The name of the device is Sony Ericsson W890. Thickness of the prototype is 9,6mm, which is just a little bit thicker then its predecessor. It's equipped with a 2inch QVGA display and a 3,2mp digital camera, Bluetooth with A2DP and supports new Walkman 3.0 media player software and the remaining applications are: VideoDJ, PhotoDJ MusicDJ, RSS-reader, Push e-mail, Remote Control.

The device also has a built-in FM radio with RDS and what is the most unusual - a TV Tuner.

That's all what I know for now, but the information will be updated with the latest details. So, stay tuned and don't forget to subscribe to our RSS feed.

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A Couple days ago, I wrote a post about clones of the Sony Ericsson's devices. Article was about CECT - a well-known Chinese device cloning company. Oh, did I say company? I mean a bureau. As we know it is a little bureau with rich cloning experience, but what about other and bigger companies? Did I say bigger? What about a GIANT company, which owns the largest market share and is a direct competitor of Sony Ericsson??? Yep, I mean NOKIA...

A while ago information about NOKIA's new device Nokia N82 appeared in the Internet. Leaked pictures of the phone have followed quickly. The features of the device are really impressive: 5 MP camera with Carl Zeiss lens, auto-focus, up to 20 x digital zoom, Xenon flash, quad band GSM, UMTS and HSDPA connectivity, Symbian based, e.t.c.

But what about the design of the device? Can't you catch a similarity? When I’m looking at the pictures of the device, what first comes to my mind is Sony Ericsson K550i. Don't you agree? They have cloned the housing of the device from K550. I can’t even understand CECT when they are cloning devices, but NOKIA? Shame on NOKIA, shame on …

But that’s not all! Of course meantime CECT didn't stay behind and has cloned the design of Nokia N82, which isn't even released yet. So, CECT has cloned a phone, which Nokia has cloned from Sony Ericsson K550i :D

System requirements:

• 600 MB free space on the hard drive
• Windows XP SP1/SP2 (Home, Professional and Media Center Edition), Vista (Business, Enterprise, Home basic, Home premium, Ultimate)
• Windows XP: 128 MB RAM
• Windows Vista: 512 MB RAM

  How to use
  The first time the Sony Ericsson PC Suite is started, a connection wizard is displayed to help you to connect your phone to your PC.
  

  • You can connect your phone through USB cable, Infrared or Bluetooth connection.
  • Follow the connection wizard to connect your phone.
  • To get more information about the phone models, click the Overview button.
  • To get additional help, select Help menu or click F1

  Notes
  Sony Ericsson PC Suite 3.101.00 is available in the following lanuguages:
  

  American English, Arabic, Canadian French, Chinese Simplified, Chinese Traditional, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Hebrew, Hungarian, Italian, Japanese, Latin American Spanish, Norweigan, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish, Swedish, Thai, Turkish,

I don’t know what is that, but the fact is that I really like it, really nice design with huge screen…

So what we can say about it, it’s equipped with huge display, maybe 3.3 inch and it’s obvious a touch screen. I can also see a little front camera and that means that device supports 3G. I also can see red jogdial button on the right side of the device and housing reminding Sony Ericsson P1i. According to the serial name P, the device is smartphone and that means that the OS is based on UIQ… That’s all I can say for now.

To be honest I don’t believe pictures like this and I think that it’s just another fake and I don't know why, but I really like it.

Why do most of people like Smartphones? Probably because smartphones provide a lot of fun or maybe for deliver some important functionality, like Messengers, internet browsing, RSS, Password managers, e.t.c. But wait, we, I mean ordinary users of Sony Ericsson's non smarts, we all can use the same things, we can have messengers and RSS readers and browsers, and lot of other things that smartphones support. How? Glad you asked. Little Java applications gonna help us with that :)

Here are some of my favorite free Java applications that I use practically every day :)

EQO (pronounced “echo”) is a FREE, easy to use application for your existing mobile phone that lets you place cheap international calls, text messages and instant messages to anywhere in the world. International calling rates start as low as 2.3¢ per minute, international text messages for 10¢, and access to mobile IM services like MSN, AIM, Yahoo!, Google Talk, ICQ, and Jabber is FREE! EQO is remarkably simple to use and does not require a new contract, computer or calling card. It works just like your mobile’s phonebook - simply scroll through your contacts and click to call or send a message. EQO works with your existing phone plan (local minutes and a bit of data) to complete cheap calls and messages at some of the lowest rates in the world. Even better, we don’t charge anything for calls and texts between two EQO users – so you can “call global, pay local”!

RadioBee is a small program for cell phones. If you install it on your cell phone, you can listen to any mp3 internet radio through the cell phone speaker. Cool idea, isn’t it? Just imagine, you are in France on the street and would like to check what's going on at Windy City! Just open your cell phone, power up RadioBee, choose the Chicago internet radio station and you are good to go! The best part - you can use it for free!

Call Skype users to their PCs
With IM+ for Skype Software you can talk with other Skype users all over the world.
See who is online and chat with Skype users
With IM+ for Skype Software it is possible to have chat conversations with other users who are logged in with their Skype accounts on PC. Text messaging is cost effective way to say something to your contacts instead of sending an SMS. By looking who is online, and sending a text message you can also check whether the contact is ready for a call.
Make cost-effective calls to any destination
IM+ for Skype Software is based on SkypeOut service that allows users to make and receive calls for a low fee.
Network Independence
IM+ for Skype Software works worldwide in any 3G⁄GSM⁄CDMA network and doesn’t require WiFi.
Fully mobile solution
IM+ for Skype Software is fully mobile software. It does not require the PC with Skype running. IM+ for Skype Software enables users to call regardless of where they are.
Intuitive interface, easy to use
User friendly intuitive interface and built-in help make the software really easy to use for everyone.
One Time Fee, all updates included
One time fee for the application, no monthly subscription. By purchasing IM+ users are entitled to all software updates and upgrades.
Free technical support

goText is a program for mobile phones that allows you to send text messages over GPRS/EDGE/UMTS. It was made in Java (J2ME) MIDP 1.0 CLDC 1.0 and so avaible for all java mobile devices.
It is an opensource and multilanguage project and it would be a free world wide sms gateway. It is released under the GNU GPL v.2 license
goText allows to save on the shipment of messages via GSM because, through the single cost of logon, he uses free services of shipment messages via web. The GPRS is a communcation protocol that allows packet data transfering so you pay for traffic data and not for how much time you stay connected.

As you can see MBS-100 is implemented in a very unusual design: it is implemented in the form of 100 mm diameter ball, available in black color and the weight is 225 grams. The Speakers are equipped with a battery that provides 5 hours of work time from one charge.

I think it is a perfect accessory for your Sony Ericsson Walkman phone or most other Bluetooth enabled music phones, because the MBS-100 is compatible with all mobile phones, supporting Bluetooth A2DP profile.

The second accessory - HCB-105 is an automotive loud communication system (Car speakerphone kit) working on the Bluetooth interface. The sizes of the device is 130x53x22 mm. HCB-105 is able to work for up to 25 hours on a conversation and for up to 700 hours in standby mode from one battery charge.

Sony Ericsson hasn't revealed the prices yet. The only thing that we know is that MBS-100 will be available from Q4 2007 in selected markets and the HCB-105 will arrive in Q1 2008.

K630 is intended to work in GSM/GPRS/EDGE (900/1800/1900 MHz)/UMTS/HSDPA (2100 MHz) networks, which means that the phone will allow you to view sites and download content in speed of HSDPA standard, which is almost four times faster than UMTS, with that, device also features both 3G and EDGE in the same time. K630 is positioned as the full-function solution for web surfing and working with multimedia.

The device supports Microsoft Exchange ActiveSync for synchronizing your mobile with a PC, which simplifies working with mobile e-mail. It will also have the so-called Desktop widgets - animated icons on the phone's standby screen that will give one press access to favorite websites.

Multimedia features are represented with built-in Media Browser and Media Player with wide supporting of audio and video formats, including MP3, AAC, AAC +, eAAC +, WMA, MPEG4, WMV, H.264, H.263.

The novelty is equipped with a 2inch (176X220) 262k color display, 2MP camera, stereo Bluetooth (A2DP), FM Radio and a M2 memory card slot with support for capacities of up to 4GB. The size of the device is - 103 х 47 х 15,5 mm and weight – 97. Battery performance may vary depending on network and phone usage (To be announced.). The phone will be available in Havana Gold and Quick Black.

The box will be complected with: 256 MB Memory Stick Micro™ (M2™), Stereo Headset HPM-64 (with 3.5 mm jack), Media Manager PC software, USB cable (DCU-60) for easy and fast transfer, Battery (BST-38), Charger (CST-70),Documentation Set and PC Suite.

In my opinion, the phone is cool, but, only thing that I don’t understand is that, why you guys from Sony Ericsson are still equipping phones like this with such poor screens??? I don’t know, its just pity…

The kit includes a quality Cyber-Shot branded protective case for your phone, which can be attached to a belt or kept in a bag, and a micro tripod with flexible legs and friction feet that allows you to hold the camera steady for the self-timer.

Weight of the entire set is about 49 grams, making it easy to wear the set.

Sony Ericsson W910 Walkman will come in red (Hearty Red) or black (Noble Black) colors, and Sony Ericsson K850 Cyber-Shot will come in blue (Velvet Blue), or green (Luminous Green).

Unfortunately the launch date of the sales and the price have not been revealed yet.

Frankly, I don’t understand why those guys from CECT steal designs from other devices. There are so many talented designers out there who can make much better housing… Well OK, lets say that making a cool design costs money and they are saving those hard earned bucks, but there are so many cool concepts on the Internet made by amateur designers, it would take less then fifteen minutes to search for those concepts. I noted that because, in my opinion, those designers will be just happy if somebody turns those ideas and concepts into reality.

Anyway, as I've already said, design of CECT C2000+ is totally cloned from Sony Ericsson W660i and carries name SongLive. It is also equipped with a 2.4 inch, 240x320 touch sensitive display, 2MP camera and supports microSD memory format.

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Why do most of people like Smartphones? Probably because smartphones provide a lot of fun or maybe for deliver some important functionality, like Messengers, internet browsing, RSS, Password managers, e.t.c. But wait, we, I mean ordinary users of Sony Ericsson's non smarts, we all can use the same things, we can have messengers and RSS readers and browsers, and lot of other things that smartphones support. How? Glad you asked. Little Java applications gonna help us with that :)

Here are some of my favorite free Java applications that I use practically every day :)

• Custom RSS browser for your mobile device
• Synchronize with your online subscriptions
• View images, full articles, secure feeds
• Send emails, alerts, blog posts. bookmarks
• Mobile optimized (cached & compressed)

Mobispine AB develops a client application used for mobile Internet. With Mobispine, users can personalize the selection of news and updates that they like to read in their mobiles. Mobispine makes the large amount of Internet content accessible in the mobile. In addition it compresses the data transfer required so that data traffics costs are decrease by up to 20 times. The software is free of charge for users.

JAM SE is a free mobile application for a range of Java enabled mobile phones that allows you to control your music collection from your phone, using Bluetooth.
JAM SE requires a Server supporting the Bemused Protocol and a PC with a Bluetooth adapter. Browse or search your music collection on your phone, play most files supported by your music player - including MP3s, CDs, etc.
Control your music player. Pause, stop, rewind, forward your playlist, add songs to the playlist, use shuffle and repeat and control the volume of your player.
Browse and select songs in your playlist; download songs to your phone, customise the look of your phone application with skins.
You can even shut down the PC from your phone.

Vipera is the first interactive media community designed for mobile, inspired by events, generated by opinions. For the first time ever, you will be able to capture your world with your mobile and publish it in order to change the things of your world that you do not like.
Through the Vipera application, you'll connect to the Vipera thematic channels, where you can create your own blogs and post multimedia entries. Each of your blogs can be open to contributions by any users or only by your friends, or you can decide you are the only author. You can also create blogs that are not even visible to other users.
You can of course browse and search through all public content, rate or comment what other users published and send messages to them.
All public content you create with the Vipera application is instantly published to the web and mobile sites, to be seen on PCs and phones all over the world!

mGuard provides protection and safety from theft or loosing your device and helps to retrieve it back. Now the users can forget the fear of loosing their device by protecting it using mGuard Software. As of now, mGuard is the world’s only Theft Recovery Software for Java phones.
mGuard is specifically designed to suit the Sony Ericsson Devices.

In the nearest future, Sony Ericsson is going to release a new Walkman W580 in the U.S. The phone will be sold trhough the largest provider of telephone services in the United States AT&T and the phone will be available in three colors: white, black and grey.

Like all series of Walkman phones, Sony Ericsson W580i is positioned as a music phone. Therefore W580 provides Music Walkman Player 2.0, TrackID, Bluetooth 2.0 with A2DP stereo profile.

New Walkman is equipped with 240x320 TFT 262k color display, 2MP camera, supports Memory Micro (M2) Memory format and has a 12mb built-in memory. The sizes of the device is - 99 х 47 х 14 mm and weight – 94. Phone is able to work 370 hours in standby mode, and 9 hours in conversation mode.

W580 is intended to work in GSM/EDGE (850/900/1800/1900Mhz) networks.

Stereo Handsfree HPM-70, DCU60 USB data cable, memory stick Memory Stick Micro (M2) – 512Mb and software CD are included in the box.

The case of phone is executed in a “Slider” form-factor and the phone is available in three color flavors: Arpeggio Blue, Pizzicato Pink, and Harmonics White. The dimensions of housing is 108х57х22 mm and the weight is approximately 130.

W52S is equipped with a 2.7 inch (432×240) BRAVIA display, 2 MP camera and for storing music a 2 GB embedded flash memory and the memory slots under a microSD or M2 memory card formats are provided.

According to the developer, built-in battery storage will be sufficient: in the standby mode for 270 hours and in the conversation mode – for 230 minutes.

In the MP3-player mode, the novelty is capable of working up to 110 hours.

Miles Flint moved to Sony Ericsson from Sony Europe in July 2004. Under his leadership, the company has gone through the period of impressing growth and success, and also significant expansion of product line, including the launch of musical phones Walkman and Cyber-shot ™ camera phones. And today Sony Ericsson is one of the most innovative and attractive brands in the field of mobile communications and entertainments.

Bravia is equipped by 3-inch widescreen display with slide function for horizontal TV viewing and DVB-H tuner. The display supports a resolution of 240×432 pixels in a 16:9 image ratio. Unique function Time-shift allows schedule recording TV broadcasts for delayed viewing. Sony Ericsson SO903iTV supports microSD memory card format and equipped by 2MP CMOS camera. The sizes of the device is - 111 x 50 x 19,5 mm and weight – 130.