Sony Ericsson earns profit of EUR 21 million
www.WirelessFederation.com/news: A net profit of EUR 21 million against a loss of EUR 293 million a year earlier has been announced by handset maker Sony Ericsson. The launch of new products such as the Xperia X10 and Vivaz has been cited as the reason behind the good performance.
Even its restructuring programme aims to reduce annual costs by EUR 880 million and its full effect is expected in the second half of this year. 10.5 million phones have been shipped by Sony Ericsson in the quarter, down 28 percent from a year ago. Total revenues fell 19 percent year-on-year to EUR 1.405 billion.
The quarter ended with cash of EUR 563 million. The company has also estimated that its market share fell 1 point to 4 percent in Q1.
MWC2010: Vodafone displays Sony Ericsson Xperia X10 Mini
www.WirelessFederation.com/news: It was not said by any network that it will be selling the Sony Ericsson Xperia X10 Mini at its launch on Sunday but with the display of the device at Vodafone’s stand at the Mobile World Congress shows that it will be one of the homes for the Android smartphone with a tiny 2.5-inch screen.
However, there is no sign of its QWERTY keyboard cousin, the Sony Ericsson Xperia X10 Mini Pro, on the network’s stand but it can be inferred that it might also appear in future or on any other network.
Sony Ericsson to supply Android smartphone to DoCoMo
www.WirelessFederation.com/news: Sony Ericsson signed a deal with Japan’s largest mobile carrier NTT DoCoMo to supply its first smartphone using Google Inc.’s Android operating system, Xperia X10, to be launched in April.
However, Sony’s Ericsson’s entry in the iPhone market is late to compete with Apple Inc.’s iPhone or Research In Motion Ltd.’s Blackberry devices.
According to Bert Nordberg, president of the loss-making joint venture between Sony Corp. and Sweden’s Ericsson, DoCoMo will be company’s first customer globally to get its new mobile phone.
Some of the features of the phone include four-inch touch-screen and a powerful mobile processor besides some software features that allows users to track all of their communication with friends or colleagues, spanning phone calls, e-mail and even social networks like Twitter and Facebook.
Sony Ericsson expands US HSDPA products (USA)
Sony Ericsson is expected to roll out as many as six mobile phones with high speed downlink packet access (HSDPA) technology in the US market by the end of the year.
The release will also include the company’s most advanced camera phone with 8.1-megapixel resolution.
All operate in frequency bands making them suitable for sale in the US.
Most of the devices are triband 850/1,900/2,100MHz HSDPA models, with 2,100MHz operation intended for roaming in European networks.
The devices are also quadband GSM/EDGE phones.
One previously announced model, the Xperia X1, adds high-speed uplink packet access (HSUPA) technology. In HDSPA and HSUPA modes the X1 operates in four US bands: 850/1,700/1,900/2,100MHz.
The 8.1-megapixel camera phone, the Cyber-shot C905, is the company’s first slider under the Cyber-shot sub-brand and the company’s highest-resolution camera phone.
The company expects to make it available in the US in the fourth quarter as part of a worldwide launch.
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