises an 8.1 megapixel camera anyway? This might be what Sony Ericsson to catch up with the camera phone market which has been captured by rival Nokia. Anyway, the Sony Ericsson C905’s camera  boasts of the  8.1 megapixel camera with auto-focus, face recognition, smart contrast, image stabilization, red-eye reduction and xenon flash. It’s other features include; GPS with support for A-GPS, 2.4-inch QVGA scratch-resistant mineral glass TFT display, WI-FI, Bluetooth, HSDPA, TV-Out, and Memory Stick slot of course. The C905 will be available in Copper Gold, Ice Silver and Night Black. As this is an unofficial announcements yet, we’re pretty sure there will be more features in the C905 mobile phone. And that’s something that we will watch out for.

Sony Ericsson’s W980 walkman phone

The Sony Ericsson W980 mobile phone was previewed last February during the CEBIT 2008. It is slated for a 3Q release according to Sony. So while we wait for the official release, we might as well take a look at what this baby is made of. SE is touting the W980 to set a new standard for music in mobile phones with its unique audio enhancing technology, combining it with Sony’s walkman on top design. This mobile phone will let users to listen to music the way they should be heard, that is, with clear stereo, clear bass, and  distortion free even at higher volumes. An outstanding feature of the W980 would be its built-in FM transmitter which users can share to any devices with built-in FM radio receiver. Or users can just simply unplug their headsets and let music run through the W980’s integrated speakers. For ease of use, the W980’s walkman features can be easily access even when the phone is on standby mode. This is brought about by the W980’s Walkman on Top features. And to suit the varying preferences of users, the W980 also comes with preset equalizers for music enhancement. And now for the skinny on features. As a Walkman player, the SE W980 has clear stereo, clear bass, album art, FM transmitter, shake control, SensMe, PlayNow, TrackID, Bluetooth stereo, music tones, 3D games, Java applications, FM Radio with RDS, video streaming, and video viewing. The W980 also boasts of a 3.2 megapixel camera with 3.2x digital zoom, picture and video blogging, video recording with 4x digital zoom, full Internet browsing with Access NetFront, support for web and photo feeds. The W980 gives out up to 8 GB of internal memory, 9hours talktime and around 300 hours of standbytime for GSM network and 16 hours of music listening time. It runs on  UMTS/HSDPA 2100 GSM/GPRS/850/900/1800/1900 networks.

Sony Ericsson Intros the HSDPA Z780 clamshell

Together with the HSDPA phone G502, Sony Ericsson also announced a low-end version clamshell phone Z780. The Z780 is also an HSDPA phone and is a sister phone of the recently announced Sony Ericsson Z770. The Z780 boasts of tri-band 3G and HSDPA capabilities aside from sporting a stylish clamshell frame. With its 3G capability, the Z780 will give you faster mobile web browsing experience as well as quick access to your mobile email client. In addition, the Z780 is also equipped with a GPS function answering everyone’s navigation needs. Like the G502, the Z80 also features the latest version of Google Maps for mobile that allows you to view high quality maps with satellite view of local areas as well as view listings of restaurants, hotels and other establishmens in your locality. The maps also includes reviews and ratings of these establishments from people who have been to the establishments. Google Maps for Mobile in the Z780 enables you to receive turn-by-turn directions that will help you find your way into a specific location. The Z780 has the following powerful features; 2.0 megapixel VGA camera with 2.5x digital zoom, photoblogging features, various entertainment features including 3D games and Java apps, FM radio, video clip and video streaming. In addition, the Z780 can also be used as a full function music player. It supports MP3 and AAC music formats and has Bluetooth stereo (A2DP).For connectivity, aside from the 3G features, the Z780 also boasts of aGPS, Bluetooth, modem, PC synchronization, and USB support. These and other usual Sony Ericsson mobile features more than make the Z780 a good all-around clamshell phone.

Sony Ericsson announces the G502 HSDPA phone

Sony Ericsson is bringing the mobile web into the mainstream with the release of its new G502 HSDPA phone. The G502 is the third in Sony Ericsson’s G series mobile handsets and the first model in this series to have the high-speed capability HSDPA. Running on HSDPA, users will have faster browsing and downloading experience. The main feature of the Sony Ericsson G502 is its tie up with Google Maps for Mobile. This feature will give you a satellite view of the local area where you are located as well as give you a listing of various spots, such as restaurants and hotes including reviews and ratings from those who have been into the place. The G502 however doesn’t have GPS capability. But if you want to have that function, you can do so by plugging in the GPS Enabler HG-100 accessory. The G502 is packed with a wealth of features that would certainly make you love this phone including; email access through POP3/IMAP client email, 2 megapixel camera with digital zoom of up to 4x, Bluetooth stereo, media player, stereo FM, USB support, synchronization features, 3D games, Java support, video recording and playback, video streaming, plus a complete organizer function. The G502 mobile phone works on GSM (900), GSM (1800), GSM (1900), UMTS (2100) HSDPA (2100) and has 10 hours of talk time and 320 hours of standby time. The Sony Ericsson G502 will be available 2ndQ of 2008 in Champagne Black and Brilliant Hazel.

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