Sony Ericsson S302 Snapshot is Simple and Affordable

Branching out from the Cyber-shot camera series, Sony Ericsson today introduces the Snapshot series with the new Sony Ericsson S302. The S302 introduces a premium looking, yet affordable phone with a snapshot camera at-hand when needed.



With a 11 mm thickness body and high gloss finish, the S302 looks and feels as good as the photos it’s capable of taking. When your picture didn’t come out as you wanted it to, you can use the Photo fix software to improve it. The affordable S302 camera phone comes with a 2 megapixel camera, 20 MB internal memory, support Memory Stick Micro and Bluetooth connection.

The S302 Snapshot will be available 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.
Sony Ericsson S302 specifications

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Display: 176×220 pixel, 262.144 color TFT
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Phone memory 20MB
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Memory Stick Micro (M2) support
* EDGE
* Size: 101.0 x 46.0 x 11.0 mm
* Weight: 79.0 grams
* 2 megapixel camera
* Photo fix
* Photo light
* Bluetooth
* Java
* FM Radio
* xHTML web browser
* Talk time GSM: Up to 7 hrs
* Standby time GSM: Up to 300 hrs

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Sony Ericsson World View Competitions Launches Today

Following the success of World View 2007, which received more than 70,000 entries from every corner of the world, World View is back for its third and biggest year yet. This competition gives everyone the opportunity to share their camera phone photography with a global audience.



World View 2008 has launched a new website www.sonyericsson.com/worldview. Visitors to the site can look through the lens of mobile phone photographers all over the world thanks to a new flash photo gallery, which offers participants the option to include a mini biography and photo description of themselves. Get an insight into photographers’ lives, the story behind their image and see their own ‘world view’.

World View 2008 also introduces a phenomenal new prize open to everyone who enters. The People’s Choice prize puts the power in the hands of the public. Awarded to the person who receives the most votes from the public around the world, it is a trip of a lifetime worth £5,000/€6,250. The Experts’ Choice winner, chosen by Sony Ericsson’s panel of elite photography judges, will receive a once-in-a-lifetime trip worth £10,000/€12,500.

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Sony Ericsson K330 Entry Level Phone with VGA Camera

Sony Ericsson today announces two new entry-level phones, one of them is the K330 with a VGA camera. With superb talk and standby times, torch functions and FM Radio, the K330 also comes with the camera and Bluetooth functions.



“There are certain phone features, such as a large phonebook and torch functionality, that are considered key to consumers in developing markets ” says James Marshall, Head of Portfolio Marketing at Sony Ericsson. “We’ve made sure that both of these phones pack all of the essential features and appeal to anyone wanting a durable, no-nonsense mobile.”

Although there isn’t any memory card slot available on the K330, with the VGA camera you can store up to 250 photos or 12 minutes of video footage (2 minutes each clips maximum). Similar to the torch application in other Symbian phones, the K330 has pre-loaded with Torch function, which will light up the display screen to guide your way home or find objects in the dark.

The K330 will be available in Gold on Black and Green on Black, again in selected markets from Q3 2008. The K330 will support GSM/GPRS 900/1800 and the K330a: GSM/GPR 850/1900.

Sony Ericsson K330 specifications:

* Display: 1.7-inch 65,536 color TFT, 128×160 pixel
* Phone memory 10MB
* Sizes: 100.0 x 45.0 x 12.0 mm
* Weight: 75.0 gr
* 0.3 megapixel camera
* FM Radio
* Bluetooth
* Java
* Talk time: Up to 7 hrs
* Standby time: Up to 300 hrs

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Bigger Storage for Samsung Smartphones

New software from Samsung has been introduced. Apparently, it advances the demanding functions of multimedia by enhancing the performance via speedy start-up and download.

The software, which lengthens the years of the cell phone, is a system-file assisted by an efficient flash driver. The system-files that include UniFS, PocketFS and RFS can carry out usual procedure like producing, deleting, buffering, and writing data. Also, the software cut down the duration of application-design and expands the ability of the gadget to perform express video images and fine-pixel photos. And to make things easier, MoviNAND merged a MultiMediaCard regulator with NAND. This way, the system requirement for multimedia handset storage is simplified.

Young Joon Choi, Samsung’s Memory Division Vice President, says, “The new software will significantly upgrade the performance of our embedded memory solutions.”

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Who’s Who in US smartphone market?

Apple’s iPhone distribution of more than a million items in three uninterrupted quarters enable them to smash records. And even when the 2nd-quarter deliveries slumped down (probably because of the new 3G iPhone), Apple has remained to be the 2nd placer for the 1st half of 2008, with Motorola on the 3rd place.

Meanwhile, Motorola topped the US Mobile Handset vendor with 25% share. However, the 1st placer struggles in the productive and quick-rising Smartphone industry. In fact, Motorola was the single dealer with 2-digits drop for both quarterly and annual growth in the second quarter of 2008.


Below are the figures from Synergy Research Group containing the US Smartphone Vendor Shipment Growth [Q-Q/Y-Y] for the 2nd Quarter of 2008.

Apple -64.2% /125.6%

RIM 8.1% /92.1%

Sony Ericsson 9.4% /32.9%

Samsung -1.1% /31.3%

LG 10.5% /29.4%

Motorola -28.6% /-18.2%

Nokia 43.6% /-24.5%

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A Cell Phone Made of Corn

Have you heard of a cell phone that is made of corn? Well, Samsung has just introduced the E200 Eco candybar cell phone. And yes, it is made out of corn!

Even though there is no actual proof that corn-based bioplastics really assist the environment, it is delighting to witness cell phone manufacturers trying their best to help out. Creating another milestone in ecological electronics, the full housing of E200 is fabricated from corn-based bioplastics. And when the battery is already full from charging, the Samsung E200 has an alarm that reminds the owner to unplug the charger.

Amazingly, the new E200 is well built complete with a 1.3 megapixel camera, video messaging, and a fixed MP3 player.

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Major Samsung Instinct Software Updates Available!

Just as what the previous little software updates stated, another software update is available this month with major fixes. According to the official info, Samsung Instinct users will start to receive the new updates over the air, you will be notified for the upgrade when you run the applications. In summary, the updates will fix issues on the Picture Mail, the web browser, Sprint TV and Radio, Sprint Navigation, Sprint Email, Sprint Music Store, Visual Voicemail and Mobile Sync application.

The push update over the air roll out plan is not clear though, it is up to the service provider to turn on the update notification batch by batch. Some users reported to have received the full updates, but some users reported a partial updates. See the change log below:

Picture Mail
Reduce system busy errors for large picturemails
Reduction of “408″ timeout errors when sending large picturemails
Browser
Optimized vending machine shopping experience
More robust and user friendly access to Yahoo, Hotmail, Best Buy, YouTube
Remove feature that sent browser back one page with camera button
Sprint TV/Radio
Optimizations to resolutions for streaming video playback
Reductions of pausing. freezing and “flashing” during streaming video playback
Greatly increased start up and channel change speed
Sprint Navigation
Session will no longer run in background, preserving battery life
Sprint E-Mail
Ability to save email address from favorites menu
Sprint Music Store
Eliminates skips when listening via Bluetooth headset
Eliminates periodic timeouts for Websync of music
Eliminates changing of tracks when turning on screen from sleep mode
Eliminates periodic failure of skip button
Eliminates play/pause stopping after 30 - 35 minutes of music play
Push Info Services/Pocket Express
Increased ability to play video clips
Content for movie listing displays correctly
Eliminates periodic error for movie details/review
Visual Voicemail/Mobil Sync
Handle and present voicemail notification when out of data service
Eliminates “choppy” playback when dragging progress bar
Contact picture/image now shown correctly in playback form

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