What happens to the struggling Android OEMs, HTC, LG Mobile and Sony Mobile?
Sony Mobile Communications ("Sony Mobile") today announced a new affordable addition to its Xperia smartphone range, Xperia E.
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Disclosure: Sony Mobile Communications provided an Xperia Z on loan for review purposes.
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Disclosure: Sony Mobile Communications provided the Sony SmartWatch on loan for review purposes.
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Without being a part of a larger entity, the joint venture had little hope, said Nordberg, the Sony Mobile head.
Smart Wireless Headset pro is part of Sony Mobile Communications' strategy to create Smart Extras that make Android smartphones smarter.
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What: Sony Mobile Communications brings the Xperia acro S to US consumers looking for premium specifications and beautiful design with extra durability and water resistance.
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What: Sony Mobile Communications brings the Xperia advance to US consumers looking for a full-featured Android smartphone and beautiful design with extra durability and water resistance.
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We discussed the "omni-balance" design and the common user experience shared by both devices, which was spearheaded when Kuni Suzuki became Sony Mobile's president and CEO.
Sony Mobile Communications loaned me a review unit of the Xperia T, and its specifications are slap bang in the middle of the acceptable for a high-end smartphone.
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In particular, it seems very clear that at least one of RIM, Nokia, LG Mobile, Sony Mobile and HTC will be bought, merged, disappear or radically change strategy.
Mr. Nordberg was Chairman of Sony Mobile from May-December 2012.
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In phones, the newly-consolidated Sony Mobile experienced an increase in sales thanks to the shift to smartphones, however the cost of its inclusion caused the division to lose money.
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In phones, the newly-consolidated Sony Mobile experienced an increase in sales thanks to the shift to smartphones, however the cost of its inclusion cause the division to lose money.
Likewise, Ericsson the mobile phone brand (before it was merged into Sony mobile phones) did many of the Bond films for the same reasons back in the 90s.
This is, undeniably, Sony Mobile's US smartphone flagship.
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"At Sony Mobile we continue to evaluate innovative technologies that can help deliver the premium user experiences that Sony's consumers expect, " said Bob Ishida, Deputy Chief Executive Officer and Head of Products Business Group, Sony Mobile Communications.
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"With Xperia Z, we are bringing over half a century of innovation in TV, imaging, music, film and gaming to create a superphone experience that truly stands out, " said Kuni Suzuki, President and CEO, at Sony Mobile Communications.
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TOKYO The head of Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications AB indicated that the mobile-phone maker might be working with parent company Sony Corp.
When Apple surpassed Sony in mobile music (iPod made the Walkman obsolete), it had a fraction of the patents of Sony.
We've been hearing hints of a Sony Ericsson mobile phone with PSP capabilities and things like that...
The Sony PlayStation Mobile platform is already pre-calibrated to play on the Tegra platform, which is a great advantage for using Tegra.
Let me ask this then, why was the Home integration announced on the Sony Ericsson mobile devices, and not within the PSP?
As Sony concentrates its mobile phone business on the area of smartphones, the operations currently being carried out at the Minokamo Site relating to mobile phones will be partially discontinued and partially transferred to Sony EMCS Corp.
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Initially the system will allow file-sharing with Sony's PSP games console, Nokia's N-series mobile, Sony Ericsson's Walkman and Cybershot handsets and Microsoft's Windows Mobile smartphones.
We've got some big plans this time out, featuring tables from some of the biggest names in tech and lounges from Sony and Samsung Mobile.
With remote play, you can run a game on the PS4 to stream over the Internet to Sony's mobile gaming device, the PlayStation Vita, which debuted last year.
Currently its locker accepts content only from the Web sites of customers that include Fox Music, Fox Sports Mobile, Sony BMG, TVT Records and Walt Disney .
The key opportunity for Sony was when the mobile venture posted yet another dismal financial quarter in October, and Ericsson was finally ready to sell.
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