Here’s the cause of the X10 WiFi bug

Posted by Michell Bak
April 20th, 2010
Some people have been complaining about a bug with the WiFi connection on the new X10. My friend Mik seems to have found the cause of the bug, and it seems that it occurs only when the 2G or 3G network drops. When this happens, the phone’s built-in WiFi antenna will shut down, thereby losing [...]

Video: Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10 preview #2

Posted by Michell Bak
April 16th, 2010
We’re going for a take two here! No, just kidding. I felt like I didn’t cover all the aspects of Mediascape and Timescape in the previous video, so here’s a second video that will go into more details on that. I’ve been asked if I could show how long it takes for both signature applications [...]

Q1 results: Sony Ericsson is back on track!

Posted by Michell Bak
April 16th, 2010
Sony Ericsson earlier today announced its Q1 financial results and the big news is that the company is now making profit after almost two years of making, well, nothing. It all started back in Q3 of 2008 with a loss of 25 million Euro and peaked with the almost 300 million Euro loss in Q1 [...]

Video: Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10 preview

Posted by Michell Bak
April 14th, 2010
Here’s our quick 8-minute video preview of the Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10. We’ll be going through the two signature applications – Mediascape and Timescape – the Android interface, camera application, web browser and the overall design of the phone. Let me know if you’re missing anything!

Low-end Walkmans Spiro and Zylo announced

Posted by Michell Bak
April 13th, 2010
This was bound to happen. Sony Ericsson today announced two low-end slider phones with Walkman. They’re called Spiro (pictured above – notice the UX platform interface!) and Zylo (below), and apart from their names they’re really not that interesting and doesn’t really add much to the portfolio. One interesting feature, however, is the added support [...]

Windows Mobile 6.5.2 update now available for the XPERIA X2

Posted by Michell Bak
April 7th, 2010
Sony Ericsson today announced the availability of the first major firmware update for the XPERIA X2. It’s called MR1 – Major Release 1 – and will update the OS to version 6.5.2. It’s already available for most users and they’re hoping to make it available for all markets within this week. Here are the official [...]

Photos of the Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10

Posted by Michell Bak
April 3rd, 2010
The beauty has arrived – in both colours. I’ve got both the black and white colour variants of the XPERIA X10 with me and want to share some photos of these top-of-the-game advanced smartphones. Our preview is coming soon and a video preview is coming after that. I know the photos aren’t that great. Let’s [...]