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Sony Ericsson K810 shipping this week

by Chris Ziegler posted May 1st 2007 @ 10:29AM

If your friendly local importer hasn't come through on getting you a K810 yet, fret not: SonyStyle should be shipping the latest Cybershot-branded handset later this week (in Hong Kong, anyway). With an image stabilized autofocus 3.2 megapixel cam, the K810 certainly seems worthy of the Cybershot name it bears. UMTS 2100 doesn't hurt, either, and its predecessor -- the K800 -- is commonly considering one of the better handsets to have ever come out of Sony Ericsson, so it seems like this one'll sell pretty briskly. The jury's still out on the unusual keyboard, though. Send in your thoughts once the phone fairy drops the K810 off at your doors, k?

[Via Just Another Mobile Phone Blog]

Flash that Sony Ericsson K800 into a K810

by Chris Ziegler posted Mar 31st 2007 @ 4:26PM

Controlling handset envy is always a challenge in this business -- without fail, manufacturers inevitably introduce your phone's successor just as soon as you work up the courage to plunk down that rather sizable wad of cash. Fortunately, there's a hacker out there for virtually every model from every manufacturer, cooking up ways to keep the phone fresh well beyond its maker's intended shelf life. Such is the case here: yes, Sony Ericsson would like us to toss our K800s in the trash and pick up the re-upped K810, but seeing how our K800s still have that new phone smell on 'em, that seems just a bit silly. Users have discovered that the K800 hardware embraces the K810's firmware with open arms, bringing with it the latter's cooler themes and improved media player, and all you have to do is pay a few bucks to get it flashed. Not a free lunch, but about as close as it gets. Cool, eh? Heck, it's so simple, it barely qualifies as a "hack."

[Thanks, David]

Update: Hold up! The results are in, and it sounds like the upgrade will cause the keypad lights to stop functioning properly -- a dealbreaker in our books. [Thanks, photonphox]

Sony Ericsson's K810 and K550 Cybershot phones: slim 3.2 and 2.0 megapixel shooters

by Thomas Ricker posted Feb 6th 2007 @ 6:49AM

So in addition to the W880 Walkman, Sony Ericsson dropped a couple of slim Cyber-shot phones into the mix today with the introduction of their new K810 (on the left) and K550 Cyber-shot handsets. The feature rich 17-mm K810 boasts an image stabilized 3.2 megapixel camera with auto focus and Xenon flash. The K550 packs just a good shootin' 2.0 megapixel cam and LED photo light but does so in a 14-mm form factor. Both devices bring an RM radio with RDS and support for Memory Stick Mico (M2) cards. The K810 has a second cam up front for video calls and goes UMTS 2100 and GSM 900/1800/1900 -- available beginning Q2 2007 in Europe and Asia. The K550 is a quad-band EDGE device and launches in North America from Q2 2007. Er, can we choose again?

Sony Ericsson rumors aplenty

by Chris Ziegler posted Dec 5th 2006 @ 9:13PM

Member shaliron over at Esato appears to have done some serious homework compiling a list of all known Sony Ericsson handsets in the pipeline, complete with nifty color coding to indicate verified, debunked, and new intelligence. We encourage Sony Ericsson fans and non-fans alike to go check out the real deal, but in the meanwhile, we've put together a Reader's Digest peek here at some of the highlights. First up, the music-oriented Walkman series could be growing by a solid six devices in the coming months, topped off by a successor to the UIQ-based W950 codenamed "Maria," a (possibly UIQ-based) clamshell dubbed W910, and the oft-discussed Ai. The camera-focused (no pun inteded) Cyber-shot series will be enjoying a bumper crop itself: a successor to the K800 is allegedly already in the works, "Sofia," packing a 5 megapixel shooter, UMTS, and QVGA recording, while a possible Handycam-branded M600 variant would obviously reign supreme for its video capabilities. Other highlights include a promise that HSDPA will factor into the company's 2007 plans, a wide-scale migration of the FastPort connector to the sides of the handsets, and a shortening of the span from announcement to release of UIQ-based models (a move we applaud). As we said, there's plenty more juicy tidbits to digest over at Esato -- but even with what we've presented here, it's safe to say Sony Ericsson's shaping up for a killer '07. Any UIQ or 3G love for the US of A, folks?