Sony Ericsson launches six new mobiles

The Japanese-Swedish joint venture added six new phones to its 2006 lineup, including the first Cyber-shot branded camera-phones, the K800i and K790i. Equipped with a 3.2-megapixel camera and Xenon flash, the two mobiles also feature BestPic, a proprietary feature offered for the first time on Sony Ericsson phones. This captures a sequence of nine images and users can then choose to save the ones they like most.

Also unveiled at the launch was Sony Ericsson's seventh Walkman phone, the W300i. This is the first clamshell in the Walkman mobile series and it comes with quadband support, EDGE, Memory Stick Micro expansion slot and FM tuner.

The rest of the handsets announced at the launch were candy-bar models. Among them was the K510i which features a 1.3-megapixel camera and Bluetooth, while the Z530i and K310i offer a VGA sensor.

Sony Ericsson to unveil six new handsets

A Swedish mobile phone magazine has reported on its Web site that Sony Ericsson will announce six new handsets at a launch event on Tuesday (Feb 28). Of the new phones to be unveiled, one of them is expected to be a 3-megapixel camera phone (we suspect it's the rumored 3G-enabled K800i we reported earlier). According to the report, Sony Ericsson will also showcase the company's first foldable Walkman handset (rumored to be called W530) as well as updated models of the K500 and K300.

Rumor alert: Sony Ericsson K800i

Recent pictures of a Sony Ericsson phone posted on a German blog site have further added fuel to rumors that the Japanese-Swedish mobile company may be unveiling a K800i handset at its launch Tuesday. According to the specifications provided on several enthusiast sites, the supposed K800i phone, codenamed "Wilma", will come with a 3.2-megapixel camera and sport a slide-down lens cover similar to the Cyber-shot T-series digicams.

Other key highlights of the phone are rumored to be a 2-inch QVGA (320 x 240 pixels) screen, FM tuner, 3G and Memory Stick Micro slot. Camera features such as 16x digital zoom, red-eye reduction and image stabilizer are said to be onboard the phone.

Rumors also have it that Sony Ericsson will unveil a new Walkman handset, the W530, at the same time as the K800i. This clamshell unit is said to come with a Memory Stick Micro slot for memory expansion and dedicated music playback buttons.

We have not been able to get any official confirmations from Sony Ericsson. Watch this space for when the launch details come through.

Motorola to release gold RAZR and pink V3x

The wait is finally over for Motorola RAZR fans who have been eagerly waiting to get hold of the limited-edition gold V3i. According to Motorola, there are plans to release a gold version of the RAZR in the second quarter of 2006. At press time, we were unable to confirm if the gold RAZR would be a V3 or V3i model. If it is a gold V3 clamshell, this will be the fifth color available for the handset, following earlier releases of silver, black, pink and blue versions.

In the meantime, Motorola representatives also shared with CNET Asia news on the launch of a pink V3x. This is expected to be released together with the 3G-enabled blue V3x within the next couple of months.

Update: According to Motorola, the blue RAZR V3x will be launched first, followed by the pink version at a later date. The company has also confirmed that the gold RAZR that will be introduced later this year (not the limited-edition set with D&G) will be a V3i model.

Motorola's RAZR V3x gets "Best 3GSM Handset" award

The ultra-slim 3G-enabled clamshell has been named the "Best 3GSM Handset" at this year's 3GSM World Congress event awards ceremony. An enhanced 3G version of the company's popular RAZR series, the V3x is the first handset from Motorola to win the award given by the GSM Association, according to Ron Garriques, President of Motorola Mobile Devices.

Also receiving honors at the ceremony is Nokia for its 8800 which took home the award for "Best GSM Handset" while the Nokia N70 was named "Highly Commended" in the 3GSM category. Nokia scored a hat trick when its CEO, Jorma Ollila, was given the GSM Association Chairman's award.

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