Financial maven and maker of beautiful graphs Horace Deidu has found that between the top eight mobile phone vendors, Apple and Samsung share 99 percent of the total spoils. Of RIM, LG, Sony (Ericsson), Motorola, Nokia and HTC, only the latter made a profit — claiming that left over one percent. The remaining six all [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Sony Ericsson’
Visualized: Apple and Samsung occupy the 99 percent… of phone profits
Posted: 4th May 2012 by Paul in GoogleTags: Albatross, Apple, Engadget, Feature Phone, Fri, Graphs, Horace, Htc, Losses, Maven, Mobile Phone, Motorola, Motorola Nokia, Nbsp, Profits, Rim, Samsung, Samsung Phone, Sony Ericsson, Spoils
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Sony’s Xperia Ice Cream Sandwich rollout pushed to mid-April (and beyond)
Posted: 30th March 2012 by Paul in GoogleTags: April, Arc, Blog, Engadget, Fri, Handset, Ice Cream, Mobile Burn, Nbsp, Neo, Pro Active, Sandwich, Six Weeks, Sony, Sony Ericsson, Sony Mobile, Sony Product, Torch, Xperia
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To be fair, things have… changed a bit since we heard back in November that the Xperia handset line would be getting Ice Cream Sandwich by March of 2012. Specifically, Sony Ericsson is no more, and it’s up to Sony Mobile alone to continue the torch carrying. At any rate, the outfit has made clear [...]
Sony Xperia’s ‘Made of Imagination’ TV spot, directed by Wes Anderson (video)
Posted: 22nd March 2012 by Paul in GoogleTags: Android, Backstory, Commercials, Engadget, Fair Share, Fantastic Mr Fox, Gaggle, Imagination, Longing, Peek, Robots, Royal Tenenbaums, Sony Ericsson, Sony Tv, Techcrunch, Torch, Tv Spot, Video Sony, Wes Anderson, Xperia
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Sony certainly has its fair share of legendary commercials, but its first major spot since taking over the smartphone torch from Sony Ericsson is a real gem. Dreamed up by an eight-year old longing for understanding of what happens within a pocketable computer and directed by the famed Wes Anderson (you know, the guy responsible [...]
Sony applies for ‘head control’ patent to frustrate non-verbal communicators
Posted: 15th March 2012 by Paul in GoogleTags: Bluetooth Earpiece, Contact, Control, Custom Motion, Engadget, Handset, Head Control, Hung, Jab, Logical Step, Motion Sensor, Nbsp, Neat Idea, Patent, Sony, Sony Ericsson, Verbal Communicators
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The company formerly known as Sony Ericsson applied for a patent in 2010 that’s yet to be granted, but you never know, one day it might wind up in a handset near you. Having recently introduced the “floating touch” Xperia Sola that doesn’t require your hands to make contact with the display, the next logical [...]
Live from Sony’s Mobile World Congress 2012 press event!
Posted: 26th February 2012 by Paul in GoogleTags: Biggie, Blow By Blow, Engadget, Gadgets, Household Name, Mobile Communications, Mobile Press, Mobile World, Nbsp, Pepper, Sony, Sony Ericsson, Sony Mobile, Sony Phone, Sun, Tradeshow, World Congress, Xperia
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Today’s Sony press conference is a biggie, and it’s not just because this is the premier wireless tradeshow, or because the company is a household name. This will be the first time we’ve heard from Sony’s phone division since Sony split with Ericsson and rebranded the operation “Sony Mobile Communications.” But what’s in a name, [...]
Sony Xperia U ‘Kumquat’ pics leak, gets sized up ahead of MWC
Posted: 20th February 2012 by Paul in GoogleTags: Appearance, Crystal Clear Images, Divorce, Dual Core Cpu, Engadget, Handset, Kumquat, Latest Creations, Little Brother, Mobile World, Mwc, Nbsp, New Sibling, Sony, Sony Ericsson, Source Link, Video Capture, Whispers, World Congress, Xperia
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It looks like one of Sony’s latest creations, the Xperia S, could be getting a little brother at next week’s Mobile World Congress, according to a series of leaked pics. Sixteen crystal-clear images show the new sibling — none other than the previously seen ST25i, aka Xperia U or Kumquat — snuggled up to the [...]
Sony finalizes divorce with Ericsson, renames itself Sony Mobile Communications
Posted: 16th February 2012 by Paul in GoogleTags: Break, Divorce, Engadget, Ericsson Mobile, Ericsson Sony, Euro 1, Joint Venture, Living In Denial, Married Couples, Mobile Communications, Mobile Ericsson, Nbsp, Percent Stake, Press Release, Sony, Sony Ericsson, Sony Mobile, Telefonaktiebolaget Lm Ericsson
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More than half of America’s married couples will tell you, breaking up is hard. Hard and expensive. After living in denial, dodging rumors and eventually coming to terms with the inevitable, Sony has finally taken over Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson’s 50-percent stake in the pair’s former joint venture, a move that was earlier reported to have [...]
Sony Ericsson hangs ten, launches Xperia Active Billabong Edition
Posted: 4th February 2012 by Paul in GoogleTags: Abe, Billabong, Branded Games, Bromance, Cork, Extreme Sports Enthusiasts, Global Strategic Alliance, Gnar, Hardware, Launches, Megapixel, Mello, Nbsp, Screen Savers, Shooter, Smartphone, Sony, Sony Ericsson, Spec Sheet, Xperia
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Sony Ericsson is looking to start a bromance with the McTwist-loving, Double-Cork-landing, A-Frame-riding masses jonesing for a new Android device. The handset maker has announced a “global strategic alliance” with Billabong to launch the Xperia Active Billabong Edition smartphone in select markets. The handset will come preloaded with exclusive content, including Billabong screen savers, and [...]
Mystery Sony-branded Arc appears in Resident Evil trailer, Umbrella Corp. doesn’t comment on rumor or speculation (video)
Posted: 23rd January 2012 by Paul in GoogleTags: Arc, Bullet In The Head, Cameo, Ces, Engadget, Hd, Head Thanks, High Definition, Lte, Nbsp, Resident Evil, Resident Evil Franchise, Resident Evil Trailer, Salt Shaker, Sony Ericsson, Speculation, Umbrella Corp, Video Mystery, Xperia, Zombie
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While most rumors of a high-definition Arc were laid to rest with the reveal of the LTE’d Xperia Ion and the sumptuous Xperia S at CES, it hasn’t quite stopped smartphone fans poring over the web for a sniff of its possible existence. This time — get that salt shaker ready — it’s a cameo [...]