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Sony Ericsson eye Da Vinci
New York-Sony Ericsson plans to launch new products next week surrounding the world premiere of "The Da Vinci Code," the movie starring Tom Hanks that is based on the novel by Dan Brown.
Miles Flint, president of Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications, said at the Ericsson Capital Markets Day in New York that the handset manufacturer will have several new products leveraging the movie. These include an audio book that can be played on Sony Ericsson phones enabled for Sony Memory Sticks.
There also will be other Sony Ericsson products, although Flint wouldn't say specifically what they will be. The products are expected to be announced May 18, the day before the official movie premiere. "The Da Vinci Code," a Sony Pictures motion picture, will open the Cannes Film Festival May 17.
Flint also told analysts at the Ericsson event that 2006 is a breakthrough year for Sony Ericsson. One of the gauges of that, he said, is that the joint venture between Sony and Ericsson made its first payments back to its parents based on their original investments. Additionally, Sony Ericsson's employment has grown 20 percent in the past year, to 6,000 employees worldwide.
Sony Ericsson shipped 5.5 million Walkman phones by the end of the first quarter, Flint said. He asserted that the company now is the world leader in mobile music because of that. Flint also said Sony Ericsson's goal is not necessarily to gain market share versus its competitors, but rather to be a profitable company and to match or surpass the growth of the overall market. If those are reached, he said, the company's overall market share will increase.
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Hmm, I wonder what the
other products are.
EDIT: Just got this info courtesy of se-nse and mobile-review.
Carina
Z530 design, 2 MP camera, large 2nd display, M2, Bluetooth, FM Radio with RDS
Charlotte
Carina + Walkman set, Stereo Bluetooth, 512 Mb M2 in the box
Cyndi
3G Walkman slider, 2MP camera, FM Radio, Bluetooth, 1 GB M2 in the box
Riko
i-Mode stick phone
Moly
Thin clamshell, 1.3 MP camera, dual display, metal finish (T610 design), FM radio, Bluetooth, M2
Miyu
3G Stylish "silver" clamshell, 2MP camera, Bluetooth, support for HTML.
The Walkman slider sounds very interesting.
Is this the rumoured "slider with a twist", that keeps popping up?
Sounds like a busy season
[ This Message was edited by: goldenface on 2006-05-12 13:07 ]
[ This Message was edited by: goldenface on 2006-05-16 16:20 ]
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Posted: 2006-05-12 13:46:40
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Damn, those are a lot of phones. Right now people are asking for a non-touchscreen 3G UIQ phone.
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Posted: 2006-05-12 14:31:40
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And some of these might not hit the shelves till 2007.
This message was posted from a S700
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Posted: 2006-05-12 14:55:26
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Miyu sounds a bit like the SE123 (or similarly named phone) which has been previewed in a few threads here.
EDIT: And by Miyu, I of course mean Moly
[ This Message was edited by: jasond on 2006-05-12 14:59 ]
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Posted: 2006-05-12 15:22:42
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but none of these are the long awaited HD video handycam phone...
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Posted: 2006-05-12 15:36:35
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On 2006-05-12 14:31:40, brix25 wrote:
...a non-touchscreen 3G UIQ phone.
Pardon me?
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Posted: 2006-05-12 15:37:57
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The SE123 will most probably be Moly.
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Posted: 2006-05-12 15:51:27
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deuxani, yep yep - that's what I meant to write but somehow didn't.
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Posted: 2006-05-12 15:58:34
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@aydahm
A Handycam handset isn't likely this year.
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Posted: 2006-05-12 15:59:30
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Also, I read an interview that SE had no plans (this year at least) to port over any other brand names to support their handsets (Handycam or otherwise).
Hopefully they'll improve on Cybershot though! Sorry I can't find a link for the supporting story - it was on here somewhere!
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Posted: 2006-05-12 16:01:55
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