Merry Christmas – here’s the Satio review

Posted by Michell Bak
December 24th, 2009
Although not entirely finished… I ran into a bit of an issue just a few minutes ago, which prevents me from finishing it totally, but all that’s missing are a few screenshots and camera samples. I’m unable to add any at the moment. There’s a total of 8,200 words and more than 100 pictures to [...]

Check out the X10 user manual

Posted by Michell Bak
December 20th, 2009
The X10 has been put through its paces at the FCC and as a result they’ve published pictures and other documents about the phone on the FCC website – including the user manual, which – by the looks of it – seems to be final or close to being final. There’s also quite a few [...]

Elm and Hazel announced as two latest GreenHeart phones

Posted by Michell Bak
December 14th, 2009
Sony Ericsson today announced the Elm (below) and Hazel (above), the latest additions to the GreenHeart series. The two phones have previously been known as Susan (Elm) and Sunny (Hazel) or J10 (Elm) and J20 (Hazel). Both are pretty average HSPA-enabled feature phones with specifications that should surprise no one. Both are splash resistant, feature [...]

Video: Desktop and widgets on X10

Posted by Michell Bak
December 12th, 2009
This video was just published on the Sony Ericsson Product blog, and I thought I’d share it with you guys and gals here as well. If you’ve already fiddled around with the desktop on an Android device, you probably won’t need to watch this short video as it’s basically the same thing.

Huge performance improvements with new Satio firmware

Posted by Michell Bak
December 10th, 2009
Just wanted to let you guys know that the new Satio firmware update brings along huge performance improvements. I just ran the SPMark Mobile JSR 184 benchmark and I noticed a performance boost between 40 – 80 percent! That’s huge! Really impressive stuff, no doubt. By the way… I’ll publish the review in a few [...]

Check out this cool advent calendar!

Posted by Michell Bak
December 10th, 2009
My good friend Paul (aka scotsboyuk on various forums) just posted this picture on Twitter/Twitpic and I simply had to post it. It’s a cool advent calendar he got from Sony Ericsson. Why didn’t I get one of these?? It reads: “Get into the festive spirit. Bear-hug the next sexy stranger you see. Carol singers? [...]

New Aino & Satio firmware is out, X2 update coming soon!

Posted by Michell Bak
December 6th, 2009
The updated Satio firmware has just reached SEUS (Sony Ericsson Update Service) and is now ready to be deployed on most handset variants across the globe. Operator specific versions of the firmware have yet to arrive on SEUS, but that’s pretty normal. The update (R1CA037) ensures improved performance and speed, and includes a lot of [...]