In particular, Sony has been little satisfied by the performance of Walkman phones, perhaps falling short of the historic mark, with the risk of ruining the image of what for years was synonymous with the ‘portable music’. The year has also continued with the abandonment of the project UIQ, which Sony Ericsson had invested several energy without much gain, neglect resulting in the entry Android, with the ‘entry into the Open Handset Alliance.

The financial results make of this situation, which reflects the substantial delay in the model of the Japanese-Swedish home arrived at market, Sony Ericsson XPERIA X1. The losses were very significant especially in the last quarter, close to 187 million Euro, and brought in red accounts of the joint venture, which at the end of 2008 has been in liabilities of 73 million. Compared to 2007 has decreased the average price of terminals, fell from 125 to 116 Euro, and sales also fell, fell under the roof of the 100 million (96.6 million against 103.4 million in 2007).

The press release containing the financial results, however, is optimistic and Dick Komiyama, president of Sony Ericsson, has pointed out that the fruits of restructuring should be completed in the first half of 2009, bringing the accounts into surplus. Among the good news also officially confirmed the development in the course of a terminal-based Android platform.

The best performance, the model G900, is characterized by the adoption of a sliding QWERTY keyboard and, in short, should see the presentation of his successor, which according to The Unwired may make your name Portege G910/G920. It remains the adoption of the keyboard extended as a point of strength, but change the design, which this time is based on ‘open a shell.

The new Smartphone should ensure connectivity triband GSM / GPRS / UMTS and UMTS / HSDPA, as well as Bluetooth 2.0 and WiFi b / g. Another point of continuity on display was the excellent resolution WVGA (800×460 pixels).

It is likely that new information as we reveal the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, where the Smartphone would be presented to the public.

Some producers already focusing on product lines defined ‘green’ that is characterized by an emphasis on eco-friendly both the production process is the disposal at the end of life of the device.

Nokia aims to ‘green’ to give new impetus to his Nokia 3110 Classic, as also reports Unwired View, is reintroduced as Evolve. Among the green features of the phone is the cover consists of 50% of recyclable materials, packaging and reduced to 60 & consists of recycled materials and the charger Nokia currently more efficient, using 94% less energy than stipulated by the specific Energy Star (an energy savings of 10% -20% compared to other models).

Among other features are:

• GPRS/EGPRS Tri-band GSM 900/1800/1900 connectivity
• 1.3 megapixel camera with 8x digital
• 128×160, 262K color display
• FM stereo radio
• MP3 Player
• Micros memory card slot
• Bluetooth stereo and EDR
• Up to 16 days stand-by and 3.5 hrs talk time
• Dimensions: 108.5 x 45,715 / 6 mm
• Weight: 87 g

E-TEN X800 Golfiish, PDA-phone which will be marketed in Italy toward the end of October, and a terminal is certainly interesting features and design. Based on Windows Mobile 6 Professional, the latest addition to house E-TEN has the support networks UMTS / GSM / EDGE / GPRS and HSDPA, as well as a GPS satellite receiver SiRF Star III high efficiency.

To make feasible the many potentials of E-TEN Glofiish X800 contributes to the presence of a TFT display 480×640 pixels to 65,535 colors, combined with a very rich software support, including for example the automatic backup and programmable, the location via satellite SMS, (in order to indicate its position quickly and easily), and a filter for incoming calls, which makes it possible to the PDA phone is switched off or busy with any unwanted numbers.

Another interesting feature is the presence of a scanner for business cards; in fact one of the potential additional cameras 2 Megapixel integrated provision also flash and autofocus. On the hardware is a Samsung processor 500 MHz, together with a chipset capable of ensuring connectivity with Bluetooth 2.0 EDR and Wi-Fi b / g, speakerphone and management of e-mail through technology “Direct Push”. The memory amounts to 256 MB, expandable with microSD memory cards.

E-TEN Glofiish X800 will be on sale in late October at a price of Euro 589.00.

The day dedicated to the launch would be Sept. 24, during the ‘Apple Expo in Paris, but the iPhone should be available only from November 29. The carrier has apparently chosen Orange and the selling price dove be wandering about € 300.00, but should signal the lack of 3G support is that of a flat rate for Internet access.  

Based on the classic BlackBerry design, characterized by extended QWERTY keyboard dominated by large screen, the Smartphone also incorporates a 2.0 megapixel camera. With integrated GPS allows access to the service (fee, € 10 per month for 24 months) Vodafone Navigator, which allows browsing by downloading the maps to be used by the cellular network.

Attention to the multimedia industry, by adopting a player audio / video, the microSD slot for memory and Bluetooth 2.0 connectivity. Like Palm, which we recently discussed, the Smartphone will be sold coupled with SIM pack (in September to bid for € 389.00), or the plans’ No Problem ‘(€ 149.00 subscription, € 199.00 rechargeable) with a commitment of 24 months.

The device naturally brings all services dedicated to the business world that made the famous Canadian brand, including the management of email.