Sony Ericsson W595 / Linda

Linda has been a known codename for quite some time now, but until now we really haven’t had any phones to match with the codename. Today, a bunch of photos of the upcoming W595 - W580 successor - leaked on Journaldugeek.

W = Walkman
5 = Mid-end
9 = Successor to W580
5 = Slider

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The W595 will be announced in a matter of days or weeks for the July music product announcement. The T610 remake will not be part of this announcement. More photos at the link below.

Nokia buys symbian

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Nokia has been working on symbian platform for a long time now. When symbian was introduced TEN years back, Nokia, Sony ericsson, Motorola and Psion were the other partners for development of symbian. Now, Nokia feels the need to buy other shares of symbain.

Symbian has been the worlds most used operating system for mobile devices for a long time. Nokia has been using Symbian platform for its s60 phones for a decade now.

Motorola and Sony Ericsson have signed up to contribute UIQ assets, while NTT DoCoMo (which uses Symbian-based wares in a number of its phones) will be donating code as well.

Sony Ericsson c905

We previously posted about the Sony’s new C905 launch plans.

Its now official.

GSMarena got a chance to review the phone and they have pretty nice job.

Here are few more photos of C905(previously codenamed shiho).
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PS: photos taken from GSMarena

Symbian grows 10

Its the time for celebration. Symbian celebrates TENTH anniversary this month :D

Symbain was born as a software by Psion’s, which later turned out to be our very own Symbian. Ericsson, Nokia, Motorola and Psion were the original share holders of Symbian. It has then made a history.

The initial 150 employers worked out of the affectionately remembered ’sweetshop’ building, an unassuming block located in Harcourt Street, London.

There is also a special page dedicated on symbian site celebrating a decade. tenyears.symbian.com

Sony Ericsson- G700 Business Edition

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Sony Ericsson announced G700 Business edition along with other phones. Its coming out in grayish-blue color. oh since its Business edition phone,as stated earlier, its without a camera.

For me the Phone looks similar to Nokia 3250 or Nokia 3250 music edition,Might not be the same for others though.

It still lacks WLAN. oh come on boy! Its a business phone and its lacking WLAN. What were Sony Ericsson thinking? Rest features can be taken from Sony Ericsson official site.

Some more pictures:

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Funambol Secures $12.5 Million

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Funambol, Inc., the leading provider of Mobile 2.0 messaging software powered by open source, today announced that it has secured $12.5 million in Series B funding, led by mobile-focused venture capital firm Nexit Ventures. Castile Ventures participated as a new investor and was joined by existing investors, Walden International and HIG Ventures.

The total funding target they aim at is $25 million. Funambol will use the funding for the growth of push email service further.

Right now, Funambol provides open source push email and PIM sync solutions for more than 1.5 billion mobile devices, including phones from Apple, Nokia, Motorola, Samsung, Sony Ericsson, LG and others

You can enjoy this service from www.funambol.com

Sony Ericsson HBH-PV-715/720/740 Bluetooth headsets

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Sony Ericsson is definitely planning for a blast on 17th of this month. As reported earlier on our blogpost ,Sony Ericsson is planning to launch THREE new BLUETOOTH headsets, along with Sony Ericsson C905.
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This is going to be the cheapest among the three and is good looking indeed.
HBH-PV-720
This is for fashion conscious and sophisticated people

HBH-PV-740
This one is for business minded men and women.

Done with this, Its whooping 800 hours standby battery life may impress the crowd, with 11 hours of talking time.
Prices will be disclosed on the D day itself.

Sony Ericsson W760 MTv Edition

W760 MTv

Sony Ericsson company announced W760 MTv edition, which is the result of partnership between Sony Ericsson Company and MTv. Apparently, Sony Ericsson wants to attract more youngsters into its loop.

The new Sony Ericsson W760 MTv will be available within a week’s time. The cost of this new device will  be around 300 Euros, which is 40 euros more than normal Sony Ericsson W760 phone. This device proving beneficial to its cost will allow users to stream MTV music, videos and other mobile content.

The rest of the features will be similar to Sony Ericsson W760.