PhoneNews.com 2-Month Giveaway XVI: Sony Ericsson Z310a
The Sony Ericsson Z310a is what a prepaid phone should be. EDGE, Bluetooth, camera, oh, and not going to burn a RAZR-sized hole in your wallet. So, we’re going to give one to you for an even smaller financial cost… as in, free. Oh, and it will work with any AT&T account, new, prepaid… even […]
AT&T Launches Sony Ericsson W580i in Black
AT&T has launched the Sony Ericsson W580i in a new black color. The phone is identical to the white version with an accelerometer that reacts to shaking up and down to shuffle or flicks of the wrist left and right to skip tracks, Bluetooth 2.0 with A2DP stereo audio support, 2.0 megapixel camera with video […]
Review: Motorola L7c SLVR (Sprint)
Hard to find, the Motorola L7c SLVR is exclusively sold in Best Buy stores. Verizon however is planning to put the same phone in their stores next week. But, is this phone the hidden gem in Sprint’s lineup? Read more to find out.
Sony Ericsson Z525a for Cingular Released
Cingular has fully launched the Sony Ericsson Z525a. The update to the popular flip-phone is minor, adding only Push-To-Talk. The Z520a, its predecessor, was originally planned to include Push-To-Talk, however, software issues prevented it from being added in time for release. This is the third time Sony Ericsson has attempted to add PTT to a […]
CTIA: Sony Ericsson Z525 Announced, PTT Z520a
Sony Ericsson today announced they will refresh the popular Z520a next quarter with the Z525. The Z525 is almost identical to the Z520a, with the integration of PTT services on the Cingular network. The Z520a was originally intended to launch with Cingular PTT, but was removed due to delays with the Cingular PTT network launch. […]
Sony Ericsson Announces High, Mid, Low-End Phones
PCS Intel will continue with its tradition of only reporting on the phones you’ll actually be able to buy. Sony Ericsson today announced several phones, however, only three of them are headed to the United States, the K790a, W300i, K510a and K310a. The K790a is a non-UMTS version of the K800, featuring full Class 10 […]
Sony Ericsson Accessory Firmware Updates
Sony Ericsson has updated the firmware of most of their audio accessories (headsets, in-car interfaces, etc). Here are the updates: HBH-65 – R2D HBH-300 – R2B HBH-600 – R1C HBH-602 – R1B HBH-660 – R1D HBH-662 – R1B HCB-30 – R1F HCB-300 – R2G We suggest GlobalMob for Sony Ericsson updates, as they are the […]
Sprint Stores To Carry Sony Ericsson… Headsets
It appears that the T608 did not completely burn Sprint’s bridges with Sony Ericsson, as Sprint Stores are right now beginning to take stock of SEMC headsets. The only model currently targeted for in-stores is the HBH-600, which is fully compatible with all of Sprint’s Bluetooth-enabled phones. Sprint will promote the headset in their Smart […]
Ericsson To Close U.S. CDMA Operations
Story title sound familiar? If you added a Sony on the front of it, it would be the same story we covered two-and-a-half years ago. However, today Ericsson has announced they will close their own CDMA R&D facilities in San Diego, citing the lack of interest from U.S. markets for non-Qualcomm CDMA ventures, and the […]
Cingular: MobiTV Adds Sony Ericsson Z500a Support
MobiTV has added support for the Sony Ericsson Z500a. However, despite the phone’s support for Class 10 EDGE, MobiTV is only offering the “standard frame-rate experience” for the device. The Z500a supports all the standards that the “high frame-rate experience” devices support, mainly MIDP 2.0 and 3G data (through EDGE). Cingular customers can access MobiTV […]