Comments on: Sony Ericsson: Dead, dying, don’t even bother. We’re a Sony Ericsson Free Zone!

By: Ewan

Ewan — Tue, 29 Jul 2008 21:42:07 +0000

Deary me.

By: Mac Morrison

Mac Morrison — Tue, 29 Jul 2008 21:32:15 +0000

actually things are quite DIRE for SE at the moment...
http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/18/sony-ericsso...

By: Abul

Abul — Tue, 29 Jul 2008 17:17:58 +0000

Steer clear of SE's for now. The Paris is going to be based on UIQ, which in itself is a dying OS.

By: Abul

Abul — Tue, 29 Jul 2008 17:16:47 +0000

With the recent slump in profits and expecting to lose more going forward, they probably aren't selling as many as we think. These are old handsets which have been out for some time. Sony Ericsson is going backwards. LG and Samsung will overtake them.

By: smstextnews

smstextnews — Tue, 29 Jul 2008 15:42:07 +0000

Deary me.

By: mostlythis

mostlythis — Tue, 29 Jul 2008 15:32:15 +0000

actually things are quite DIRE for SE at the moment…
http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/18/sony-ericsso…

By: Abul

Abul — Tue, 29 Jul 2008 11:17:58 +0000

Steer clear of SE's for now. The Paris is going to be based on UIQ, which in itself is a dying OS.

By: Abul

Abul — Tue, 29 Jul 2008 11:16:47 +0000

By: nacho

nacho — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 20:21:41 +0000

V depressing
How about a SE code named Paris I keep hearing about? Is this the P5?

By: nacho

nacho — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 19:17:15 +0000

Well I wanted one of those but now I'm confused… What do you advise?

Ignacio
- Sent from my P1 with System SEVEN -

By: mj

mj — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 19:02:03 +0000

That's so depressing. The Xperia was meant to be THE iPhone killer. S-E have managed to go from being THE name in cool phones (I had a T39m, a T68i, then a T610 switched to MOT for a RAZR and then back to SE for a K800i). I lusted after the P900 series.

Sad.

By: smstextnews

smstextnews — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 17:26:11 +0000

The stupid bit of circular plastic that forms the SE logo.

By: Ben Smith

Ben Smith — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 17:22:05 +0000

The Xperia is barely an SE handset anyway – an HTC-made device with a Microsoft-made OS…. apart from the initiative to commission it and the sticky label, what's SE about it?

By: smstextnews

smstextnews — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 17:16:09 +0000

Yup. What are you going to go for? Can we interest you in some Windows
Mobile powered rubbish Xperia devices at all, Nacho?

By: nacho

nacho — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 17:09:41 +0000

oh no… are they really that crap?

My P1 hardly misbehaves… at least no more than my previous Nokias.

I use 4 email addresses in a SEVEN email client I installed, plus newsgator, blogger, Shozu, even the native RSS feeds, eqo and/or fring sometimes

I also use the native browser and/or the mini Opera but my browsing needs are not that great provided my email/calendar/sync needs are addressed

I'm up for an upgrade in the autumn but what are the alternatives? with the same size of the p1?

By: Ricky Chotai

Ricky Chotai — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 17:04:09 +0000

haha no convincing you hey? Oh well I am sure they will pull something out of the bag soon!

By: smstextnews

smstextnews — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 17:00:11 +0000

NEXT!

By: Ricky Chotai

Ricky Chotai — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 16:56:32 +0000

but what about the walkman side of it ewan and some of their camera phones. That is why people still choose them!

By: smstextnews

smstextnews — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 16:14:07 +0000

This is the problem. Sealing the deal at Carphone Warehouse means you're
holding back development and innovation by another 18 months. Dear me.

Sony Ericsson devices are telephones that also include text messaging
facilities. And a few other interesting services.

How the hell are you supposed to buy your mum some flowers with three clicks
on a Sony Ericsson device?

You can, of course, use the device's piece of shit browser....

By: mostlythis

mostlythis — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 16:04:33 +0000

well its got stuff like face recognition and links into uploading services like flickr /facebook
yes not totally new – but all stuff that seals the deal at the carphonewarehouse or o2 basildon.

n series sells well – but is minor compared to 6300 and 6500 sales.

By: smstextnews

smstextnews — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 16:01:08 +0000

You're absolutely correct Ricky. And how depressing is that.

If you're a mobile applications developer, forget it. Anyone that buys a
Sony Ericsson, just… forget them. WORSE if they're contracted on 18
months. Forget that customer for at least 18 months.

By: Kip Hakes

Kip Hakes — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 16:00:48 +0000

Samsungs – i've found – seem to be for the female normobs. I guess they'd like the slim and sexy designs.. Not meaning to stereotype

By: Ricky Chotai

Ricky Chotai — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 15:58:51 +0000

Ewan they may not be doing anything excited but they still sell loads, look at your normobs how many samsungs did you see? it was mostly Se's and Nokia's.
They are very popular with youth market.

By: Kip Hakes

Kip Hakes — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 15:56:03 +0000

Hmmm could argue that with Nokia and the N-Series – don't get me wrong – I *love* my N95 – but now Samsung are starting to kick ass with Symbian – i've got a feeling my next phone might not be another Nokia.

By: smstextnews

smstextnews — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 15:44:10 +0000

An 8 meg camera and what else?

It's same old stuff, rehashed, recycled… HOW are we meant to move forward
as an industry when it's the same thing in different sizes and packages?