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Vivaz and Vivaz Pro shown off, UI changes

"While at MWC I spent some time looking at the new Symbian^1 handset - the Sony Ericsson Vivaz and its sister device, the QWERTY equipped, Vivaz Pro. Over the next week or so we'll be featuring a number of Vivaz videos to give you a closer look at Sony Ericsson's latest Symbian handsets. In the first video there's a general overview of the hardware and the 'panel' powered homescreen, while the second video looks at some of the homescreen UI additions compared to the Sony Ericsson Satio...

Sony Ericsson Market Share Rises 2% in UK

"All too frequently of late whenever you see Sony Ericsson mentioned in a blog post it's not good news. Well here's us bucking that trend! Sony Ericsson have announced that their market share in the UK is up 2% thanks to Satio. The handset had been pulled from sale by Carphone Warehouse and Phones4U, the country's two largest handset retailers and it didn;t look good for the handsets (or for Sony Ericsson). However, Sony Ericsson soon had the handset back on sale and the short absence doesn't ...

Sony Ericsson U1 (Satio) Review

"Design-wise the Satio is perhaps one of Sony Ericsson’s most simple and elegant phones. Its clean front consists of a large display and only three buttons at the bottom. Two of these are for calls and the third is the menu key, which also doubles as a shortcut to the taskbar when holding it for a few seconds. There’s naturally also a front facing camera for video calls, as well as a light sensor that automatically adjusts the screen backlight. And now for one of the most awesome features – it’s...

Sony Ericsson Satio Gets New Firmware update

Remember those Satio issues we told you about last week? Well it looks like Sony Ericsson has a firmware fix for them and the Satio should be available for sale again in the very near future. Sony Ericsson acknowledged the fact that the Satio’s power-down problem can’t be fixed over the air and a new firmware is definitely needed. On the other hand the Aino is still being sold in SonyStyle stores in the USA so you could simply get that one in case the Satio doesn’t become available very soon. I...

First look at Sony Ericsson Kurara U5

"This model’s development commenced at around the same time with the Satio (or “IDOU”, its original codename). Over at Sony Ericsson they never thought they’d manage beat their competitors to the market, and they didn’t – the Samsung i8910 HD has been around for a while now and has seen some decent success already. So, what can Sony Ericsson bring to the table to beat Samsung technology-wise? Basically, nothing. The Kukara offers a similar display, yet with worse image quality, since it doesn’t...

Sony Ericsson X1 NOT To Receive WinMo 6.5 Upgrade

"Yesterday's news that Satio was being pulled from sale by one of the UK's largest retailer's wasn't good news for Sony Ericsson. Well Sony Ericsson aren't helping themselves with the announcement that the X1, one of the company's most hyped handsets at launch, will not be getting an upgrade to WinMo 6.5. Read thata again, it will NOT be getting an upgrade to WinMo 6.5. Why? That's a very good question, the only answer that immediately springs to mind is that they don't want it to encroach on s...

Sony Ericsson Satio Withdrawn From Sale In UK

"The Sony Ericsson Satio has been pulled from sale in the UK at the Carphone Warehouse. The reason for the recall is being cited as software issues. an all too common problem for Sony Ericsson handsets over the past year or two. Interestingly though Carphone Warehouse is continuing to sell the silver variant of the handset, it's only the black version that has been withdrawn from sale. There is as yet no word of whether this recall affects other retailers in the UK or indeed other retail...

Sony Ericsson Satio Review

  "It was not that long time ago when Sony Ericsson announced the Idou at MWC 2009, although the handset got renamed to Satio later. The interesting thing about the cell phone is it´s manufacturer´s “first” in several respects – the first with 12-megapixel camera, the first based on Symbian S60 and the first all-in-one multimedia smartphone in the company´s range of products. It is equipped with 3.5-inch resistive screen with native resolution of 360x640 pixels (and cinematic 16:9 ratio)...

Spy shots of touch Sony Ericsson Kurara smartphone pop up

  Sony Ericsson obviously feel pretty good about working with Symbian S60 touch-operated UI as they are about to launch a second handset running it after the Satio. Nicknamed Kurara, the subject of these shots is a full-touch handset that packs some serious imaging capabilities.There's still a pretty good chance that those photos are fan mockups but if they are not we have a pretty interesting handset coming our way. The Sony Ericsson Kurara is said to sport a 3.5" AMOLED touchscreen and an 8M...

Sony Ericsson Satio Review

  "It was not that long time ago when Sony Ericsson announced the Idou at MWC 2009, although the handset got renamed to Satio later. The interesting thing about the cell phone is it´s manufacturer´s “first” in several respects – the first with 12-megapixel camera, the first based on Symbian S60 and the first all-in-one multimedia smartphone in the company´s range of products. It is equipped with 3.5-inch resistive screen with native resolution of 360x640 pixels (and cinematic 16:9 ratio)...