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BBC have published an article about Sony Ericsson manufacturing Walkman phones:

Extract:

"Sony Ericsson has announced it will sell music-playing mobiles under its Walkman brand and will work closely with Sony Connect and Sony BMG, its music division, on content.

The company will unveil further details of its Walkman mobile in March.

It made the announcement at the 3GSM World Congress mobile phone trade fair held in the French town of Cannes.

Music by Sony BMG artist Natasha Bedingfield was played over a phone connected to loudspeakers at the event.

Sony Ericsson also launched three third-generation (3G) mobile phones in Cannes, including the Z800, a multimedia phone with a 1.3 megapixel camera, and the K600, a successor to the non-3G T6110............... "

View the full article here: Sony Ericsson launches walkmans

This is quite exciting!


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Posted: 2005-02-15 09:37:42
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very exiting news. Walkman is a very strong brand and this new direction of SE is a clear example of what the sony ericsson joint venture should have been about
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Posted: 2005-02-15 10:59:20
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Lets just hope they dont have to make space for another sticker, walkman and quickshare!
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Posted: 2005-02-15 11:04:36
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sounds cool
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Posted: 2005-02-15 12:15:44
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furthermore:

In a Swedish financial magazin the president of SE, Miles Flint, reveals that SE's strategy for 2005 is to release mobile phones with integrated music player that will be sold under the trade mark Walkman. The first one will be launched now in March. How much memory it will contain will not be revealed until then. But Miles Flint himself believes it will be possible to store around 6 to 10 records.

For Swedish readers, here is the link of the interview (no pictures)

on%3dStartsidan%3bHuvudnyheter" target="_blank" rel="nofollow]http://www.di.se/Nyheter/?pag[....]on%3dStartsidan%3bHuvudnyheter

thanks to Arne Anka!


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[ This Message was edited by: vanquish on 2005-02-15 11:18 ]
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Posted: 2005-02-15 12:18:31
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I think this year will be a great year for Sony Ericsson
They definitely have a strong product portfolio for 2005
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Posted: 2005-02-15 12:32:00
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6 to 10 records? Does that mean 6-10 songs or 6 to 10 albums of songs? This message was posted from a T230
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Posted: 2005-02-15 12:32:27
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hmm, i am unsure.

I think the article was translated by Arne Anka, i dont know if he means albums or records.

but i suppose it is all down to how much available storage capacity there is!
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Posted: 2005-02-15 12:58:07
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should be 6 to 10 cds

http://www.theregister.com/20[....]5/sony_ericsson_walkman_phone/

I really hope it supports aac. At least some level of iTunes support (not the purchased DRM'd files but ones you create ripping the cd).

I have a lot of music in mp4 (aac) ripped from CD as I have an iPod. Would be a BIG advantage over Nokia here

Edit: I think pretty much confirmed it will support the m4a songs (iTunes non DRM aac) since the k700 already supports it, forgot about that

[ This Message was edited by: jasondefaoite on 2005-02-16 03:06 ]
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Posted: 2005-02-15 13:10:54
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I think that instead of the QuickShare sticker it would be a WalkMan sticker on K750. Because this is one of the phones to be announced in march, more presicly 1. march. And since SE now are focusing on music, and not camera, it is no use for the quickshare sticker. And number two, where else should they put the walkman logo?
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Posted: 2005-02-15 14:56:58
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