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New products announcement in March |
goldenface
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just got this from CNN
Products in the pipeline
Flint said the group would focus on producing more phones with cameras and extending the Walkman line. He told Reuters new product announcements would come soon, particularly around the time of a big telecoms conference in Barcelona in March.
Further out, he saw television on mobile phones becoming popular in two years or so. "It will be 2007 or 2008," he said.
Issues to be solved were how to package TV for phones, such as making edited highlights or shorter versions of popular shows.
He said he aimed to make mobile TV as familiar as possible. "On camera phones we spent a lot of time on how to replace the experience of film camera on mobile phones," he added.
Sony Ericsson's fifth place in the market leaves it behind South Korea's LG Electronics and Samsung, U.S. group Motorola and market leader Nokia.
Motorola, whose slimline RAZR phone has proved popular among consumers, is due to report its fourth-quarter results next week, while Nokia reports on Jan. 26.
Stockholm-based Ohman analyst Helena Nordman-Knutson said Sony Ericsson was set for a steady 2006 amid a sector that was faced with strong competitive challenges.
"A combination of Ericsson's technology and Sony's expertise in music and imaging creates an attractive offer," she said.
Does anyone know which telecoms conference this is? To be held in Barcelona?
May be the new smartphone and clamshell will be announced at this time.
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masseur
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yeah thats normal. we had announcements last year at Cebit in March
Barcelona is 3gsm world congress but thats mid February
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goldenface
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Yeah, I remember now.
I remember posting that a new slew of 3G phones would be released which turned out to be false 
The article mentions how Mobile TV would be packaged. Are we to now expect Walkman TV...
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masseur
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Sony has one called a watchman and yes, I had one of those, and that was back in the mid 80's!
it would be interesting if they brought that name back!
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goldenface
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Something like this:
Makes you think doesn't it.
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parsnip
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Sony Watchman X950 .... 
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dr_thug
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Watchman??? ...boy they could have come up with something better. |
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What does this 'watchman' do  Play TV stations? Casio already has perfected this field I guess 
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dr_thug
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heres a picture of a "watchman"
other lesser know names for AV players from sony were "pressman","scoopman" and also the well known "discman"
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arj2442
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Yeh im expecting release of the new K series in february/march, theres 2 or 3 big phone congregations around those months, cebit in feb is bount to be the release of k800 or w/e its going to be called..
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Least this should pre-empt any "Sony Ericsson aren't bringing out anything" threads sure to be seen in the future 
Good to see them not rushing into mobile TV, I wonder if thats going to take off at all..
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arj2442
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Cant see it being a major take off reeli...who reeli kneeds mobile tv, and think of the costs!
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mustafabay
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If your phone can pick up the same signal as any other tv them i don't see the problem unless cable is your main medium of broadcast.
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@dr - I know remember that thing . . . I was still in elementary school when the initial model was released. With this kind of device, YES, in the very near future we can also watch CNN/BBC/ESPN on it . . . LIVE and DIRECT!
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A proper digital tv tuner in a phone would be a real bonus, not like the Nokia TV phone which requires dedicated mobile tv broadcasts. The only reason I would bother with mobile tv is to be able to use the phone on occasion when I might miss something because I'm not at home.
But the other argument is that TV content for mobile phones should be presented differently to allow for the different way people will want to use tv on a mobile phone. And this is probably the way Mobile TV will go.
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