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X1 was "a kind of experiment"; PlayStation phone "could happen"

John Chan | May 08, 2009

In an interview with the Financial Times, Sony Ericsson president Hideki Komiyama spoke candidly about his difficult task of turning the company around and said the Windows Mobile-based Xperia X1 was "a kind of experiment".

The mobile phone company has seen sales slip drastically over the past year. While the economic downturn played a part in this, it was also due to the manufacturer's inability to keep up with the growing importance of smartphones over regular mobile phones.

The discontinuation of its Symbian-based interface, UIQ, meant that the X1 was the only smartphone in its 2008 lineup that had a widely used OS. Unfortunately, a single high-end model was not enough to turn things around, and this was further exacerbated by the fact that there are many other popular Windows Mobile devices on the market from established brands such as HTC and Samsung.

Komiyama plans to rectify this by selling at least two new smartphones in 2009 based on other companies' operating systems. We have already seen the first of these, the touchscreen Series60 Idou, unveiled at the Mobile World Congress earlier this year.

Aside from talking about smartphones, he also admits that a PlayStation mobile phone "could happen", a reversal of the official denial that Sony Ericsson would issue each time such rumors arose.

Via Electronista

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More Palm Pre launch rumors

Bonnie Cha | May 08, 2009

(Credit: Boy Genius Report)

Ugh. Another day, another Palm Pre rumor.

The latest one comes from the Boy Genius Report and adds more fuel to the fire that the Pre will launch on or around June 7. An "anonymous tipster" sent BGR an internal Palm memo that outlines a schedule of events around the Pre for employees starting on June 3 and ending with a "LAUNCH LUNCH!" on June 5 at noon.

As Engadget Mobile points out, there could be several scenarios to come out of this: 1) It could all be prep for a June 7 release, which would keep with Sprint's habit of launching new products on Sundays; 2) Sprint could break its own tradition and release it on Friday, June 5 (better for weekend sales, right?); or 3) It's all a bunch of crock. As Engadget Mobile astutely points out, the "Employee Benfits" typo is a bit of a red flag.
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Japan gets a DoCoMo HTC Magic

Nicole Lee | May 08, 2009

DoCoMo HT-03A
(Credit: Ubergizmo)

Looks like Vodafone isn't the only carrier getting the HTC Magic. Japan has just received one of its own, a DoCoMo version known as the HT-03A. Plus, it will have Android's new 1.5 Cupcake update already installed on it.

Like we reported at GSMA earlier this year, the HTC Magic has a 3.2-inch HVGA touch screen, a trackball navigator, a 3.2-megapixel camera, Bluetooth, Wi-Fi, and Android's Webkit HTML browser.

Right now the GSM version is only available in the UK, Spain, France, Germany, and Italy. No word on pricing just yet, though. Still, this does mean that the HTC Magic is slowly spreading its wings and might mean it will arrive in more countries in the future too.

Via CNET Crave

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Cupcake party: Android 1.5 update coming to T-Mobile G1 owners next week

Bonnie Cha | May 07, 2009

(Credit: Screenshot by Bonnie Cha/CNET)

Finally, the moment all T-Mobile G1 owners have been waiting for! T-Mobile announced on Wednesday that it will start rolling out the official Android 1.5 (aka "Cupcake") update to G1 users starting at the end of next week. The update will be delivered over the air in random batches over the next several weeks, and T-Mobile expects to reach all G1 customers by the end of May.

Editors' note:

This blog post first appeared on CNET Crave and is relevant to the US market. The G1 is known as the HTC Dream in Asia. Android 1.5 has not been rolled out in our region.

Android 1.5 will bring a number of user interface improvements, better performance, as well as new features, such as an onscreen full QWERTY keyboard, video recording and playback, and stereo Bluetooth support. For a full list of features and an FAQ, check out T-Mobile's forum page.

We're anxiously awaiting our own Cupcake, and we'll update our full review of the T-Mobile G1 soon after. G1 owners, once you receive your Android 1.5 update, we'd also love to hear about your experiences as well. In the meantime, feel free to share your thoughts about the news below.

Via CNET Crave

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Leaked image of Android-powered HTC Hero

John Chan | May 07, 2009

(Credit: Code Android)

We first heard about the HTC Hero when the company's 2009 lineup was leaked. Code Android, a developer site, got its hands on some live images of the device. From the pictures, the Hero looks quite angular and sports the same upturned "lip" at the base where the buttons sit.

The Hero looks like it has a 3.5mm audio jack.

The photos look like they were taken using a mobile phone camera and are a little fuzzy. Even then, you can roughly make out the shape of a dedicated audio connector on the top of the device, which is a missing element in most HTC phones. This will be a welcomed feature for those who like using their handsets as MP3 players since plugging in a regular set of headphones will be possible.

There are few other details at this point but we're pretty sure it will rear its head again in the days leading up to any official announcement from HTC.

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